Love how you can hear the American southern accent when the Scots try out an American accent. The southern accent especially in Tennessee is from Ireland and Scotland.
These videos make realize that most foreigners only ever visit new york, Florida and California and that's all they have to base their opinions on. It's kind of sad.
I realized that too it's a bit sad. Foreigners seem to go to Vegas a lot too. If a foreigner asked me where I recommend they visit in the United States, it would never include those places. As a US citizen I wouldn't go to those places so I could never recommend the to foreigners.
True, but tourists normally just visit the largest or most famous cities in a given country. In smaller countries, tourists often visit the capital city and that's all. Many Americans have been to Mexico, but may have been only to Cancun or some other resort enclave that's not at all representative of the rest of the country.
Chanced upon your RUclips feed; really enjoyed this one. My personal experience of Americans is a positive one. Aside from the political differences, which brings out the worst in people (much the same in Scotland), you are simply ordinary people; easy to get along, and a pleasure to interact with. I'm sure one State is much like any other - at least the ones I have visited; Arizona, California, Illinois, Louisiana, Nevada, North Carolina, and Texas. My eldest daughter is married to an American, and the grandbairns are.... quite 'Americanised' from a personal perspective.
Thanks for the feedback Scott, glad you enjoyed it. I’ve met a lot of people from around the world, most of them have all been pretty easy to get along with. The media does a fantastic job at showcasing the absolute worst of people. That’s why I like to travel around and speak to people to get a better understanding of how people really are. Sure there are some crazy people out there, but for the most part, people are just as you described. Perfectly ordinary.
I’m from Texas, I’ve only visited Inverness! I love the Scottish people, everyone treated me so good. It might have had something to do with the cowboy hat 😂but when I retire I would like to have a summer house in the highlands! Such a beautiful country you have!!!
I feel it's worth noting that you have a companionable and sincere quality about you that I think puts the people you interview at ease and allows them to express their thoughts comfortably and honestly. That, on top of the quality shots and editing, makes for such well put together content. Awesome stuff!
I love these interviews and appreciate the apparent openness and honesty of these folks. Next time, may I suggest you try to interview more older people as well. I would be interested in hearing their opinions given their longer view of world events. Thanks.
These videos are great because it helps me remember at the end of the day we're all just ordinary people, regardless of where we're from. Shout-out to Scotland 🏴❤️ from San Diego, CA
if I could give everyone in the world advice on visiting America it'd be this.. View America as a continent we are diverse and incredibly different from city to city and especially state to state.
That's is so correct. We're all lumped together. In facts our states are like different European countries. If you meet someone from.Texas and you're from New York or someone from Idaho and another from Arizona or Minnesota we will be as different as someone from.another country.. In other words, visiting people from different states could be like meeting people from different European countries. Similar to differences and nuances if I met a person from England and another France. Additionally, our health services may not be ideal but neither are at least some European countries. One country in particular where they have free or low cost medical services, I've heard scary stories about people waiting weeks if not months for certain medical treatment even for some that are for something serious. I believe I recall situations where people died waiting for necessary operations but needed to wait their turn. By the way, I agree about the guns.
@@bobbyscott2123 No we don't. Watch James' interviews of people same questions in London. Only the English spit on Americans. Scottish have class. My parents born & raised there, all family still there, gone over all my life & back in 2 weeks! Americans love the UK but feedback is Scotland warmest people. Outside of the US people lump us all together but they've only been to NYC? There's 50 States? Same thing.
I am considering moving to Scotland from America. It’s so beautiful there and I really want to visit all the old castles and structures. It’s good know that as an American I would mostly be well received. ❤️
@@johnalden5821 good question...if the residents help the police isolate the troublemakers and judges get them off the street the neighborhood will be safer...
@@johnalden5821 I can tell you who doesn't help them, their mayors, which are mostly liberals. They say they want help to help the people but are really just exploiting them.
And also White young males who walk around with AR-15s policing everyone and sometimes going into school to kill educators and children-White, suburban kids and White men from conceal carry states who will shoot you if you walk out of a Starbucks without paying.
Apparently most people outside the US . Are so scared of Americans owning firearms, thinking you can just go into a gun shop and pick one up like buying a candy bar. I mean no disrespect they should not believe everything the media tells them.
@@kmasse81 "To(o) easily" Have you attempted to buy a gun legally? Pass the background check? Pass another one if you want to take it with you? Pass another another one to renew your license? Do you know How many times charges of possession of a firearm by a felon are plea bargained away or reduced to simple illegal possession? 30,000 people a year attempt to lie to get a permission to buy rom the FBI and only about a dozen are prosecuted for perjury. ATF says it has no time to prosecute "paper work crimes." Over 99% of gun owners will never use their firearms illegally. If officials would follow the laws there'd be less gun crimes.
They are largely correct. A lot of conservative Americans don't want to hear this, but the gun lobby is too powerful, and innocent people are dying as a result. The more guns that are out there, the more they will end up in the hands of desperate, sick and irresponsible people. The police have to then amp up their training and firepower. That's America in the 21st Century. And it doesn't need to be this way.
@@johnalden5821 Even the police are highly irresponsible with their firearms. Not just on the job either. An off duty police officer fatally shot his toddler while cleaning his service gun.
Ayeeeee Dom! Good to hear from you man! I hope everything is going well for you and I appreciate you checkin out some of the videos! Glad you like them! I’ve got some more planned soon so be on the lookout for that! As a side note, one of the funniest memories I have back at NIU was when we came in 2nd at the Poinsettia Bowl back in 2013, as we were running off the field, I looked over and heard you say, “ I BET THEY DON’T WANNA RUN IT BACK THO!” 😂😂😂😂😂
I like your videos mate. They are better tempered than a lot of the other youtubers that do this but try to emphasise the negative opinions people hold.
Thanks Andy! Yea I see a lot of those negative ones. I just ask them what they think and whatever their thoughts are, I include it in the video. Good, bad or indifferent.
These Scots do really seem to know a lot about us, and I value their opinions, good and critical. Good to be seen faithfully and realistically by our friends.
Absolutely, I wholeheartedly agree. My girlfriend at the time bought me a 23andMe DNA test & I learned I am 99.6% Northwestern European. Makes so much sense looking back because my Pawpaw always told me we came from Scotland & he even showed me the graveyards in which my ancestors lay. Anyways, I live in Texas & my Mom has a very similar accent to my Pawpaw. For some weird reason, I can draw a lot of comparisons to the dialect/accents/cadence. Anyone else who's from the US that has Scottish/British ancestry ever thought the same or I out on a limb???? lol 🤔
I used to live there. The are as realistic as a rubber banana. The country is beautiful and the people are usually foul mouthed . As to weapons....there are far more incidents of knifing than there are of shootings here for the number of people with guns.
@@Clairsach Link me with that proof. Because there are definitely many instances of knife crime, but they are vastly centralised to the big cities, with some suburban areas contributing. But I doubt 5 million people commit as many knife crimes as 330 million people commit gun crimes.
I recently found out I'm 25% Scottish. Thanks to my ancestry DNA test. So this was really enjoyable for me, as an American to watch. I agree with pretty much everything they've said. They were very respectful and kind about how they spoke about us with a lot of truth in there. It is funny that a lot of people that came to America were the daredevils. The ones that were risking everything to come here and start a new life and those are our ancestors. I agree that our country is very loud. 😅 Growing up in Florida and going to amusement parks for my field trips as a kid in school . This great weather and being able to see a lot of my large beautiful country. Makes me feel very lucky to live here. I only recently went to an NFL football game and the energy in the stadium was my most favorite part. The host of these videos is doing a great job representing us. This video makes me want to visit Scotland one day. I am a little more reserved and quiet so it would be nice to see a country of people a little less loud. 😅
8:07. Awesome insight. I think that is very true. Americans do have enduring optimism. I think that is less common in younger generations but I think social media has played a part in that, in a negative way.
I heard that but when you have Portobello beach which is lovely but your going in to the North sea which you lose the will to live it's so cold lol😁 clear water is paradise and if I get back I would try st Pete's.👍
Appollo ma man!!! Good to hear from you bro! You’re right, it’s been a long time since charter haha, just want you to know that them 1,2 and 3 a.m. late night discussions are still being used as fuel to keep moving forward! You definitely gave me some good inspiration to keep pushing bro! I hope you’re still gettin after it as well! Good to hear from you 👍🏽🙋🏽♂️💯
the first thing when i think about America .... is the people ... the people make a country and not the other way around yes like every other country you'll get good and bad people ... but generally speaking Americans are very welcoming and can't be matched when it comes to hospitality
Thank you for this. Being from southeast missouri I have a slight southern accent but also the "southern hospitality". I like to think we are nice, friendly, and easy going people. However I cannot speak for people from the bigger cities. I prefer my more "quiet country" life.
These were very nice people and I enjoyed their answers. The rest of the world and half of America doesn’t understand the gun culture. They don’t understand that’s it’s the great equalizer for those who exercise the right including the battered woman whose ex husband is kicking down the door hell bent on putting his hands around her neck, the elderly farmer who is approached by three hoodlums at his front door who are trying to trick their way into his house for robbery and assault, the innocent motorist who is being chased and harassed by biker gang trash, the person who is threatened with a knife in a shopping center parking lot. America is about individualism and individual rights. You don’t have to carry a gun for defense but if you did, you just might survive an attack. Thousands do every year. Your choice here. School shootings happen because more money is spent on athletic facilities than on security. The mentally ill are free. Criminals are cut loose to rape and kill again. There is not a gun problem, there is a crime and mental health problem.
Thank you Brian I appreciate that! I’d rather hear what other people think about as opposed to just hearing my own so I try my best to just let them say what they want regardless of if I agree with them or not.
2:00 LA "all the way down to" San Deigo... You know what they say: to an American 100 years is a log time, and to a Brit/Scot/etc 100 miles is a long way. 121 miles by car from LA proper to San Diego. It's about half that from the LA metro area to the San Diego metro area. There are people who commute this distance daily. (Not me. Mine is three miles, but this is in Arizona and California. A coworker of mine commutes 60 miles each way though.)
I have beed in America my whole life...born here..female.. after about the last 20 years America has gone to hell...To many criminals, including government, men dont respect women anylonger, women dont act like ladies anylonger...Cities are full of homeless drug addicts and people going to the bathroom where ever they please, quality of food is terrible..Trying to produce to much to fast, young people dont want to work and expect as much stuff as they can get for free, and no one respects mother nature or the land anymore...Anyone who visits here from other countries should stay away from the big popular cities. .NYC, Hollyweird, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami, etc...Go to see the real America, like the National forests, and smaller towns and take a drive through the farmland to little towns with history, where the good true and loving Americans live...Otherwise be careful of crime and fraud. Go to a small town festivals, or County fair, a Rodeo a parade...fishing and golf touniment...visit some Natural beauties like Niagra Falls or the Grand Canyon or Crater Lake, kayak down beautiful rivers, rent a car and drive up or down the West Coast along the Ocean...get out and experience the tidepools ..you will meet much better people.. And prob eat much better foods...
I'm an American with Scottish and Welsh ancestry so this was really interesting! I've met a English and Australian woman and they said I look English and have the natural demeanor. Maybe I should pay my friends over the pond a visit.
Just to first point out - I think you’re maybe confusing Scotland and England. Scotland and England are different countries with different histories, cultures, (somewhat) languages, parliaments, education and legal systems. Scotland and England are not the same thing in terms of “demeanour” or culture and if you make that mistake people will not be happy with you. Scotland and England are both in the “UK”. There’s an important distinction that you’d do well to remember. I’m glad you have ancestry but just a bit of a warning - people in Scotland (and the UK but definitely 100% in Scotland) hate when Americans come over and talk about ancestry and stuff and say it makes them Scottish or they have “Scottish traits”. The thing is, Scotland and Scottish people have mostly moved beyond the idea of ethnic citizenship and ethnic nationalism. In Scotland you would not be considered “Scottish” in ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM. You’d be seen as an American that perhaps had some distant ancestors from here but that’s it. To us, Scotland is a country and Scottish people are the people who live and make a life for themselves here. That can be a refugee from Syria, Polish immigrants, English people, Chinese families, Indian/Pakistani families and all of that. If they choose to live and make a life for themselves here, they’re Scottish too, as ethnicity means nothing. In fact, I come from a long line of Scottish highland family and some of my Pakistani friends are more Scottish than I am. Scotland and Scottishness are now rather an idea and a place and the people who live here instead of an ethnicity or biology or ancestry. I hope you do come visit one day, but I thought I’d point that out.
I recommend all Europeans to go to chicago. Tons of sports, museums, it’s midwest so it’s not had stuffy and intense as nyc and fake as la. You can drive out of town, there’s a ski resort 3 hours north. Great Lakes. You can get a small town feel and travel to some beach towns up the coast as well
To the Scottish folk watching this, Florida, New York and California are all completely different than the rest of the country. The south is known for their hospitality to guests, the Midwest for their kindness and willingness to converse with strangers, the east for their busy attitude but also their large cities and money, the west is known for wide open spaces, beautiful mountains and coastline and lots of places to explore. I've lived and traveled all over the US and am visiting Scottland for the first time. The people really aren't so different from Americans and are kind and patient. Scotland has old history all over and give the people a lot to be proud of. America is a newer place and their pride comes from the countries that made it what it is today. America in many ways is a combination of every other countries culture.
Most people around the world, and most European say that the Americans are the most outgoing and friendly people anywhere. That’s very very true and especially people in the south south east, and in central America like it in the Midwest.. we are usually :-) and love to laugh and hug one another a lot even if we don’t hug strangers, but very welcoming to strangers. Conservatives or moderates are very very patriotic and the liberals are more loud and obnoxious but I would say most of those of the younger people but I’ve even seen some people in their 40s and early 50s who are pretty loud and obtrusive. That’s pretty surprising because back in the 1960s and 1970s you would’ve never seen a 40 or 50 year old progressive at all because back then people were so peace and love that they were hippies and they were so antiwar etc. etc.. Americans are feisty, and we don’t take any crap at the same time. Many of us are so hesitant to get into war, which is why we didn’t get into World War I or World War II until we absolutely had to. The media is extremely biased and a lot of it propaganda but a lot of Europeans came to America before COVID-19 for years and they said one thing about Americans they noticed is that Americans work all the time and work too much which is true because Americans usually live to work and I think it’s something that’s been in bread but after COVID-19 a lot of people just got lazy and they wanted to work from home or not work at all and then there are together who are just your every day typical go-getters, and get up and go to work and that’s just their life .
I'm a Conservative, fairly traditional, very patriotic American living in Texas. I thought your video was great, even-handed, not slanted and fun, all which are refreshing qualities in these dichotomic times.
a lot of people here in the US feel exactly the same about guns, junk food, terrible healthcare system. Super fun hearing the accents and their trying US accents.
In a thousand years cars will be gone here but guns or weapon equalizers will be just as common as now. Right to self defense requires an aqualizer weapon, not some paper clip against an AK47 like those Russian kids had at that Moscow Concert.
After watching a bunch of these types of videos it looks like I finally found one where ppl didn't just immediately talk shit about America and didn't give lazy answers. Also I got the chance to visit Edinburgh in 2018 and walked up Arthur's Seat listening to bagpipe music .... it was EPIC!
Texas is wonderful. My family came from Scotland to America and helped build it. I’m, with all humanity, proud of that. We do love guns and BBQ, but one must be responsible when a gun owner.
I think these guys have a pretty good grasp on America. Everyone has the movie version of America. The news version of America. We know that being here is a different thing all together. One thing everyone needs to know is America is huge. Lots of people from all over the world. That fabric is a tight weave. Yet we all keep separate cultures and traditions as well. Because there's so many people. There's a lot going on. Two heads are better than one. And if all the heads go to America? Now suddenly it's a society that catapults past the rest. That's all it is. Then give them unlimited resources? It's not a mystery why America is America.
The girl that said us Scot’s are reserved and judgmental is a bang on assessment of most Scot’s compared to as she said Americans who are friendly, don’t care and enthusiastic. Saying this as a Scot by the way…
America is at least 6 countries, The northeast, The old south, Texas and the desert states, The middle plains, The upper plains/lakes, and the Pacific north west
I fully agree with YOU. An old fart, now, I've covered all 50 states -- lived in, toured, done business in, vacationed, and on 30 + years of travels (business), and more than 30 years professional driving, (with VERY few exceptions I've seen every nook-and-cranny of America (USA), including Alaska and Hawaii, plus Mexico & every Canadian Province... I appreciate your statement !!!
@@douglasfuqua7082 well isn’t that good for you. i bet you come from a really good family, where you got everything you wanted. not every AMERICAN in AMERICA can do such a thing. shame how AMERICANS who haven’t been to all 50 states can’t be called americans😭😭
I am from Chicago. My family has been here since 1820. I have never seen a gun in the open or someone get shot. How do I phrase this without dog whistling? Umm it is localized to a specific demographic and is only in 5% of the city.
Lol at the older lady. "Americans are too loud! Ban guns!" A bit set in her ways, doubt i'd be able to change her mind! And lol at the airplane and blues brothers quotes
Lovely people and country in Scotland. It is alarming how much anti gun propaganda they have been exposed to, clearly their government has zero intention of them regaining freedom and self reliance. Also, I'm also a bit amused at the healthcare comments as if they think the healthcare in the US isn't good or something when the simple reality is of course the majority of modern medicine innovation and achievement is from America.
2 things.. we had and have guns over here. not many people owned them tho because there was no reason to. but after a mass shooting at a school in Dunblane where 16 children and 1 teacher were masacred the govt decided to crack down on ownership and types of gun owned. as far as "regaining freedom and self reliance" thats just nonsense, the new law was supported by the entire country because we didn't want something similar to ever happen again [and it hasn't]. it was not controversial in the slightest. as for healthcare.. in the U.S your outcomes are only good if you can afford it. you have worst rates of infant mortality and the lowest life expectancy at birth and highest death rates for avoidable or treatable conditions than any other modern democracy. and you spend twice as much in terms of GDP for that. those are facts. no-one over here ever goes bankrupt because they can't afford healthcare.. it's impossible. that said I love visiting America going back for a fortnight in August.. can't wait
Healthcare used to be good ( non profits) until 30 yrs ago when it started slowly changing....then 2010 with obamacare....went to he double hockey sticks! The US is NOT the same country I grew up in. I had 20 awesome years and the last 30 yrs I have been able to see the dramatic decline. Its heartbreaking😪
I love essentially everything they have to say about us, aside from what they have to say about guns. It’s so obvious how poorly their media ( and ours ) portrays how horrible guns are. More than half of gun deaths per year in the US are caused by suicide. A horrible thing obviously, but preventing access to a gun as opposed to a rope, or bridge for that matter won’t change those statistics. They constantly hint to how many school shootings we have when in reality school shootings account for 637 fire arm related deaths since 1970… I feel as though they forget to recognize the fact that we have over 300 million people in this country. About 90% of school shootings between 1994 and 2016 involved only 1 victim ( I’m assuming gang related shootings ) as opposed to 10% of multiple victim incidents between 1996 and 2016. Statistically mass school shootings aren’t really something to be worried about in a country this large.
Hey, all of those statistics are egregious in every possible way. Only 637 children killed at school? Wow. The reason that you think these suicides and child murders are ok is because of our grotesque gun culture.
@@kmasse81 on a grand scale 637 lives lost in a span of 50 years is really not that big of a deal whatsoever in comparison to other things lol. Keep crying and don’t forget to drink your soy
@@kmasse81 more than 2x the amount people die in a day from heart attacks alone in the us than kids have been killed in school over a 50 year span. The facts don’t lie. School shootings aren’t an issue we should be focusing so heavily on. What about obesity? What about all the other things that kill kids in way higher numbers?
There is a very strong correlation between the presence of a gun in a home and successful suicide. Guns make it a lot easier to follow through on a momentary bad idea or bad impulse. Gun violence correlates strongly with numbers and easy access to weapons.
there's a reason we hate guns. google Dunblane and you might understand. for us 1 event like that was enough to say never again. culturally we just don't understand you tolerate 'any' of the senseless gun deaths .. thats all it is
I'm a born & raised US citizen & very aware most of the world isn't very fond of us. And I'm sure there's good reason behind it so I'm not offended. However, there were two things said in this video I took great offense to when asked what the people think of when they of America. The first is TRUMP as I dislike him immensely. When he was first elected, I was very ashamed of being an American. The other thing is one person said the worst thing: KARDASHIAN. I despise what they do, what they stand for, they are entirely fake, only scam their fans for profit, I find them toxic to our society and yet people still buy into what they're selling.
I'm a born and raised American citizen as well and I disagree that most of the world does not like us. I happen to also think that Trump is a jerk but he was an excellent president. Hillary and the current president are indescribable in a negative way. :-( I am far more ashamed of the lying, deceit in general corruption of Clinton, Joe and Hunter Biden and the DNC in general, along with the deep state, Comey, Clapper and the rest of them, then I am of Trump's ego.
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as a irish person would love to visit but not live there. free health care and not having a random nutjob with a assault rifle are a big part of it and i just love irish ham too much lol
Healthcare… should ask them how long it takes them to get an MRI…. LOL here it’s within a week cause of my work schedule. There your placed on a weight list and it goes by your home address.
MRI’s have nothing to do with weight unless you’re that overweight, you won’t fit in it 🥴 There’s no waiting list for emergency tests and procedures BTW, so yes, there’s waiting time for routine procedures and tests.....but, you and your next 4 generators are drowning in debt because you had an MRI within the week 🤦♀️🤷♀️
My uncle had an MRI scan 3 days after his seizure so I don’t know what the fuck your talking about because a week seems a bit of a stretch for spending thousands
@@jswats92 exactly, we get what we need, when we need it. My uncle needed a scan, he got one within 72 hours so I don’t know why your slandering our healthcare when it does a phenomenal job of keeping us safe. I think Americans use the phrase “don’t knock it until you try it” you paid probably hundreds of pounds for an MRI and it took a week. My uncle paid a small tax and got it with no time wasted. Fucking clown
We need to go abroad for a “holiday” what u call vacation a vacation for yous americans is mostly somewhere else in America whether we can take a 2 hour flight to Spain or 4 hour flight to turkey for the sun lol
We have laws that mandate a certain amount of minimum wage (we don’t have tip culture at all and tips when they happen are actually ON TOP of minimum wage) and we also have mandated holiday/vacation time from work every year. Depending on where you work and how long you’ve worked there, your annual time off can be around a month.
As a Scandanavian born in Americian Ill say there all Americans are not the same like any country but the worst thing I dislike about Americans is the bad humor.
its simple, americans just think theyre country is the best to live in. Most still don't have a clue or would admit how other places are better in some ways.
the media puts America in such a negative light.. most of us like 300million off us Americans are not racist probably even more than that everyone just focuses on the bad stuff also for most ppl its not dangerous. but I agree gun laws need to be stricter and we are loud but its just our personality ig we enjoy being loud and fun and annoying ig. cute vid love the UK
gun laws do not need to stricter. america literally has thousands of gun laws. criminals by nature don't follow laws so another law does nothing. There needs to be more done about mental health and media promotion of violent crimes.
always fun to hear about the guns; more than not those countries aren't even allowed to have pocket knives because apparently the government can't trust them. It's nuts to hear for us as well.
Because the only reason to carry a gun or knife is to hurt someone! You only feel like you need a weapon if other people have weapons......I live in a country where shootings and knife attacks are pretty much unheard of, I've never seen a gun, never even heard one, neither has anyone i know....... it must be scary to live with the knowledge that people have lethal weapons on them all around you 🤔
@@michellemcmanus2729 the only reason people legally carry is to protect themselves and others. I have never seen a criminal with a gun or heard a gun fired in public; I have never seen a bear in the woods but I still carry bear spray. Life is too precious not to be prepared for the worst.
@@paulgrant5543 very sorry to hear that. For myself, I still would like to visit. The folks that I've worked with in the military were first class, and the places that I'd like to see are very "out of the way".
I also realize how much the rest of the world focuses on us and how much media skews peoples perceptions. Very informative.
Love how you can hear the American southern accent when the Scots try out an American accent. The southern accent especially in Tennessee is from Ireland and Scotland.
say 'space ghettoes' in an american accent; you say 'spice girls' in a scottish accent
@@helvete_ingres4717 LOL this is hillarious
We all grew up on the Simpsons most of the time we are doing Cletus 😂
These videos make realize that most foreigners only ever visit new york, Florida and California and that's all they have to base their opinions on. It's kind of sad.
I mean all three have vast amounts of people in them and each at least represent a different region of America
The worst states in America...
I realized that too it's a bit sad. Foreigners seem to go to Vegas a lot too. If a foreigner asked me where I recommend they visit in the United States, it would never include those places. As a US citizen I wouldn't go to those places so I could never recommend the to foreigners.
True, but tourists normally just visit the largest or most famous cities in a given country. In smaller countries, tourists often visit the capital city and that's all. Many Americans have been to Mexico, but may have been only to Cancun or some other resort enclave that's not at all representative of the rest of the country.
That's any country though not just exclusive to The U.S. people tend to want to go to the a countries mist popular spots.
Been on RUclips for over a decade but this channel is definitely my top 5 !
Man thanks bro I really appreciate that 🙏🏽
Thanks for watching my videos!!!
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I have no idea how difficult it is, but this video seems so well edited
Thank you! It did take quite some time to put it together, I appreciate your recognition 🙏🏽
Chanced upon your RUclips feed; really enjoyed this one. My personal experience of Americans is a positive one. Aside from the political differences, which brings out the worst in people (much the same in Scotland), you are simply ordinary people; easy to get along, and a pleasure to interact with. I'm sure one State is much like any other - at least the ones I have visited; Arizona, California, Illinois, Louisiana, Nevada, North Carolina, and Texas. My eldest daughter is married to an American, and the grandbairns are.... quite 'Americanised' from a personal perspective.
Thanks for the feedback Scott, glad you enjoyed it. I’ve met a lot of people from around the world, most of them have all been pretty easy to get along with. The media does a fantastic job at showcasing the absolute worst of people. That’s why I like to travel around and speak to people to get a better understanding of how people really are. Sure there are some crazy people out there, but for the most part, people are just as you described. Perfectly ordinary.
I’m from Texas, I’ve only visited Inverness! I love the Scottish people, everyone treated me so good. It might have had something to do with the cowboy hat 😂but when I retire I would like to have a summer house in the highlands! Such a beautiful country you have!!!
I feel it's worth noting that you have a companionable and sincere quality about you that I think puts the people you interview at ease and allows them to express their thoughts comfortably and honestly. That, on top of the quality shots and editing, makes for such well put together content. Awesome stuff!
3:24 - "Everything is advertising, sort of in your face, it's almost so Americanized" AS HE WAVES AROUND A HEINEKEN CAN. WELL PLAYED, HEINEKEN.
I love these interviews and appreciate the apparent openness and honesty of these folks. Next time, may I suggest you try to interview more older people as well. I would be interested in hearing their opinions given their longer view of world events. Thanks.
Love the editing in the intro, and it’s awesome how well spoken the people in the video are 👏
Thank you Eddie! Had a great group of people for this. Super glad they participated! 👍🏽👍🏽
These videos are great because it helps me remember at the end of the day we're all just ordinary people, regardless of where we're from. Shout-out to Scotland 🏴❤️ from San Diego, CA
That’s awesome I’m glad you enjoy them 😊
Was there a period when you had forgotten that?
A bonnie hello, fae Scotland to San Diego, I have friends from San Diego,
Awe... this is my favorite one yet!!! I loved it... thank you!
It is very nice to learn perspectives from people in Scotland
This is too 😍 cute. I HAVE to visit Scotland asap!
You are doing a great job here. We are able to hear people's perception on American and American.
thanks Russell 🙋🏽♂️
if I could give everyone in the world advice on visiting America it'd be this.. View America as a continent we are diverse and incredibly different from city to city and especially state to state.
That's is so correct. We're all lumped together. In facts our states are like different European countries.
If you meet someone from.Texas and you're from New York or someone from Idaho and another from Arizona or Minnesota we will be as different as someone from.another country..
In other words, visiting people from different states could be like meeting people from different European countries. Similar to differences and nuances if I met a person from England and another France.
Additionally, our health services may not be ideal but neither are at least some European countries. One country in particular where they have free or low cost medical services, I've heard scary stories about people waiting weeks if not months for certain medical treatment even for some that are for something serious. I believe I recall situations where people died waiting for necessary operations but needed to wait their turn.
By the way, I agree about the guns.
Really ?
Because you lot call Britain (England )
Well am Scottish not English maybe when you lot get it right
Others wil too
Aye pot kettle black much
@@bobbyscott2123 lol y u bitter about that
Britisn was called england at one point
@@bobbyscott2123 No we don't. Watch James' interviews of people same questions in London. Only the English spit on Americans. Scottish have class. My parents born & raised there, all family still there, gone over all my life & back in 2 weeks! Americans love the UK but feedback is Scotland warmest people. Outside of the US people lump us all together but they've only been to NYC? There's 50 States? Same thing.
@@bobbyscott2123 To whom were you replying? I didn’t see anyone here talking about that.
Was great to meet you mate!
Likewise man thanks for doing it!!
I am considering moving to Scotland from America. It’s so beautiful there and I really want to visit all the old castles and structures. It’s good know that as an American I would mostly be well received. ❤️
Great video with very interesting responses. I view as a snapshot into the hearts and minds of people who do not live here. Awesome job!
Thanks for watching it, I appreciate the feedback! Be on the lookout for another video like this, but in a different country next week 👀
large majority of gun crime is in inner cities...most of america is relatively safer.
True, but what about the victims in the inner cities? Who is helping them?
@@johnalden5821 good question...if the residents help the police isolate the troublemakers and judges get them off the street the neighborhood will be safer...
@@mikeorclem From your mouth to God's ear, as they say.
@@johnalden5821
I can tell you who doesn't help them, their mayors, which are mostly liberals. They say they want help to help the people but are really just exploiting them.
And also White young males who walk around with AR-15s policing everyone and sometimes going into school to kill educators and children-White, suburban kids and White men from conceal carry states who will shoot you if you walk out of a Starbucks without paying.
Apparently most people outside the US . Are so scared of Americans owning firearms, thinking you can just go into a gun shop and pick one up like buying a candy bar. I mean no disrespect they should not believe everything the media tells them.
I was thinking the same thing 🤦♂️
Lol. Yea because waiting a day is so much better. We can and do get guns way to easily. There's no reason for it and there's no reason in it.
@@kmasse81 "To(o) easily" Have you attempted to buy a gun legally? Pass the background check? Pass another one if you want to take it with you? Pass another another one to renew your license? Do you know How many times charges of possession of a firearm by a felon are plea bargained away or reduced to simple illegal possession? 30,000 people a year attempt to lie to get a permission to buy rom the FBI and only about a dozen are prosecuted for perjury. ATF says it has no time to prosecute "paper work crimes." Over 99% of gun owners will never use their firearms illegally.
If officials would follow the laws there'd be less gun crimes.
They are largely correct. A lot of conservative Americans don't want to hear this, but the gun lobby is too powerful, and innocent people are dying as a result. The more guns that are out there, the more they will end up in the hands of desperate, sick and irresponsible people. The police have to then amp up their training and firepower. That's America in the 21st Century. And it doesn't need to be this way.
@@johnalden5821 Even the police are highly irresponsible with their firearms. Not just on the job either. An off duty police officer fatally shot his toddler while cleaning his service gun.
Scottish people are so good at the American accent!
Yo James! It’s Dom from NIU. I love the videos, it’s insightful hearing outside perspectives on America. Keep up the good work ✊🏾
Ayeeeee Dom! Good to hear from you man! I hope everything is going well for you and I appreciate you checkin out some of the videos! Glad you like them! I’ve got some more planned soon so be on the lookout for that! As a side note, one of the funniest memories I have back at NIU was when we came in 2nd at the Poinsettia Bowl back in 2013, as we were running off the field, I looked over and heard you say, “ I BET THEY DON’T WANNA RUN IT BACK THO!” 😂😂😂😂😂
I like your videos mate. They are better tempered than a lot of the other youtubers that do this but try to emphasise the negative opinions people hold.
Thanks Andy! Yea I see a lot of those negative ones. I just ask them what they think and whatever their thoughts are, I include it in the video. Good, bad or indifferent.
loved this james .Thanks for putting scotland on the map
@@brian-k6b1lthey can thank us later for the Internet haha😂
12:36 his first problem is that he went to the Wisconsin state fair
Calories don't count at a state fair!
As someone who lives less then fourty minutes from the Wisconsin State Fair, I almost died laughing because he is NOT WRONG!!!
Right? I'd like to see the figure on the tonnage of cheese consumed there annually.
This is a group of Intellgent people,very articulate.Well done you Scots!
Omg the girl who said Buffalo Wild Wings stole my heart with that comment. I go every other week at least. Wings are my favorite food 🥰
I know what you mean, I love Buffalo wild wings too, blazing and mango habanero, and I cheered as well!!!😄
@@timothyreel716 nice! My go to are Mango Habanero and Desert Heat dry rub. I sadly gotta limit the Mango when I’m in keto.
Gotta love the Scottish! A humble people
These Scots do really seem to know a lot about us, and I value their opinions, good and critical. Good to be seen faithfully and realistically by our friends.
I'd say your shows and documentaries help that. At least for me. I expect you to have a million guns haha, and for the people to be rude
Absolutely, I wholeheartedly agree. My girlfriend at the time bought me a 23andMe DNA test & I learned I am 99.6% Northwestern European. Makes so much sense looking back because my Pawpaw always told me we came from Scotland & he even showed me the graveyards in which my ancestors lay.
Anyways, I live in Texas & my Mom has a very similar accent to my Pawpaw. For some weird reason, I can draw a lot of comparisons to the dialect/accents/cadence. Anyone else who's from the US that has Scottish/British ancestry ever thought the same or I out on a limb???? lol 🤔
I used to live there. The are as realistic as a rubber banana. The country is beautiful and the people are usually foul mouthed . As to weapons....there are far more incidents of knifing than there are of shootings here for the number of people with guns.
@@Clairsach Link me with that proof. Because there are definitely many instances of knife crime, but they are vastly centralised to the big cities, with some suburban areas contributing. But I doubt 5 million people commit as many knife crimes as 330 million people commit gun crimes.
@@Clairsach lol cope
I recently found out I'm 25% Scottish. Thanks to my ancestry DNA test. So this was really enjoyable for me, as an American to watch. I agree with pretty much everything they've said. They were very respectful and kind about how they spoke about us with a lot of truth in there. It is funny that a lot of people that came to America were the daredevils. The ones that were risking everything to come here and start a new life and those are our ancestors. I agree that our country is very loud. 😅 Growing up in Florida and going to amusement parks for my field trips as a kid in school . This great weather and being able to see a lot of my large beautiful country. Makes me feel very lucky to live here. I only recently went to an NFL football game and the energy in the stadium was my most favorite part. The host of these videos is doing a great job representing us. This video makes me want to visit Scotland one day. I am a little more reserved and quiet so it would be nice to see a country of people a little less loud. 😅
Love your intros, editing and overall quality of your videos. Great stuff man. Cool channel 👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks chase I appreciate that! The intros are probably my favorite part to do, I definitely enjoy making them. Thanks for watching it! 🙋🏽♂️
8:07. Awesome insight. I think that is very true. Americans do have enduring optimism. I think that is less common in younger generations but I think social media has played a part in that, in a negative way.
Ella wins the accent contest!
Been to Florida and Clearwater love it . 😁😁😁 love the people the food . Shopping . The sun and entertainment . Beaches everything .
Clearwater? St. Petersburg and st pete beach are better
I heard that but when you have Portobello beach which is lovely but your going in to the North sea which you lose the will to live it's so cold lol😁 clear water is paradise and if I get back I would try st Pete's.👍
Wow the editing is super satisfying haha
Not surprising that one of the guys likes Bluegrass… it was heavily influenced by Scottish and Irish immigrants.
Most of the US is heavily influenced by immigrants, how many "Native Americans" are actually left?
Great vid mate👍🏽
Thanks Robocop 🙏🏽
It’s been a long time since charter fitness glad to see your doing well and still traveling old friend
Appollo ma man!!! Good to hear from you bro! You’re right, it’s been a long time since charter haha, just want you to know that them 1,2 and 3 a.m. late night discussions are still being used as fuel to keep moving forward! You definitely gave me some good inspiration to keep pushing bro! I hope you’re still gettin after it as well! Good to hear from you 👍🏽🙋🏽♂️💯
the first thing when i think about America .... is the people ... the people make a country and not the other way around yes like every other country you'll get good and bad people ... but generally speaking Americans are very welcoming and can't be matched when it comes to hospitality
The Arab world would like a word...far more hospitable culture than any in the West
Thank you for this. Being from southeast missouri I have a slight southern accent but also the "southern hospitality". I like to think we are nice, friendly, and easy going people. However I cannot speak for people from the bigger cities. I prefer my more "quiet country" life.
These were very nice people and I enjoyed their answers. The rest of the world and half of America doesn’t understand the gun culture. They don’t understand that’s it’s the great equalizer for those who exercise the right including the battered woman whose ex husband is kicking down the door hell bent on putting his hands around her neck, the elderly farmer who is approached by three hoodlums at his front door who are trying to trick their way into his house for robbery and assault, the innocent motorist who is being chased and harassed by biker gang trash, the person who is threatened with a knife in a shopping center parking lot. America is about individualism and individual rights. You don’t have to carry a gun for defense but if you did, you just might survive an attack. Thousands do every year. Your choice here. School shootings happen because more money is spent on athletic facilities than on security. The mentally ill are free. Criminals are cut loose to rape and kill again. There is not a gun problem, there is a crime and mental health problem.
6:42 "some are too loud" then cackles like a witch.🤣
Great video James great style you just let people talk rather than stick your opinion in Regards Brian 🏴
Thank you Brian I appreciate that! I’d rather hear what other people think about as opposed to just hearing my own so I try my best to just let them say what they want regardless of if I agree with them or not.
@ welcome james 🏴
Fun video!
Thanks WitchyBritches🙋🏽♂️
Am wanting the Glasgow questioner results 🤔🏆
No you don't 😂
2:00 LA "all the way down to" San Deigo... You know what they say: to an American 100 years is a log time, and to a Brit/Scot/etc 100 miles is a long way. 121 miles by car from LA proper to San Diego. It's about half that from the LA metro area to the San Diego metro area. There are people who commute this distance daily. (Not me. Mine is three miles, but this is in Arizona and California. A coworker of mine commutes 60 miles each way though.)
54 American presidents have Scottish ancestry or Scots Irish and remember the Alamo 🏴🇺🇸
I love these people!
I have beed in America my whole life...born here..female.. after about the last 20 years America has gone to hell...To many criminals, including government, men dont respect women anylonger, women dont act like ladies anylonger...Cities are full of homeless drug addicts and people going to the bathroom where ever they please, quality of food is terrible..Trying to produce to much to fast, young people dont want to work and expect as much stuff as they can get for free, and no one respects mother nature or the land anymore...Anyone who visits here from other countries should stay away from the big popular cities. .NYC, Hollyweird, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami, etc...Go to see the real America, like the National forests, and smaller towns and take a drive through the farmland to little towns with history, where the good true and loving Americans live...Otherwise be careful of crime and fraud. Go to a small town festivals, or County fair, a Rodeo a parade...fishing and golf touniment...visit some Natural beauties like Niagra Falls or the Grand Canyon or Crater Lake, kayak down beautiful rivers, rent a car and drive up or down the West Coast along the Ocean...get out and experience the tidepools ..you will meet much better people.. And prob eat much better foods...
Makes me want to visit Scotland even more. Actress Karen Gillan is a treasure. 😊
I'm an American with Scottish and Welsh ancestry so this was really interesting! I've met a English and Australian woman and they said I look English and have the natural demeanor. Maybe I should pay my friends over the pond a visit.
Just to first point out - I think you’re maybe confusing Scotland and England. Scotland and England are different countries with different histories, cultures, (somewhat) languages, parliaments, education and legal systems. Scotland and England are not the same thing in terms of “demeanour” or culture and if you make that mistake people will not be happy with you. Scotland and England are both in the “UK”. There’s an important distinction that you’d do well to remember.
I’m glad you have ancestry but just a bit of a warning - people in Scotland (and the UK but definitely 100% in Scotland) hate when Americans come over and talk about ancestry and stuff and say it makes them Scottish or they have “Scottish traits”. The thing is, Scotland and Scottish people have mostly moved beyond the idea of ethnic citizenship and ethnic nationalism. In Scotland you would not be considered “Scottish” in ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM. You’d be seen as an American that perhaps had some distant ancestors from here but that’s it. To us, Scotland is a country and Scottish people are the people who live and make a life for themselves here. That can be a refugee from Syria, Polish immigrants, English people, Chinese families, Indian/Pakistani families and all of that. If they choose to live and make a life for themselves here, they’re Scottish too, as ethnicity means nothing. In fact, I come from a long line of Scottish highland family and some of my Pakistani friends are more Scottish than I am. Scotland and Scottishness are now rather an idea and a place and the people who live here instead of an ethnicity or biology or ancestry.
I hope you do come visit one day, but I thought I’d point that out.
I recommend all Europeans to go to chicago. Tons of sports, museums, it’s midwest so it’s not had stuffy and intense as nyc and fake as la. You can drive out of town, there’s a ski resort 3 hours north. Great Lakes. You can get a small town feel and travel to some beach towns up the coast as well
NYC Metro area has the same amenities. Beautiful beaches in NY & NJ, ski resorts in the Catskills & further north, farmland, etc.
Seen you in dublin today 🙏🙏
Did you really?!? You should of said “HEY!” I was looking for people to be in a video!! 😱😱😱
@@JamesPrime1 my friends were in it!! They were the ones who wouldn’t do an American accent haha
To the Scottish folk watching this, Florida, New York and California are all completely different than the rest of the country. The south is known for their hospitality to guests, the Midwest for their kindness and willingness to converse with strangers, the east for their busy attitude but also their large cities and money, the west is known for wide open spaces, beautiful mountains and coastline and lots of places to explore. I've lived and traveled all over the US and am visiting Scottland for the first time. The people really aren't so different from Americans and are kind and patient. Scotland has old history all over and give the people a lot to be proud of. America is a newer place and their pride comes from the countries that made it what it is today. America in many ways is a combination of every other countries culture.
This is the Edinburgh chat🏴
I definitely got the impression I was too extra when I visited the UK but they were too polite to tell me. Cheers!
Most people around the world, and most European say that the Americans are the most outgoing and friendly people anywhere. That’s very very true and especially people in the south south east, and in central America like it in the Midwest.. we are usually :-) and love to laugh and hug one another a lot even if we don’t hug strangers, but very welcoming to strangers. Conservatives or moderates are very very patriotic and the liberals are more loud and obnoxious but I would say most of those of the younger people but I’ve even seen some people in their 40s and early 50s who are pretty loud and obtrusive. That’s pretty surprising because back in the 1960s and 1970s you would’ve never seen a 40 or 50 year old progressive at all because back then people were so peace and love that they were hippies and they were so antiwar etc. etc.. Americans are feisty, and we don’t take any crap at the same time. Many of us are so hesitant to get into war, which is why we didn’t get into World War I or World War II until we absolutely had to. The media is extremely biased and a lot of it propaganda but a lot of Europeans came to America before COVID-19 for years and they said one thing about Americans they noticed is that Americans work all the time and work too much which is true because Americans usually live to work and I think it’s something that’s been in bread but after COVID-19 a lot of people just got lazy and they wanted to work from home or not work at all and then there are together who are just your every day typical go-getters, and get up and go to work and that’s just their life .
Good quality video
I'm a Conservative, fairly traditional, very patriotic American living in Texas. I thought your video was great, even-handed, not slanted and fun, all which are refreshing qualities in these dichotomic times.
From a Scot, Austin Texas and surrounding area... :)
What do I think of when I think of Scotland? The Lockness monster, castles, bagpipes, and kilts.
Long live 🏴!
Lochness
@@kmasse81 Loch Ness.
Why do people only go to New York and Florida?
The same reason Americans go to London and Edinburgh, they dont know theres anywhere else
I've been to Florida but also Chicago (for the blues music) and Scottsdale, Arizona.
What a silly question.
a lot of people here in the US feel exactly the same about guns, junk food, terrible healthcare system. Super fun hearing the accents and their trying US accents.
Normal people like guns.
In a thousand years cars will be gone here but guns or weapon equalizers will be just as common as now. Right to self defense requires an aqualizer weapon, not some paper clip against an AK47 like those Russian kids had at that Moscow Concert.
That's total BS you saying many feel that way about guns.
Have Scottish ancestry on my Father's side. Respect to Scotland and the Scottish!!🏴🇺🇸
Same here! Scotland forever! 🏴 🏴
That ginger headed lassie seems really sweet and girlfriend material, I like her personality x
"Girlfriend material".🙄
Makes me wonder why you're most likely single and searching.😆
After watching a bunch of these types of videos it looks like I finally found one where ppl didn't just immediately talk shit about America and didn't give lazy answers.
Also I got the chance to visit Edinburgh in 2018 and walked up Arthur's Seat listening to bagpipe music .... it was EPIC!
These ppl seem like they would be really cool to be around
Texas is wonderful. My family came from Scotland to America and helped build it. I’m, with all humanity, proud of that. We do love guns and BBQ, but one must be responsible when a gun owner.
As a thoroughbred Scotsman what is the meaning of “Banger”?
Has more than one meaning lol😂
What do Scottish people think about Americans pronouncing Scotland as Scatland, particularly as scat means faeces?
We don’t care.
I think these guys have a pretty good grasp on America.
Everyone has the movie version of America. The news version of America.
We know that being here is a different thing all together.
One thing everyone needs to know is America is huge. Lots of people from all over the world. That fabric is a tight weave. Yet we all keep separate cultures and traditions as well.
Because there's so many people. There's a lot going on. Two heads are better than one. And if all the heads go to America? Now suddenly it's a society that catapults past the rest. That's all it is. Then give them unlimited resources? It's not a mystery why America is America.
The girl that said us Scot’s are reserved and judgmental is a bang on assessment of most Scot’s compared to as she said Americans who are friendly, don’t care and enthusiastic. Saying this as a Scot by the way…
America is at least 6 countries, The northeast, The old south, Texas and the desert states, The middle plains, The upper plains/lakes, and the Pacific north west
They’re so wise and mature. We’re massive,friendly,extreme, dangerous. Eternal adolescents.
Props to the dude with the bugsy malone quote
Watching my fellow Americans try to defend our country in the comments is bittersweetly hilarious.
I was thinking the same thing lol
Time to sniff your thumb.
You haven't "been to America" if you haven't been to all four corners and all points in between. It's just too big and varied.
In that case only about 4 Americans in total have actually “been to America”.
If you go to America, you’ve been to America
@@usersaccount5706 no
I fully agree with YOU. An old fart, now, I've covered all 50 states -- lived in, toured, done business in, vacationed, and on 30 + years of travels (business), and more than 30 years professional driving, (with VERY few exceptions I've seen every nook-and-cranny of America (USA), including Alaska and Hawaii, plus Mexico & every Canadian Province... I appreciate your statement !!!
@@usersaccount5706 ....WRONG... sorry.
@@douglasfuqua7082 well isn’t that good for you. i bet you come from a really good family, where you got everything you wanted. not every AMERICAN in AMERICA can do such a thing. shame how AMERICANS who haven’t been to all 50 states can’t be called americans😭😭
I am from Chicago. My family has been here since 1820. I have never seen a gun in the open or someone get shot. How do I phrase this without dog whistling? Umm it is localized to a specific demographic and is only in 5% of the city.
Lol at the older lady. "Americans are too loud! Ban guns!"
A bit set in her ways, doubt i'd be able to change her mind!
And lol at the airplane and blues brothers quotes
Very impressive American accents from Scottish people on here lol
Cringing eh.🤣🤣
@@garywilson2926 that’s how we feel when you try ours mate
The Scots are so good at American accents! I can't say the opposite is true. Most Americans can't even come close to a beautiful Scottish accent!
Sheesh, the American accents are pretty good
I could be wrong but there might have been a time when the English didnt permit arms in Scottland.
Lovely people and country in Scotland. It is alarming how much anti gun propaganda they have been exposed to, clearly their government has zero intention of them regaining freedom and self reliance. Also, I'm also a bit amused at the healthcare comments as if they think the healthcare in the US isn't good or something when the simple reality is of course the majority of modern medicine innovation and achievement is from America.
2 things.. we had and have guns over here. not many people owned them tho because there was no reason to. but after a mass shooting at a school in Dunblane where 16 children and 1 teacher were masacred the govt decided to crack down on ownership and types of gun owned. as far as "regaining freedom and self reliance" thats just nonsense, the new law was supported by the entire country because we didn't want something similar to ever happen again [and it hasn't]. it was not controversial in the slightest. as for healthcare.. in the U.S your outcomes are only good if you can afford it. you have worst rates of infant mortality and the lowest life expectancy at birth and highest death rates for avoidable or treatable conditions than any other modern democracy. and you spend twice as much in terms of GDP for that. those are facts. no-one over here ever goes bankrupt because they can't afford healthcare.. it's impossible. that said I love visiting America going back for a fortnight in August.. can't wait
I'm Scottish. I used to think that guns were bad. Now wish we still had them.
I'm an American of Scots Irish decent. I'm proud of our Second Amendment!!!
Healthcare used to be good ( non profits) until 30 yrs ago when it started slowly changing....then 2010 with obamacare....went to he double hockey sticks! The US is NOT the same country I grew up in. I had 20 awesome years and the last 30 yrs I have been able to see the dramatic decline. Its heartbreaking😪
Totally agree!
I noticed too.
True. Obama has ruined American healthcare in sooo many ways. But thats true of everything his evil hand touched.
I love essentially everything they have to say about us, aside from what they have to say about guns. It’s so obvious how poorly their media ( and ours ) portrays how horrible guns are. More than half of gun deaths per year in the US are caused by suicide. A horrible thing obviously, but preventing access to a gun as opposed to a rope, or bridge for that matter won’t change those statistics. They constantly hint to how many school shootings we have when in reality school shootings account for 637 fire arm related deaths since 1970… I feel as though they forget to recognize the fact that we have over 300 million people in this country. About 90% of school shootings between 1994 and 2016 involved only 1 victim ( I’m assuming gang related shootings ) as opposed to 10% of multiple victim incidents between 1996 and 2016. Statistically mass school shootings aren’t really something to be worried about in a country this large.
Hey, all of those statistics are egregious in every possible way. Only 637 children killed at school? Wow. The reason that you think these suicides and child murders are ok is because of our grotesque gun culture.
@@kmasse81 on a grand scale 637 lives lost in a span of 50 years is really not that big of a deal whatsoever in comparison to other things lol. Keep crying and don’t forget to drink your soy
@@kmasse81 more than 2x the amount people die in a day from heart attacks alone in the us than kids have been killed in school over a 50 year span. The facts don’t lie. School shootings aren’t an issue we should be focusing so heavily on. What about obesity? What about all the other things that kill kids in way higher numbers?
There is a very strong correlation between the presence of a gun in a home and successful suicide. Guns make it a lot easier to follow through on a momentary bad idea or bad impulse. Gun violence correlates strongly with numbers and easy access to weapons.
there's a reason we hate guns. google Dunblane and you might understand. for us 1 event like that was enough to say never again. culturally we just don't understand you tolerate 'any' of the senseless gun deaths .. thats all it is
I'm a born & raised US citizen & very aware most of the world isn't very fond of us. And I'm sure there's good reason behind it so I'm not offended. However, there were two things said in this video I took great offense to when asked what the people think of when they of America. The first is TRUMP as I dislike him immensely. When he was first elected, I was very ashamed of being an American. The other thing is one person said the worst thing: KARDASHIAN. I despise what they do, what they stand for, they are entirely fake, only scam their fans for profit, I find them toxic to our society and yet people still buy into what they're selling.
I'm a born and raised American citizen as well and I disagree that most of the world does not like us. I happen to also think that Trump is a jerk but he was an excellent president. Hillary and the current president are indescribable in a negative way. :-(
I am far more ashamed of the lying, deceit in general corruption of Clinton, Joe and Hunter Biden and the DNC in general, along with the deep state, Comey, Clapper and the rest of them, then I am of Trump's ego.
Lol u just hate trump bcus ur told to
Well it’s more of a Glasgow question than anything , they bangers (oops) fae Edinburgh still don’t understand my question lol😂
GG Grandmother Scots Irish Famine Orphan at 12 shipped to Pittsburgh ~ Too pretty ~ married at 14 ~ Spoke Gaelic ~ But Scots Irish are written off as Irish ~ Love the Scottish Accent ~ Love the Food but not Haggis ~ Scones & Clooties & Meat Pies & Tartans ~ I am a Bradley = Scottish ~ Like the Jacobites ~ The Cockades ~ The Thistle Image ~ My gg grandmother made Scottish Lace ~
I could never generalize a region’s population, let alone an entire, vast nation. The best & worst are well blended abroad!
as a irish person would love to visit but not live there. free health care and not having a random nutjob with a assault rifle are a big part of it and i just love irish ham too much lol
Bluegrass!! ❤💙
Healthcare… should ask them how long it takes them to get an MRI…. LOL here it’s within a week cause of my work schedule. There your placed on a weight list and it goes by your home address.
MRI’s have nothing to do with weight unless you’re that overweight, you won’t fit in it 🥴 There’s no waiting list for emergency tests and procedures BTW, so yes, there’s waiting time for routine procedures and tests.....but, you and your next 4 generators are drowning in debt because you had an MRI within the week 🤦♀️🤷♀️
My uncle had an MRI scan 3 days after his seizure so I don’t know what the fuck your talking about because a week seems a bit of a stretch for spending thousands
@@usersaccount5706 I say a week for me cause I didn’t have time in the weekday. And in nyc it’s not thousands for a mri.
@@usersaccount5706 and a seizure is more serious than a ACL tear which I had. Your uncles was more urgent and time sensitive
@@jswats92 exactly, we get what we need, when we need it. My uncle needed a scan, he got one within 72 hours so I don’t know why your slandering our healthcare when it does a phenomenal job of keeping us safe. I think Americans use the phrase “don’t knock it until you try it” you paid probably hundreds of pounds for an MRI and it took a week. My uncle paid a small tax and got it with no time wasted. Fucking clown
How the hell do you Scots take so many vacations? Lol
Lucky!
We need to go abroad for a “holiday” what u call vacation a vacation for yous americans is mostly somewhere else in America whether we can take a 2 hour flight to Spain or 4 hour flight to turkey for the sun lol
We have laws that mandate a certain amount of minimum wage (we don’t have tip culture at all and tips when they happen are actually ON TOP of minimum wage) and we also have mandated holiday/vacation time from work every year. Depending on where you work and how long you’ve worked there, your annual time off can be around a month.
Hamburgers 🍔....!!
Go to Bournemouth
As a Scandanavian born in Americian Ill say there all Americans are not the same like any country but the worst thing I dislike about Americans is the bad humor.
its simple, americans just think theyre country is the best to live in. Most still don't have a clue or would admit how other places are better in some ways.
the media puts America in such a negative light.. most of us like 300million off us Americans are not racist probably even more than that everyone just focuses on the bad stuff also for most ppl its not dangerous. but I agree gun laws need to be stricter and we are loud but its just our personality ig we enjoy being loud and fun and annoying ig. cute vid love the UK
gun laws do not need to stricter. america literally has thousands of gun laws. criminals by nature don't follow laws so another law does nothing. There needs to be more done about mental health and media promotion of violent crimes.
As also with the Irish, the Scottish people who tried the least to sound American had the best American accents. Most of them were trying too hard.
always fun to hear about the guns; more than not those countries aren't even allowed to have pocket knives because apparently the government can't trust them. It's nuts to hear for us as well.
Because the only reason to carry a gun or knife is to hurt someone! You only feel like you need a weapon if other people have weapons......I live in a country where shootings and knife attacks are pretty much unheard of, I've never seen a gun, never even heard one, neither has anyone i know....... it must be scary to live with the knowledge that people have lethal weapons on them all around you 🤔
@@michellemcmanus2729 I am genuinely happy that you live in a place like you described. What is the general feeling for why people wore sgian dubh?
@@michellemcmanus2729 the only reason people legally carry is to protect themselves and others. I have never seen a criminal with a gun or heard a gun fired in public; I have never seen a bear in the woods but I still carry bear spray. Life is too precious not to be prepared for the worst.
Scotland is already the murder capital of Europe, imagine giving us guns
@@paulgrant5543 very sorry to hear that. For myself, I still would like to visit. The folks that I've worked with in the military were first class, and the places that I'd like to see are very "out of the way".