Remember that in some cultures young people living at home doesnt have the same stigma than in the us. Some stay not because they can't leave, but because they choose to live in multigenerational homes.
Over here in the Balkans that is considered perfectly normal since we believe families should stick together as best as possible. Houses are generally quite big and often have 2 or 3 floors, so you'd live upstairs with your wife and kids while your parents would be downstairs. Everyone has their own living room, kitchen and bathroom. It's basically like living in a small apartment building. It's also very convenient because if you have to go somewhere real quick you can just take your kid downstairs to hang out with grandpa until you come back. Also, sending your parents or grandparents to the nursing home or leaving them to live alone is considered bad and ungrateful so someone will always be there with them to help them out in the later stages of their life as a sign of appreciation. I love that.
Or living in WG's (german: Wohngemeinschaft; englisch: shared apartment) espeically when you study. Some universities offer also own apartments for their students.
Right? Also I don't get why Americans seem to have this stigma that it puts a strain on your parents. Like isn't it the opposite? I cook fresh food every day for our family, if I'd live alone I'd have to cook fresh food for myself and my parents would have to do so for them too. Like what's the point? I also know multiple people whose parents live together with their grandparents, they don't have to go to a retirement home too quick and just live on separate floors in the same home.
6:22 HDI map in Europe is so wrong Poland (0.881), Baltics (Lat, Lit both 0.879, Est 0.899), Greece (0.893) Croatia (0.878) should be green. Finland (0.942), UK (0.940), Slovenia and Austria both (0.926) Dark Blue. Italy(0.906), Spain(0.911)should be light blue. It seems like the data for Europe is from early 2010s and for US 2019.
And if we look on HDI in America, they probably should show the population density of the areas ... lol - in the middle states there are more rats than people ..
One thing that surprises many Europeans is how religious the USA is. God and religion is mentioned everywhere, and all this fighting about teaching religion in public schools and where to put up the ten commandments etc. I remember reading a few years ago that in some US counties you can't even run for a public office if you're an atheist (feel free to comment if this is actually true). From a European perspective this is insane. Freedom of religion, of course, but there should also be a freedom from religion and religion should be a personal thing that isn't imposed on you everywhere. Edit: In Finland we actually still have a state church, which I think is problematic, since fewer and fewer people are members of the church, or officially members of any religion for that matter. Officially about 65% of the people are members of a church, but only 35% say they believe in god. Personally I don't understand why you would be a member and pay church tax if you're not a believer, that's just stupid. Fortunately politicians here don't usually mix politics and religion (the very small Christian Democrats party being an exception). However, most presidents have had the tradition to say "God bless" in their new years speech, but this is equally problematic, since they're supposed to be the president for all the people and there are more atheists than religious people.
@@Phiyedough To be fair, separation of church and state is more of an ideal than a reality. At least in Germany (not sure about other European countries), there are official religions that are funded by taxes (from which you can opt out, at least). In France, we don't have this, but almost every religious building built before 1905 belong to either the State or the city it's built in, and their maintenance is thus on public money (in theory churches can be used for any public event or association that demand it; in practice it almost never happen and only the Catholic church enjoy using them). I think one big difference between the USA and (Western) Europe is that in general, religion in Europe became a personnal thing, and not a public one. Talking about your religious practices can be perceived as odd as talking about your sexual practices - it's intimate. Except for three things (at least in France) : First communion (but it's getting rare), marriage and funerals; all very traditionnal OFC but also all being family events, they don't feel as "private" than bedside prayers.
Yep, there's supposed to be a separation of church and state in the US, but they don't seem to practice that, whereas in many European countries, bringing religion into politics is enough to get someone fired from their position in government, politics and religion is not a good mix and I'm happy to see religion is a dying breed in Europe, which is ironic considering how much architecture we have in Europe around religion lol.
Yes, I can't imagine our prime minister saying 'God bless' or 'God bless our country'. That's just considered wrong on so many levels. Yet I heard Obama say it a few times in public. Here a president would have to step town over something like that. The separation between church and state has proven to be vital to our country in the past. Violating that is considered high treason basically. (There are plenty of religious people in my country though, but to be able to all live peacefully together, we keep religion out of common spaces, in a religious manner 😉. But seriously, the separation of church and state guarantees all people to practice their believes, because there is not one 'state approved' religion, which would make other religions inferiour. So even religious people think it's important to separate church and state.)
@@anniehope8651 Case in point, in 1998, French députée (legislator) Christine Boutin pulled out a Bible in the French Assembly during a debate on opening civil unions to homosexual couples; it caused quite the shock (along with her very crude and homophobic arguments). 25 years later she is still «the legislator that brandished a Bible in the Assembly».
I absolutely agree that New England is "the most european" part of the US. Not too big of a culture shock for me as a western european. In Oklahoma i had some more "issues" 😂 , basically had to watch what i said about politics or religion.... a concept foreign to me😂. Freedom of religion yes, but unlike you we also have freedom from religion 😉
I was flying from NYC to Florida (i´m Swedish) and i sat next to a very friendly Floridian lady coming back from some business in NYC. I was saying something about NY attitude and she was totaly agreeing with me and saying something "yea they believe they are European, but they have no clue what Europe is"
yes that can be strange when you think they have constitution about been free but they need to watch out more than us specialy religion, politic well it's a bit better never talk about it anywhere you go in the world ^^
My wife is American, but moved to Sweden in 2016. She's originally from California, lived almost for almost two years in Atlanta (which she didn't like), and then 16 years in Boston. She said that the move to Sweden was less of a culture shock than if she had moved to e.g. Alabama. Not just culture, but climate and environment are pretty similar. I found Boston to have a European big city feel to it, and that some areas outside (towards New Hampshire) looked a lot like places here.
When it comes to yearly hours of sunshine, it's funny to see people from the US claim that solar energy is only viable in places that are far south, while you find that countries like Denmark still has a total capacity of 3.6 GW of solar energy, and produces around 2 TWh of solar energy a year, which is around 6% of the electrical power usage (so ~33 TWh per year used). For reference - if Denmark was a US state, it'd be the 20th most populous at 5.94 million, ranking between Missouri (6.15 million) and Wisconsin (5.89 million). By area it'd be 42nd at 16,000 square miles, ranking between West Virginia (24,000) and Maryland (9,700). And the southern most point of Denmark is at 54°33' north, while the northern most point of the continental 48 states in the US is Northwest Angle, which is at 49°16' north, which makes that point 5°17' further south - or ~350 miles further south. Denmark has ~1,900 sunshine hours. Total solar power capacity for Maryland? 2.2 GW. They have 2,582 sunshine hours. Missouri? 654 MW. 2,690 sunshine hours. West Virginia? 165 MW. 2,032 sunshine hours. Wisconsin? 2.3 GW. 2,428 sunshine hours. Every single one of those states are comparable to Denmark by population and by area, and they get far more sun than Denmark - but they're massively behind in solar power, by between 43% and 400%. They have more sunshine hours, and by being further south they also have a higher amount of solar power available per area. Somehow the American public has bought into the idea that solar energy doesn't work.
I'll just comment on the living at home part of the video for some of us Europeans. In Slovenia we tend to pool our resources and invest in multi-generational and multi-family homes. Some people build a house and then their kids build addons and grow their home so it can accommodate their families, and when the older generation dies, the parents move to the smaller place and let their kids have the bigger family house so they can raise their families there. It serves many purposes, like pooling resources, if necessary, the family can help each other out with general issues (let's say someone gets sick and everyone takes turns helping out, or taking care of young children, ...). Some of the reasons for staying at home and adding to it are security and peace of mind.
@@GreatRetroI'm Dutch woman and live at home at 32. Most Dutch people think that is super weird. But my mother is not healthy and I want to take care of her.
In eastern Europe you can very often find big houses containing 2 flats for two generations families so one of the child often stays in the flat above (or next to) leting their parents live downstairs and other child have to find its own flat. Because of the house has one adress, it is taken as living with your parents.
@@paul1979uk2000 Probably due to the high humidity you guys experience. I speak from personal experience, 25°C at 60% humidity feels quite warm, while 25°C at 40% humidity feels nice and cool.
@@MrShadow1617...Yes, high humidity makes feel warmer....and allso harder, you can not cool down ...swetting, but still wet.Thanks to evaporatine, in lower humidity....skin become colder, and you feal fresshier....nicer👍
Loved visiting Iceland from Sweden when I was a teenager. It was in the summer and one of the greatest adventures of my life. The temperature was perfect and I didn't expect it to be green, but it was! :D
Ah thank you ! I'm from France, so I don't know the USA perfectly, but it makes me doubt my geographical knowledge xD An American not very good at geography, it's cliché, but we can't help it if he points to Canada while talking about Chicago... ^^' But it's most likely just a mistake.
6:40 That Human Development Index map is pretty old. A few european countries improved their color (they were just shy below the limit). For instance my home country, Spain, not only has same color as France now, actually surpassed it: 0,911 vs 0,910.
@@TheRockkickass The good thing about HDI is that takes everything into consideration, so the dodgy question you make, for which you already know the answer, doesn't change my point. Anyway, adding some info: The employment rate is real problem but not that representative of quality of life. For some reason nobody explains in any video that young students are usually signed up as employed because you get discounts and free courses and just because "maybe I get some money for the summer", not because everyone of them are actively and desperately seeking for a job.
@@davidmmm that’s even worse that people are getting benefits for being unemployed. And I didn’t mention the HDI I just asked a question about the unemployment rate and average salary out of curiosity
@@TheRockkickass Benefits like getting good courses discounted or for free to improve their skills and employability… it doesn’t seem a bad idea IMHO. You recieved the most well informed and educated answers that your’re going to recieve this week on RUclips :D
I’d say that a factor in driving age is the alternative. In Europe in most places we have well developed public transit systems that allow for kids in school to go by them selves on buses trains and subways wherever they want to go at any time of the day, except for some more rural areas. This make it unnecessary to drive at a younger age. Also almost all age limits in Europe converge around 16-20 with a majority at 18 to become adult, drink alcohol, vote, join the military and so on.
please note that the 'young people living with parents' maps have different definitions of 'young people' the US map is about 18-34 yo, the European map is about 25-34 yo.
People in south of europe often live with their family for tradition. Big familys live together. Not because they cannot move out but because its normal there.
It's harder to find a job, young people starts to work later (23/25), and the cost of living is increasing all over europe. Young worker stay at their parents in france so they can save money and afford to buy a flat/house
Yea that is a bit ugly: But i would say its probobly quite a bit lower in northern europe. I know a guy that have his parrent living with him. That is. He have the deed of the house. Got it when he was 19 something because both of his parent was terrible with money and could not get a loan. So he bought it him self and have the parents living with him paying rent. I wounder how that is counted? (He threatened to throw them out several times if they don´t behave) Its worth saying that USA is in Europe map as a dot in the Atlantic.. just like it is in real life
I can't imagine letting a 16 year old, let alone a 14 year old drive a car. Here in Switzerland the earliest mothorised vehicule you can drive is a moped at 14 limited at 45km/h(excluding electric scooters and bikes I think). Then at 16 you can drive a scooter (not the razer scooter type of things) or up to a 125cc motorcycle (it used to be 50cc max). Then at 18 it's limited motorcycle (max 35kw) and car. Then after tow years of perfect riding with your limited motorcycle licence you can get the unlimited one, so the earliest you can get that one is at 20. And even the lowest for the moped you have to pass a theoretical exam. For all the other you have to do an eye exam, first aid courses, sensitivity training and theoretical exam. Then you have to do 12hours of mandatory lessons for the motorcycle one followed by a practical exam, for cars there's no minimum amount of hours but after the practical exam you have to do 8 hours of special lessons that teach you how to drive in multiple conditions (wet roads, tight traffic, emergency breaking, etc.).
It is important to mention that almost everyone in the US learns to drive an automatic car, while (although it is rapidly changing now) almost everyone in Europe learns to drive a stick shift car, which is a lot harder! My daughter is 18 and learning how to drive and although she is learning to drive stick shift, she drove in my automatic and yelled: this is so much easier!! 😂
@@jokedebock2747to drive with a stick shift is quite easy to learn. But a child does seldom have the sensable and developed brain to make good desisions in the traffic. This cannot be learned. It is a development during the years until you are an adult.
@@jokedebock2747 My comment wasn't so much about the difficulty of learning how to drive but more about letting literal children drive such vehicules in the first place
Latitudes are interesting, and time zones are also interesting. I'm in Finland and we are actually on the same time zone with South Africa. I remember reading about a South African family who decided to have a vacation in the Finnish Lapland during winter because they'd never seen snow etc, so it was a unique experience for them. Their flights took ages because they were flying almost literally to the other side of the world. But they didn't get any jet lag because they were on the same time zone all the time. Even though I understand why that it, it still sounds crazy.
Yes indeed. Finally have a system to remember which lines are which. It doesn't help that the lines you use to measure how far north/south you are go from west to east, and the opposite for finding out how far west/east you are! I thought it was crazy when I found out that the north/south calculation is easier and has been "knowable" for far longer, but how far east/west you are depends on having very accurate clocks. Makes sense when it's been explained, but needing a clock probably wouldn't be most peoples first guess when asked what you need to find out where you are! What's the time? Hang on, I'll fetch my map...
“That’s where my tax go to”. Not really. The budget is close to a trillion, only around 4.5 billion dollars go to support NATO directly. Peanuts really. Most of that budget is to pay personnel and support non-NATO foreign bases. Yes it’s true that the whole capacity of the US military is committed to NATO, which is a direct consequence of this budget. But… One has to be deluded to think that by pulling out of NATO suddenly that budget will reduce in a significant way. It will not. Too many vested interests, 1.000.000 personnel, all the massive nuclear deterrent capability maintenance, etc., but hey everyone is free to believe what they want
You could fairly effectively argue that *any* country pulling out of NATO would increase the required tax spend, and make it more likely that the country would get involved in a hot war. The whole point of NATO is to be so scary to attack that no one does, thus you can spend less. Less scary, more spending required. If for instance Ukraine was in NATO prior to 2014, you basically wouldn’t have the war there and the west would have saved a heap of money.
@@peter65zzfdfh it depends of the country. To the USA it won’t make even a dent in its defence budget. To Latvia a different story. On the other hand, I don’t think many countries would dare to attack France or the UK, both nuclear powers, whether they are in NATO or not. I hear you but it depends on the country
I talked to an American while I was on vacation in Greece around a decade ago, and I remember regrettably pointing out that - aside from the US, the most religious countries in the world seem to be the poorest, most underdeveloped and often war ravaged countries on the planet. Conversely, the happiest, wealthiest countries in the world that boast the highest standards of living are countries that lean towards atheism and secular Christianity, like Scandinavia, the two Nordic countries and Switzerland. It was just an observation that popped into my head at the time, and I didn't think much about how it would be received. The American guy stopped me right there and immediately became defensive. Luckily, he gave me a chance to explain that I wasn't arguing that religion leads to poverty or misery, but rather that religious belief tends to occur when people are experiencing it. From my experience, quite a few Americans are very sensitive to the topics of religion and politics, and that's not exclusive to Americans, but some that I have talked to have had such a combative stance on those two subjects, that they wouldn't let me get to my point or clear up any misunderstandings without being constantly interrupted or shouted over. I think that's a subtle, but noticeable cultural difference between the US and Europe, in general. I can't speak for all European countries, as we're all very, very different, but many Americans seem to have particularly strong convictions in regard to politics and religion, and I find that it's typically easier to have discussions on these two topics with Europeans, as long as I don't mention anything extreme and know when to pull away from it when it's going in the wrong direction.
I was at a barbeque in Sweden in the beginning of the war in Iraq. This liberal/democratic US couple were there and were very upset about US decision to invade. When we agreed and talked about the huge demonstrations against the war and what the war was doing to the region they got really upset. The guy stepped up onto the table and sang Amazing Grace! We were all quite stunned and just talked about the nice summer weather with this couple after that.
I think a lower standard of living and lower prospects in life are a fruitful condition for religion to thrive on. Because religion 'offers' the less fortunate hope, salvation and a (potentially) better afterlife in Heaven.
Correction: There are more than 2 Nordic countries. According to wikipedia: Nordic countries - Wikipedia 3 days ago - The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or Norden; lit. 'the North') are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic. It includes the sovereign states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden
@@lionheart830 Yes, we're all nordic countries, but Finland and Iceland aren't part of Scandinavia.That's why I referred to them as the two nordic countries.
The sunshine difference is, because the climate blows lots of clouds from the Atlantic over Europe. That's also why Norway has so much less sunshine than Sweden and Finland, because the clouds get stuck on the Scandinavian mountains and disappear on the other side.
In the case of the scandinavian countries its a bit different, for half the year the sun sets around 3pm, in june in the far north of sweden the sun doesn't actually set and in january there is no sun at all. It's actually quite interesting up there
@@Srstrixthe sunset and sunrise times are the same for the same latitude. The difference for cities at the same latitude is thus down to local factors like cloud cover. (Or if you’re hyper local, mountains in the way).
It’s less to do with hours of sun, rather higher levels of cloud cover. The golf stream brings lots of clouds across Europe which has a lot more water masses and thus cooler air pockets not pushing back the clouds. In America on the other hand, the larger landmass heats up more and thus dispels cloud cover more.
Almost every time, where there is a big difference in European countries - it can be development, health care, income, life expectancy, etc. You can see that the difference copies the Iron curtain. The West will be "better / higher" ranking than the East. With exception quite often being Portugal. And The Czech Republic will be more or less half the way in between... One interesting thing: map of Berlin will have similar things as well...
just as a note, in the nordic countries the state is usually supporting people who leave the parents home, while this doesn't happen in the southern countries. Also, some numbers might be a bit off from reality. For example, in Italy many 18 y old leave to study, but they don't officially change they residency. In this way, they officially result still leaving with family
01:31 Side note: The flag on the right is the "Flag of Europe", meant to symbolize all of Europe. Designed by the Council of Europe (CoE) in 1955. It was adopted by the European Community (EC) as its flag in 1985. The EC later became the European Union (EU) in 1993.
Australia had the age of 21 before you can have a beer, till WW1, The Police around Australia united and had it changed. On the grounds of, If you can put on a uniform and die for Australia you can have a beer. Even now a person in uniform will not get carded, Navy, Army and Air Force take them in at 17.
No, Australia didn't have a drinking age of 21 across Australia till WW1. It was always been state by state, territory by territory and differed considerably and didn't become national until 1974. New South Wales' drinking age was 16 until it was raised to 18 in 1906. Victoria lowered the drinking age from 26 to 18 in 1906. ACT had an alcohol ban in place from 1911 to 1928 when a plebiscite removed that law, with the drinking age being then 18. Queensland went from 21 to 18 in 1974. South Australia eventually went from 21 to 20 in 1968 then to 18 in 1971. Tasmania went from 21 to 20 in 1967 and eventually to 18 in 1973. Western Australia went from 21 to 18 in 1970. As an older Australian I remember all the changes made from the late 1960s and early 1970s.
@@Pomdownuder So much change, especially in the late 60s/early 70s. Voting age changed across Australia, from 21 to 18, in 1973, meaning I was able to vote for the first time in 1974. Huge changes just over half a century ago. Damn, I'm really old. Sadly, very few people will see my first reply here and continue to believe the posted fallacy about Australia's drinking age being 18 from WW1.
@@KeesBoons Europe experienced lot of droughts in 2022 and 2023. It's funny how Ian say he like it sunny every day, just wait then the US start experiencing droughts.
Same lol, I used to like summers when I was younger but give me winters and milder weather any day. Thing is where I live in the UK, summers have been hotter and more humid over the last decade or so, in the past, it used to be milder, but nowadays, when the sun hits, it hits hard, and the UK by European standards is quite northern, so basically, in just 40 years, I've gone from liking summers to preferring winters more, mainly because in winters, there are many ways to warm up whereas in summer, you just have to sweat it out.
@@Phiyedough Yeah sunny days can indeed be a disadvantage for constructing roofs and other outdoor activities. Ian doesn't seem to get that lot of sunny days can be dangerous not just for human, but for the environment and animals. Constant sunny days may cause droughts, if no rain occurs for weeks and month. I'm sure that Ian would complain if his state of Illinois start experiencing droughts, like Europe experienced lot of droughts in 2022 and 2023
@@benbrown5038well yeah but most of Russia is excluded from all estimates of europe's size since most of it is on the other side of the Urals. The estimate in the video might have all of turkey and the Caucasus included (questionable choice), but it definitely doesn't include all of Russia.
8:58 in regards to driving age restrictions... here in Denmark you need a valid drivers license and must be 18 to drive unsupervised... on PUBLIC roads... but, although there are fewer of them these days, on family owned farms children of the farmer(roughly 13 and up), CAN and WILL learn to drive tractors at a younger age to help out on the farm.
In sweden the farm rule was removed a few years back. So anyone can just buy a car, reregister it as a tractor, then drive it as a tractor. also with the combination of moped and tractor license in one, its way easier to get tractor license.
@@jmi5969 In EU they try to standardized the driving license to set categories. Most EU nation follow the standard broadly. The full standard is. AM, A1, A2, A, B1, B, B96, BE, C1, C, C1E, CE, D1, D1E, D, DE (and there is a special taxi license). Some countries just don´t have some of them. Like in Sweden B1 don´t exist. You simple take B and you get B1 automatically. That is by the way true for all "1" license. For example if you get a C license, you get a C1 for free. You get a BE license, you get a B96 license. Anyway AM license is typical 14-16 year of age in most of Europe. This is basically where you get to drive a power and speed restricted car. (or car like vehicle). A1 is power and weight restricted but not speed. Typically you can get it when you are 16. The specific vehicle you can drive with a AM and A1 license is different from nation to nation. For example in Sweden with a AM license you can drive 4 types of vehicle. Moped class 1 and 2 and tractor class 1 and 2. And for tractor type 2 the regulation is very lose. So you can take a car, make like 3 simple modification to it, Just go to the registration service, and boom your car is now a class 2 tractor. and you can drive it as a 15 year old. In France they the restriction is 50km/h for AM license and the age is 14. Back in the 80s, the speed restriction was as high as 80 km/h and no license needed.There was a lot of 14 year old that died. Like loads of them
Geographically Europe is placed more Northern than USA, but its climate is generally warmer because of the warm Mexican gulf stream, that crosses the Atlantic ocean and reaches Europe. Moreover: Naples (Italy) is at the same latitude of New York, and I understand that in New York they have freezing winters with snow, and in Naples you could easily be ok with a light jacket in winter! This is because of Mediterranean Sea that keeps part of the heat accumulated during summer.
There is a huge difference in religiousity, comparing European countries, to US states. The _least_ religious US states like Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire are almost as religious as the _most_ religious Europen countries. US: Over 70 % Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas, South Carolina 60-69 % West Virginia, Georgia, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Texas, Utah, Kentucky, Virginia, Missouri 55-59 % South Dakota, Ohio, New Mexico, Iowa, Kansas, New Jersey 50-54 % Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Wyoming, Arizona, District of Columbia, Michigan, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois 43-49 % California, Minnesota, Nevada, Rhode Island, Montana, Oregon, Colorado, Hawaii, New York, Alaska, Washington, Wisconsin, Connecticut 33-34 % Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire Europe Over 50 % Romania, Armenia, Georgia 40-49 % Greece, Moldova, Bosnia, Croatia, Poland 30-39 % Portugal, Serbia, Ukraine 20-29 % Slovakia, Belarus, Italy, Ireland, Lithuania, Spain 10-19 % Bulgaria, Netherlands, Hungary, Norway, Russia, Latvia, Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Switzerland, UK, Belgium, Sweden Under 10 % Chech republic, Denmark, Estonia Percentage of people who are highly religious (who say that religion is very important in their lives) (Source: Pew Research Center "How religious is your state?" (2016) and "How do European countries differ in religious commitment? Use our interactive map to find out". (2018))zech Republic, Denmark, Estonia
@13:10 Just noticed, that that these two maps have different inputs. Where the European side is ages 25 - 34 and the US side is 18 - 34. I'd expect more (still) teens would still live with their parents, especially, when they're still considered kids up to the age of 21. Also, in several European countries, multi-generational living is traditional, so families often stay together their whole lives in one bigger house.
In nordic countries of europe is a social rule to move out early, 1 because they can afford it 2 because its life changing for the kids in terms of starting to work etc
Doesn't shock me but it is a bit strange for a modern country to have so much religion because usually, the more advanced a country is, the less relevance religion plays in society, but to be fair, the US does have far more social issues in its society than European countries do and religion probably takes advantage of that.
@@paul1979uk2000does it have more social issues than European countries? Idk about that. And listen if the US is religious it’s doing something right. It has the largest economy in the planet. It has a larger economy than the EU. Thanks god
It's wild that the question is framed around certainty. Like, obviously its something nobody can be certain about. The pope doesn't know - for certain - that God exists. He merely believes, very strongly, that God exists.
religion often goes hand in hand with education, the better the education the less religious. but the usa also doesn't separate religion and government as much like in europe
The average wages in the US and Europe shown don't reflect the standard of living that well. Although the Netherlands average is twice that of lets say Poland and the US again is above the Netherlands, the cost of living is also hugely different. So a fair comparison would be income compared to cost of living, and in that sense the US isn't better off than Europe,. Inequality is less in Europe too. Of course you have differences inside the territory. Like the US has it less endowed southern states, in Europe the Iron Curtain is still visible when looking to wealth distribution in Europe.
Wages don't tell us much about anything really because there are a lot of factors at play from cost of living, to public service we have access too and so on. Basically, Europeans don't need as high of a wage to have a high quality of living because our taxes pay for so many public services that Americans have to pay out of pocket, hence why even with lower wages, Europeans on average have a higher quality of living compared to Americans. It also shows that GDP per capita numbers don't really tell us much and at worse, are quite misleading, especially when it comes to things that matter.
It does have relative meaning for migration purposes. If you're European and have the education and opportunity to land a well paying job in the US and manage to live frugally, you can still earn roughly twice the amount of money in a year (maybe 50% more after expenses). There are people who temporarily work for a year or two in a much richer country then go back home and live on the money they earned for a considerable time, even in countries that are well off. I don't know how common it is any more, but 10-15 years ago it wasn't an uncommon idea for Swedish 20 year old to consider going to Norway and doing the jobs Norwegian youth didn't want to do in fish factories, save up and then go back home.
The not-sunny areas of the British isles are some of the cloudiest well-inhabited (ie urban & suburban) areas on the planet. Glasgow gets less sunlight than Reykyavik. And more millimetres of rain than hours of sunshine. The Human Development index shows to quite an extent the effects of war followed by cold war - and followed by dictatorships of the right and the left. And religion. Ireland, when I was a child, was a poor country compared to the UK. Then it joined the EU, started shaking off religion and drew level by the late 70s. Then England voted for decades on decades of conservatism and fell behind. Then left the EU and has been in freefall since it came into effect.
About the driving licence, in France you can pass a "licence" to drive at 16 or 15 and then you're allowed to drive with someone on board (like your father or sister...) which already have a "real" licence, it make easier for you to get the real licence at 18 since you have some experience. You can also drive a "quadricycle à moteur" (a light car like the Citroen Ami) at 16 but for that you need to pass a little theoretical test i think and you can't go on a highway.
live at my parents? My parents were almost giddy throwing me out when i turned 18. They had already made plans what to do with my old room - and they were not kidding. My sister (one year older) "moved" out a year earlier .. and my parent were not exactly sad about it. We are always welcome to visit .. or rather we MUST visit at least 2 if not 3 times a year .. but as guests. There was no way to stay at my parents home, they made sure of that.
In the Netherlands you can think that as parents, but there's nowhere to go for the kids. It was already difficult when I was in my twenties, 20 years ago. There's no affordable housing anywhere in my country.
My parents were like that too. So much so that when my sister was between leases and needed a place to stay for 2 months, she had to stay at a campsite. They said she could stay for a week, but no more.
Thats sad.. Parents kicking you out? Most of Europe, love their children, I am from spain, and I say, here, its very common for families to live together for ever. Sometimes kids never move out. Its just culture, but I could never imagine parents kicking a son/daughter out just because they are 18. Thats just, sad.
10:12 This is also a bit misleading, because they only count professional armies. The largest army in Europe is Finland that got a full war time army of 280 000 personnel that can be engage in one time, with a total army reserve of 900 000 people. And its worth saying those 280 000 people are extremely well equipped. So they are well comparable to UK. While Finland navy and airforce is a bit smaller, there army is absolutely massive.
Same with Poland who is now one of the strongest and most advanced army in europe.. but as said in the video, most of it might be wrong at the time of watching. Its because of russia those numbers have changed drastically.
@@Malkuth-Gaming Currently the Russian army is over a million men. And overall, quite weird comparisons in this video. Some count the Once Great Britain as EU country, some do not count Russia and Turkey.
Regarding the extreme freezes: Chicago has a Continental Climate while most of Europa has a oceanic or semi-oceanic climate. So temperature fluctuate slowlier and not as extreme. Though under right Conditions, Temperatures can plummet extremely in a matter of Hours. In Germany, the Cold Front of December 1978 is called occasionally the "Mother of all Cold Fronts". Afternoon Temperatures on New Years Eve in Norway had been at -43°C (-45°F) at the Stations in Tynset and Roros, while Temperatures along the Mediterranean Coast had been around 20°C (70°F). More extreme though was that intense contrast over Central Europe. That Evening, Temperature in Berlin was at -20°C (-4°F) while Stuttgart had 9°C (48°F). My Hometown went from 11°C (52°F) at 9am to 3°C (37°F) at 12am to -5°C (23°F) at 1pm. The Front was accompanied by intense rainfall, locally as heavy freezing rain, strong snowfall and hurricane force windgusts. Such severe Winterstorms are extremely rare and hasn´t happened since. One more recent Problem especially in central and Northern Europe are Heatwaves. In my Parents childhood and youth (60s and 70s) there has only been one Day per Decade with Temperatures above 35°C (95°F) in my Home are, which is among the warmest in Germany. In recent Years that Number has risen to 5 per Year. Which is very significant for a Country in which only 19% of Households have an AC (Number heavily increasing, in 2015 it were only 3%). Also it should be noted, that many modern Houses are built in a way they trap warmth inside.
Just to start - the info in the video is old - the actual amount of people in the US is 333 million and 749 million for Europe. 0:50 The different numbers comes from different views - Europe the continent, the EU members or EU members + EU candidates. And some makes it cultural. The problem is that some countries are called European by some people even if they are mostly in Asia. I don't know why. For example Russia is in my opinion Asia, not Europe, because over 75% is in Asia and the people does not think of themselves as European. Same for the Republic of Azerbaijan (the real Caucasians, because they live in the Caucasus mountain region. I find it always funny in the USA to give Caucasian as the race replace option for white people, because Caucasian is Asian) that is in West-Asia or Armenia that is in West-Asia. Turkey is a bit difficult because it is mainly in West-Asia, but it is a EU candidate and leans to Europe. For me personally Europe is the EU including the EU candidates and ex-members (UK) and neutral states like Switzerland and Luxembourg and I see Ukraine as a part, too and if I compare something with the USA it is this area and not only single European countries. 12:30 be careful about this graphs, because 1st they are out of date and 2nd use different bases in age. USA graph defines young people between 18-34 while the Europe graph is between 25-34. If you include the people between 18-24 in Europe you'll get another graph. For example in Germany until 21yo most young people are still in secondary school or vocational training without or little income and stay with parents because of that. Another factor in the USA is that after college most young people are in debt and think of buying a starter home, while Europeans live in rentals and does not accumulate debt because of education.
If we ignore the historical, and cultural reasons why Russia identifies itself as a non European country, you will likely find that the population is an important reason for why they are a European country officially. It is true that most of Russia's landmass is in Asia (around 77 %), but around 74 % of the population live in the remaining 23 % of the country, i.e. in Europe. The European part of the country is also where the government resides, and where most of the wealth is. Ignoring the last few years, Russia had decades of close relations with Europe, both politically, and economically. So although recent events have been driving a separation from Europe, Russia has for the previous 3 decades been leaning towards Europe. Not necessarily in all areas, but at least among those that primarily run a modern country; money, manpower, and politics. Regarding your personal definition of Europe; would you consider Iceland, or Norway as part of Europe? Denmark is part of continental Europe (partially at least) and an EU member, so I assume that you include them? And also Finland, and Sweden as they are members of the EU, though not part of continental Europe? I'm not trying to put you on the spot here, I'm just genuinely curious about how others view Europe. And I get that this definition is your personal experience\feeling\etc., so I'm not demanding that you "defend your position". Personally i still get a very vivid image of Helmut Kohl when I think about Germany, and although he has been dead for years, he is still a part of my "mental snapshot" of Germany. 😄
@@mjrdainbramage I think I am right but we are on both american and european continent if we think about it with the earth plate. (I don't know the correct english terms for this)
@@gumundur1721 Is tectonic plates the word you're looking for? I'm not sure who you are talking about when you say "we", but based on your name I will hazard a guess that you come from Iceland? It is correct that Iceland is located on/close to the divide between the North American, and the Eurasian plate, which explains the extreme seismic activity in Iceland.The North American plate also includes parts of Japan, and the easternmost part of Russia. The Eurasian plate covers all the rest of Europe, and Asia with some exceptions. The Arabian peninsula + parts of Iran is on its own plate, and the same goes for India, and its immediate neighbors.
i don't know either if Russia have to considered Europe or not , they say they are "eurasian" , that is some weird concept to me ; but the Russian capitals have ever been european cities so , i am not sure . Georgia and Arrmenia are europeans i think and could join EU . Turkey is in small part in Europe , but its capital is in Asia , if you told about Turkey of 20 years ago , they could have a chance to closer to be europeans than now , the country was more secular , now they want to be the guide of an islamic middle est and a lot more authocratic , closer to Russia than to EU . Even Cyprus i am not sure in wich cotinent is , it should be europe , but close to Asia coast , and still closer to Africa than any other european ccountry , but their culture is greek ( so european ) .
Hi Ian, there's a fun video for you to react to. It's about a bus ride to Positano, Italy, on mostly extreme narrow and winding roads with oncoming traffic. Enjoy how the driver copes with all obstacles in his way. The video is called "Amazing BUS RIDE from Amalfi to Positano" by Italian Tour. Please make sure to not miss 13:45 to 17:00-ish. This is what driving in Europe can easily look like, especially in Italy and parts of Austria and Switzerland. If you are interested in this subject in particular, there is a lot more to be found on YT. Greetings from Frankfurt, GER!
Belgian here, for the driving thing, you can drive a car once you're 18, but you can drive boosters and bike from 14 to 16 depending of the country. I feel like this is somewhat important to contextualize the age restriction :P
12:48. Inflation was worldwide and it was even worse in Europe. So I would expect the number of young people moving back in with their parents in Europe to have increased even more than in America.
Yep, definitely. Like in the Netherlands, besides the intense inflation, they ALSO suddenly decided to change our already great student loan plan to a disaster plan for a few years, which resulted in so many students being in even more debt, like THOUSANDS of euros more. Also, with those bigger student debts, they are just rejected from even renting a place. And in a country like ours, with the growing population density, there is also like a massive shortage of houses, if you could even pay for one or have enough money for rent nowadays
What concern the youth living with their parents, there is perhaps a cultural impact in Europe with multigenerational houses where parents build an additional floor in the house for their children. This is almost like they live in a separate house and they can care for their parents and have a wife and children (mainly in southern and Eastern Europe where the data is the worst). I don’t know if the study counts this model as children living with their parents
As a Scandinavian that moved out at age 21... the higher numbers are not necessarily "the worst". It can be nice to have your parents nearby. But our traditional/cultural upbringing makes it feel weird to keep living in the same building as our parents. There'd also be too many "my house, my rules" vs. "I'm a strong adult individual, you can't tell me what to do" arguments, as that's what we learn through our teens: "when you move out and have your own home/family you can make the rules, until then parents make the rules" ... It's difficult to describe in other ways, hope it makes sense.
In Sweden we can at 15 yo get a licens for driving a moped (at max 50 or 60 km/h I think) in the traffic, and at 16 you can start taking driving lessons with a car but as you said, we're not allowed to drive that unsupervised until we're 18 (unless you're on private property, then different rules apply I think). In Sweden, a lot of young adults move out at around 20 yo to go to university in another city or get a tiny apartment (or student apartment) but this is not in Stockholm, in Stockholm it's harder to find a reasonable rent for an apartment, especially as an young adult. Just a small input from a Swede :)
Yeah, many people in Slovakia live with their parents. It is very rural and family oriented country and it's common that households are multi-generational. Economical reasons also play significant role.
About living with your parents, the culture in eastern and in southern Europe is different, its normal for children to remain in the parents house until they get married and sometimes even after marriage
I would like to point out regarding the military section (10:00) that for Finland the active personnel is about 24 000 - however the reserve personnel is 870 000.
Thanks, some interesting comparisons. It's funny how you can start to see things differently when given new information. Recently listened to a lecture which highlighted how influential the auto industry is in the US, and why this is problematic. It was an opinion piece, but evidence was provided and it seemed reasonable and not hyperbolic. The reasons for the younger age of legal car driving in some US states compared to Europe (which wasn't mentioned in the video I mentioned) wouldn't have been something I'd have given much thought to previously.
You are making me think that maybe the US public transportation isn't up to snot so they might need a car earlier than in Europe. Live in Iceland I need car to get to work it takes 15 min max to get to work. with the bus I'm lucky and I can get here in like 30 min with few km of walking last place I worked at would be same distance in km but around 1 hour since I would have to change bus so many times. When I visit Sweden I never take car first because I have relatives there second the public transport is good compared to Iceland I even used I think it was google maps few years ago and the buses in Malmö had their schedule on that app.
2:00 Yeah, we have a lot of coast line. Tiny Denmark alone has around 7300 km of coastal line, while the US can "only" manage a bit over 2.5 times that, with 19.200 km.
Printer makers have to adapt to where they send their printers if the thing that is printed will be outside or inside a building. There are laser printers and thermal printers. Laser printers require a black film membrane to pass over the paper and get lasered on to the paper. Thermal printers however do not need this membrane as they heat up the paper and it turns black instead. In general, the Arizona outside heat will develop the thermal paper and turn them all black, especially if the labels are inside cars or in direct sunlight since the sun barely ever rests in Arizona.
@@keesdevreugd9177 Danes not joining because we have accepted our fate and succumbed to whatever pleasure there may exist in the fantasy of a "nordic dark" life
Moved from Lille, which has basically the same amount of sun as Belgium, to the south of France, which has 300 days of sun per year, I felt like I was reborn
@@automation7295Yes, and a five year old could learn that too, probably quicker than an 18 year-old. But younger people tend to be less aware of what's around them, so not having to shift gears would probably make it safer for them. Of course all this is very individual. If every individual property would be taken into account, some people could never have a driver's license and some maybe at twelve or something, but how would you write laws that cover everything?
@@RBernsCarter For the US, driving at 16 makes sense. But in Europe, driving at 17 or 18 make more sense. Also driving schools in the US aren't as strict, that also explains why many US drivers lack of awareness and usually don't pull over for emergency vehicles.
Interesting video. I live in Spain, and the price of housing and rent. It has a very high price. Luckily I was able to buy my own house without any type of mortgage, but in my environment I see many complications in this regard. I love the Mad Max car behind it, best regards.
8:51 higher driving age generally makes sense, but it's something that's not enforceable in the US where having car is pretty much critical for living. As for sun hours - flatter landscape maybe? It's hard to tell if there's no measurement method given.
8:25 the driving one is a bit missleading because a number of nation have alternative license (typically called AM) that allows people typically from age 14 or 15 to drive a car like vehicle. Its typically with a limitation of top speed and/or weight. I know in france it use to be 80 on back 40 years ago, but they slowered it to 50. In Sweden we have AM that allow 15 year old to drive vehicles that is called M1, M2, T1 and T2. that have a speed limit of 45km/h, 30km/h, 40km/h and 30km/h and maximum weight of 425 and 425kg respectively and unrestricted for the later two (So yes, a 15 year old can in Sweden drive 74tons legally. When you turn 16 you can drive a A1 vehicle with 2, 3 or 4 wheels with a maximum weight of 450 respectively 600kg with a maximum power of 11, 15 and 15kw respectively. Those can typically be driven to speed limit. Of cause a 600kg vehicle with 15kw will be sluggish, but that is the top registered weight. They can be as light as 150kg, then they are pretty responsive. So what 15 year old do is they buy a old used car and convert it to a T2 vehicle that is pretty easy to do, then they drive to the local supermarket, play Swedish equivalent to country music on high volume, an drink non alcoholic bear that have the combined advantages that they both can buy it and drive while drinking it. There are similar rules in a lot of european nations
16:00 utility. My 36 m2 / 360 sqf p aparment in January heating bill 47 euro. Central heating with propan gas . Yes outside was whole month - 15 C / 5 F . Estonia
I live in the Netherlands and when I was about nine or ten, helping out with bringing in the hey and straw on my grandfather's farm involved driving the tractor, but only on the land itself. Too young to do anything else. Did get a beer afterwards though. Brown ale, about 3%, but still. The seventies were awesome. They upped the minimal age for tobacco and alchohol from sixteen to eighteen because of EU rules.
9:00 I heard from one girl who talked about her experience visiting the US. She has a child at 20 (whom she legally gave birth to at 18) and drinks alcohol. And when she came to the US, she had to ask her parents for permission, according to the law.
4:50 Maybe it depends on the angle between the sun and the earth? In northern Scandinavia, the sun does not rise above the horizon for a whole month. During the summer passes the sun does not go down from mid-May to mid-July. The middle part of Sweden, for example, has 6 months of winter. Stockholm is the capital of Sweden, which is located at the same latitude as southern Alaska has winter for four months. The average temperature over a whole year in Stockholm is about 8°C (46.4°f).
Being on same lattitude means same angle towards the sun at day time. So it should rather be the terrain difference causing more rain fall in Europe than in the US and therefor more cloudy days.
Thanks to the polar jet stream, we get colder weather in northern Europe. A subtropical jet stream like in the US (or southern Europe) ensures a hot climate.
8:50 I think in the US you get your driver's license earlier because you can't leave the house without a car. But in Europe I'm 34 and I don't know how to drive a car because I don't need to. I can walk anywhere I want, if my legs hurt, I can call a taxi or a bus or a train that will take me wherever I want. If I have to cross the ocean, I need a plane.
In Croatia, you can ride a moped at 16, 18+ for any other (motorized) vehicle. Exceptions are truck driver students (we have specialized schools for truck/bus drivers).
4:59 The golf steam pushes warm water into Europe, increasing temperatures and causing more rain. The presence of large bodies of water does prevent extreme temperatures, which also helps preventing other weatgerextreames. The US has a cold stream of water along its Eastern border, cooling down cities like New York. Also, the land climate does allow extreame temperatures causing snowstorms and heatwaves to be more likely and more extreame.
Can people please stop talking about the gulf stream as if it's the main contributor to Europe's climate. It's about trade winds carrying mild air from the oceans and North America has the Cascades and Rockies along it's west coast. Sitka, Alaska (57°N) actually has very similar climate to Portree at the west coast of Scotland at the same latitude. The gulf stream might be responsible for that 1°C extra in Scotland I guess. Please stop comparing coastal places with trade winds from the ocean with coastal places with trade winds from continental land.
Brest is on the west cap of Britanny, on the same lattitude than Quebec Quebec min and max temps : -14°C to 25°C Brest min and max temps : -4.7 °C (it NEVER happens near ocean) to 31.5°C
they have many place without any shop around just house. that's part of why u.s need driving license more young i think that's also link to public transport, rail etc
You can get a drivers license at 16yo in Europe, but mostly a limited one for light vehicles like small motor bikes and in some areas you need that license. But the graphics was all about a drivers license for cars. I had a drivers license at 15yo for a motorbike in Germany to be able to get anywhere, because the public transport schedule was bad in our area. Only one bus in the morning, at noon and in the evening and none at the weekends. But I could only start to get my drivers license for a car 3 months before I became 18yo. Another thing is that even when public transport is good you sometimes want/need a drivers license because of the time wasted on public transport. My journey to school was about 90min with public transport and less than 30min with my motorbike. It's a difference when school start at 8am to have to get up at 5:30am to catch public transport or at 7am with my motorbike. And if a teacher was ill and the last class was canceled I still had to wait for the bus because it was the only one and with the motorbike I just drove home. And I think I don't have to talk about the difference of being able to do something on the weekend without having to ask someone to drive you, because there is no public transport on the weekend.
Comparing young people who live with their parents misses two important points (well, one is at least mentioned in passing): The latter point is cultural customs or traditions: In southern and southeastern Europe it is still common for several generations to live under one roof. Of course some do this because there is no other option, but many do it because they _want_ to and are used to it. The other point is necessity: Most regions in the USA are undoubtedly more spacious than most European countries, which means, among other things, that young adults are less likely to do their additional training/education and their first job in the immediate vicinity of their parents' home. They _have_ to move into their own home, whereas young adults in Europe _can_ more often stay with their parents because their training or university place or their first job is practically around the corner. It is therefore impossible to generalize as to which reason exactly plays the decisive role for whom. Having your own four walls is certainly attractive for young people striving for independence everywhere, but young people everywhere also have the need to save their initially relatively small income. Some want or need to support their parents or grandparents and therefore stay close to their birthplace. In some places there is state support, in others not. There are a lot of factors at play.
I can not understand the big difference in GDP between USA und Europa. Here in Europe we live well and can afford whatever we need like in the USA. But the infrastructure in Europe is much better than in the USA. Some people say that parts of the USA are like third world compared to Europe. I am sure that a big bunch of GDP in the USA is in the hands of a few and that makes the difference in living standards. We have some homeless people too but far away from the numbers in the USA because we are mostly welfare states in Europe and that rises the living standards. But all that are numbers and do not reflect the real lifes of the people.
The moving out of ur parent homes has something to do with culture, but by far it has to do with rent prices and salaries, also in some northern countries u get a free home at 18 (its gotten worse with the years but its still a thing). An example, here in valencia (spain) the avrage salary for an 18-25 is arround 1000€ but just the rent goes minimum to 600-700€ with electricity, gas and food it goes way up. 15 years ago with the same salary i rented an old flat for 200€ 100m2 just for reference , that's imposible nowadays. Either u share a flat with 1 or 2 mates or its imposible.
Yeah, let's make this a European vs USA American comparison: That Europeans are sticking close to their birth town probably is a typical European thing. Of course being a Dutchy I cannot speak for other countries within Europe, but it sounds familiar at least for us Dutchies to stick to our Birth town as well, or at least nearby I'd say. I do not know if you and your fellow Americans are aware of the serious housing problem but being an adult of at least 23 years of age and still living at home with your parents is unfortunately no exception due to this huge housing problem we have here in The Netherlands, and probably is valid through out (Western) Europe and so it is absolutely NOT BY CHOICE ! Every healthy young person wants to live on their own at a certain age but here in The Netherlands is not uncommon that kids live until in their late 20's or even 30's at their parents house, again not by choice! The invasion of foreign people into Western Europe in general and into The Netherlands in specific, well that does not help our own local young adults to get them their own homes to begin with. Everything therefor is postponed: young people's own home is postponed, so their serious relation is postponed, so getting kids is postponed, since only at 18 years old one can apply for a social rental home, but the waiting time is about 12-15 years in general...to get a social rental home and not everybody has got the means in general to purchase a home just like that and for young people it usually is challenge to get a mortgage, it usually is being denied due to insufficient amount of income. So young adults usually still live at their parents home at the age of 23 or 27 or even 32 years old here in Europe but this is NOT BY CHOICE.
"Which limits you attribute to the continent" doesn't mean water. It means that depending on who or where you ask, you will get different answers as to where the borders even are. Moscow or Ural? Georgia? Turkey or up until the Bosporus?
1:40 The definition of europe is hard, not because of the mediterranean sea or water in general but because there's not an agreed upon limit between Asia and Europe (in the north it's usually the Ural mountains but it's still hard to define on some regions) 8:40 In europe in general (but more specifically from my pov as a portuguese in Portugal) people don't need to drive at 16, cities are walkable and there's ok public transportation in most places, also there's not really anything like the suburbs from us, and if there is they're well connected by bus or cycleways which means, as a kid, you never need to go so far so that a car is necessary
The data is quite old. Think he mentioned it was from 2014-2015. Looking at a few of the points I would say some of the data is even older around 2010.
In human development i think what carries the us is basically: money income. While in other fields like quaility of life is much higher in europe: sweden, norway, denmark, germany...
Seeing the sunshine hours compared I better get why AC is a standard thing in most homes in the US. Being from Germany I never felt the need for one even when it is pretty hot for some weeks in summer and they are generally just not a thing here because power is so expensive here.
@@TheRockkickass That is not true, not even generally. We just like to spend on money on things that we really value or think are useful. In general we don't buy things just because we want to impress others.
14:15 why do children stay with their parents there are several reasons example Croatia parents build big houses to ensure their children's future the house has 2 or even 3 floors, one floor for each child and here we come to the situation where the parents live on the ground floor, while the young married couple lives on the floor above everything has its advantages and disadvantages in the USA, when the child goes to college, the parents sell the house and move into a smaller one in Croatia, when the child goes to college, the house begins to be prepared for the arrival of the young couple in most cases, male children stay with their parents, especially the first-born son while the girls leave and marry into other families but this "rule" also depends on the financial situation of both families, the family that has a stronger financial potential will "push" more for the young couple to come to them this arrangement also has some situations: * constant tension between a young couple (especially a young woman with her mother-in-law) who is the "head" of the house and who is in command * But grandparents are always there when the kids need to be looked after and usually both parties (both grandparents) compete to "spoil the child" better and more to the horror of the parents
in slovakia goverment changed maximal limit of loan per capita. If your income is 1000 € netto you can have max 96 000€ (reality is 75 000€) on loan ... and good place to live starts at 130 000 € (50m2) in flat, house 160 000€ (150m2) and more (only to built) land in good but not great city cost around 120-300 for m2
Comparing the total stats on different categories between the US and Europe is fine because its recorded data. The issue comes when comparing lifestyle and culture. Everyone grew up differently so "Normal" is entirely subjective. If people don't understand that everyone gets to have an opinion on things they need to grow up. Im not American but since American politics and economics affect me i get to have an opinion (but not a vote, some people confuse the two).
Even though I knew the UK was at same latitude as Canada and Moscow it is still hard to take in mentally. But I also realise the UK is protected by the Gulf stream making the climate warmer, otherwise the whether would be similar to Moscow and Canada especially during winter.
Note that Europe in general is indeed further north than the USA, but the Gulf Stream makes Europe warmer than it should be based on its latitude - that's why the climate of cities in Europe is often comparable to cities in the USA that are further south.
0:30 There's 50 countries with territory within Europe. Some countries have their capitals outside of Europe and are therefore not European. Some countries are not fully recognized etc. So the number *will* vary depending on the source. The UN recognize 44 as being European. Some European nations recognize more or less then that. 50 is all inclusive. 2:33 We have more landmass too, it's just that a lot of that landmass is located in various peninsulas. 4:46 We got freezes and snow aplenty too... Although there's been a lot less of that in recent years...
I've done driving tests in a small number of countries (Switzerland, UK, Germany, and the USA). The US driving test was way too bloody easy for safety of other drivers. The hardest and it was way the hardest was the German test. The Swiss test was easy for me due to the number of years I'd been driving when I took it and I am an advanced driver. Driving tests should be difficult and the you will do attitude isn't adequate today, due to the number of vehicles on our roads.
At the beginning of the video, about different population and number of country data: some people consider Russia in Europe, some not. Moreover, in many videos they talk about EU specifically, that is 27 countries now, some other talk about the entire europe.
Still UK have a fairly large standing army considering the population. While the training become a bit pussified over the last decades, that is probobly true for Canada and USA as well. i would say probobly all of the Anglosphere. I would also add that Anglosphere is way larger than just USA and UK. Of cause its Canada as well, then Ireland, Australia and New Zeeland.. and actually a few more country, Guinea, Jamaka, Bahamas and Belize Then there is the hybrid Anglosphere. That is countries that is to a part Anglosphere. Like south Africa (where i lived as a echange student), Botswana, Nambia Nigera and a few other. South Africa is a interesting example: While only 10% is native to English, because there is 11 official Languages and the different groups really don´t like each other. English is sort of the go to common Languages of the country. Making it in effect way more than 10% anglospheric. There is a simular situation in Botswana and Nigeria where English is a really small Languages (like a few percentage) but due to the very large spreed, its still the common Languages. So this make it not only official, but also the one that is used in day to day because people cant understand each other other vice.
Living at home isn't always a case of being unable to. Belgium here is one of the most equal countries in the world and a normal job makes you rather able to live on your own. If somebody WANTS to live alone they generally can. I left home with 160k in the bank because I decided to live at home for a couple of years post education, because why not? Sure, I could have helped somebody pay of somebodies fourth home and such with that money but I rather spend it on myself thank you very much. I don't know, just seems where I live family helping each other, especially their child, is just seen as more normal.
I am sort of surprised that an American did not notice how the sunshine map of the USA was fiddled with to make the USA sunny-er ......... what happened to Alaska? also if it included the rest of the USA that would have helped mitigate the 'Alaska effect'. 😁
Remember that in some cultures young people living at home doesnt have the same stigma than in the us. Some stay not because they can't leave, but because they choose to live in multigenerational homes.
That’s gay
Well in US isn t many houses that would survive multiple generations :D
Over here in the Balkans that is considered perfectly normal since we believe families should stick together as best as possible. Houses are generally quite big and often have 2 or 3 floors, so you'd live upstairs with your wife and kids while your parents would be downstairs. Everyone has their own living room, kitchen and bathroom.
It's basically like living in a small apartment building. It's also very convenient because if you have to go somewhere real quick you can just take your kid downstairs to hang out with grandpa until you come back.
Also, sending your parents or grandparents to the nursing home or leaving them to live alone is considered bad and ungrateful so someone will always be there with them to help them out in the later stages of their life as a sign of appreciation.
I love that.
Or living in WG's (german: Wohngemeinschaft; englisch: shared apartment) espeically when you study. Some universities offer also own apartments for their students.
Right? Also I don't get why Americans seem to have this stigma that it puts a strain on your parents. Like isn't it the opposite? I cook fresh food every day for our family, if I'd live alone I'd have to cook fresh food for myself and my parents would have to do so for them too. Like what's the point? I also know multiple people whose parents live together with their grandparents, they don't have to go to a retirement home too quick and just live on separate floors in the same home.
6:22 HDI map in Europe is so wrong Poland (0.881), Baltics (Lat, Lit both 0.879, Est 0.899), Greece (0.893) Croatia (0.878) should be green.
Finland (0.942), UK (0.940), Slovenia and Austria both (0.926) Dark Blue.
Italy(0.906), Spain(0.911)should be light blue.
It seems like the data for Europe is from early 2010s and for US 2019.
And if we look on HDI in America, they probably should show the population density of the areas ... lol - in the middle states there are more rats than people ..
One thing that surprises many Europeans is how religious the USA is. God and religion is mentioned everywhere, and all this fighting about teaching religion in public schools and where to put up the ten commandments etc. I remember reading a few years ago that in some US counties you can't even run for a public office if you're an atheist (feel free to comment if this is actually true). From a European perspective this is insane. Freedom of religion, of course, but there should also be a freedom from religion and religion should be a personal thing that isn't imposed on you everywhere.
Edit: In Finland we actually still have a state church, which I think is problematic, since fewer and fewer people are members of the church, or officially members of any religion for that matter. Officially about 65% of the people are members of a church, but only 35% say they believe in god. Personally I don't understand why you would be a member and pay church tax if you're not a believer, that's just stupid. Fortunately politicians here don't usually mix politics and religion (the very small Christian Democrats party being an exception). However, most presidents have had the tradition to say "God bless" in their new years speech, but this is equally problematic, since they're supposed to be the president for all the people and there are more atheists than religious people.
Yes, even the banknotes break the constitutional separation of church and state.
@@Phiyedough To be fair, separation of church and state is more of an ideal than a reality. At least in Germany (not sure about other European countries), there are official religions that are funded by taxes (from which you can opt out, at least).
In France, we don't have this, but almost every religious building built before 1905 belong to either the State or the city it's built in, and their maintenance is thus on public money (in theory churches can be used for any public event or association that demand it; in practice it almost never happen and only the Catholic church enjoy using them).
I think one big difference between the USA and (Western) Europe is that in general, religion in Europe became a personnal thing, and not a public one. Talking about your religious practices can be perceived as odd as talking about your sexual practices - it's intimate. Except for three things (at least in France) : First communion (but it's getting rare), marriage and funerals; all very traditionnal OFC but also all being family events, they don't feel as "private" than bedside prayers.
Yep, there's supposed to be a separation of church and state in the US, but they don't seem to practice that, whereas in many European countries, bringing religion into politics is enough to get someone fired from their position in government, politics and religion is not a good mix and I'm happy to see religion is a dying breed in Europe, which is ironic considering how much architecture we have in Europe around religion lol.
Yes, I can't imagine our prime minister saying 'God bless' or 'God bless our country'. That's just considered wrong on so many levels. Yet I heard Obama say it a few times in public. Here a president would have to step town over something like that. The separation between church and state has proven to be vital to our country in the past. Violating that is considered high treason basically.
(There are plenty of religious people in my country though, but to be able to all live peacefully together, we keep religion out of common spaces, in a religious manner 😉. But seriously, the separation of church and state guarantees all people to practice their believes, because there is not one 'state approved' religion, which would make other religions inferiour. So even religious people think it's important to separate church and state.)
@@anniehope8651 Case in point, in 1998, French députée (legislator) Christine Boutin pulled out a Bible in the French Assembly during a debate on opening civil unions to homosexual couples; it caused quite the shock (along with her very crude and homophobic arguments). 25 years later she is still «the legislator that brandished a Bible in the Assembly».
I absolutely agree that New England is "the most european" part of the US. Not too big of a culture shock for me as a western european. In Oklahoma i had some more "issues" 😂 , basically had to watch what i said about politics or religion.... a concept foreign to me😂. Freedom of religion yes, but unlike you we also have freedom from religion 😉
I was flying from NYC to Florida (i´m Swedish) and i sat next to a very friendly Floridian lady coming back from some business in NYC. I was saying something about NY attitude and she was totaly agreeing with me and saying something "yea they believe they are European, but they have no clue what Europe is"
yes that can be strange when you think they have constitution about been free but they need to watch out more than us specialy religion, politic well it's a bit better never talk about it anywhere you go in the world ^^
My wife is American, but moved to Sweden in 2016. She's originally from California, lived almost for almost two years in Atlanta (which she didn't like), and then 16 years in Boston. She said that the move to Sweden was less of a culture shock than if she had moved to e.g. Alabama. Not just culture, but climate and environment are pretty similar. I found Boston to have a European big city feel to it, and that some areas outside (towards New Hampshire) looked a lot like places here.
@@bjornh4664 Well Sweden is diverse. In the core of Stockholm or a village in Norrland is very different
@@matsv201 Sure is, but the southwest of Sweden and New England are way more similar than a village in Norrland or a town in the US south.
When it comes to yearly hours of sunshine, it's funny to see people from the US claim that solar energy is only viable in places that are far south, while you find that countries like Denmark still has a total capacity of 3.6 GW of solar energy, and produces around 2 TWh of solar energy a year, which is around 6% of the electrical power usage (so ~33 TWh per year used).
For reference - if Denmark was a US state, it'd be the 20th most populous at 5.94 million, ranking between Missouri (6.15 million) and Wisconsin (5.89 million). By area it'd be 42nd at 16,000 square miles, ranking between West Virginia (24,000) and Maryland (9,700). And the southern most point of Denmark is at 54°33' north, while the northern most point of the continental 48 states in the US is Northwest Angle, which is at 49°16' north, which makes that point 5°17' further south - or ~350 miles further south. Denmark has ~1,900 sunshine hours.
Total solar power capacity for Maryland? 2.2 GW. They have 2,582 sunshine hours.
Missouri? 654 MW. 2,690 sunshine hours.
West Virginia? 165 MW. 2,032 sunshine hours.
Wisconsin? 2.3 GW. 2,428 sunshine hours.
Every single one of those states are comparable to Denmark by population and by area, and they get far more sun than Denmark - but they're massively behind in solar power, by between 43% and 400%. They have more sunshine hours, and by being further south they also have a higher amount of solar power available per area.
Somehow the American public has bought into the idea that solar energy doesn't work.
Don't come at US Citizen with your non freedom measurement units. Fake news, we need more oil !!111
In the UK, in 2022 over 40% of our Energy was from wind and solar power, it is rising at a considerable pace, so will be much higher today.
In Eastern Europe they limited how many panels you can have on your house, 2 panels per house. Who will pay taxes right.
I'll just comment on the living at home part of the video for some of us Europeans. In Slovenia we tend to pool our resources and invest in multi-generational and multi-family homes. Some people build a house and then their kids build addons and grow their home so it can accommodate their families, and when the older generation dies, the parents move to the smaller place and let their kids have the bigger family house so they can raise their families there. It serves many purposes, like pooling resources, if necessary, the family can help each other out with general issues (let's say someone gets sick and everyone takes turns helping out, or taking care of young children, ...). Some of the reasons for staying at home and adding to it are security and peace of mind.
kicking your kids out at age 18 like americans do is so bizzare to me!
it's also a thing link to your tradition of living from the past i think but it's not stupid to why doing it yes.
@@GreatRetroI'm Dutch woman and live at home at 32. Most Dutch people think that is super weird. But my mother is not healthy and I want to take care of her.
@@LalaDepala_00Right, your mother's health is more important than what other people think about you.
That seems a nice way of life.
In eastern Europe you can very often find big houses containing 2 flats for two generations families so one of the child often stays in the flat above (or next to) leting their parents live downstairs and other child have to find its own flat. Because of the house has one adress, it is taken as living with your parents.
I live in Iceland. The climate benefits from the Gulf Stream. It’s not as cold as some think. 27’C in summer sometimes.
yeah but for the sunlight thing, it mean you must not see any cloud during 24h, we have sunlight but we have light or heavy cloud it depend :)
Same in the UK, I think there is a video on RUclips about that, basically, 25C feels much warmer in the UK than it does in the US for instance.
@@paul1979uk2000 Probably due to the high humidity you guys experience. I speak from personal experience, 25°C at 60% humidity feels quite warm, while 25°C at 40% humidity feels nice and cool.
@@MrShadow1617...Yes, high humidity makes feel warmer....and allso harder, you can not cool down ...swetting, but still wet.Thanks to evaporatine, in lower humidity....skin become colder, and you feal fresshier....nicer👍
Loved visiting Iceland from Sweden when I was a teenager. It was in the summer and one of the greatest adventures of my life. The temperature was perfect and I didn't expect it to be green, but it was! :D
Dude! When you point to "up here by the great lakes" - you are not even close. You are pointing to Hudson Bay in Northern Canada!
Regards, from Norway
Same for kiev 😂
Ah thank you ! I'm from France, so I don't know the USA perfectly, but it makes me doubt my geographical knowledge xD
An American not very good at geography, it's cliché, but we can't help it if he points to Canada while talking about Chicago... ^^'
But it's most likely just a mistake.
@@bAdpAd10 I'm Norwegian tho! 😃
6:40 That Human Development Index map is pretty old. A few european countries improved their color (they were just shy below the limit). For instance my home country, Spain, not only has same color as France now, actually surpassed it: 0,911 vs 0,910.
What’s the unemployment rate and average salary in Spain
@@TheRockkickass The good thing about HDI is that takes everything into consideration, so the dodgy question you make, for which you already know the answer, doesn't change my point.
Anyway, adding some info: The employment rate is real problem but not that representative of quality of life. For some reason nobody explains in any video that young students are usually signed up as employed because you get discounts and free courses and just because "maybe I get some money for the summer", not because everyone of them are actively and desperately seeking for a job.
@@davidmmm that’s even worse that people are getting benefits for being unemployed. And I didn’t mention the HDI I just asked a question about the unemployment rate and average salary out of curiosity
@@TheRockkickass Benefits like getting good courses discounted or for free to improve their skills and employability… it doesn’t seem a bad idea IMHO.
You recieved the most well informed and educated answers that your’re going to recieve this week on RUclips :D
@@davidmmm I looked up the stats myself. Damn dude. Spains poor.
I’d say that a factor in driving age is the alternative. In Europe in most places we have well developed public transit systems that allow for kids in school to go by them selves on buses trains and subways wherever they want to go at any time of the day, except for some more rural areas. This make it unnecessary to drive at a younger age. Also almost all age limits in Europe converge around 16-20 with a majority at 18 to become adult, drink alcohol, vote, join the military and so on.
please note that the 'young people living with parents' maps have different definitions of 'young people' the US map is about 18-34 yo, the European map is about 25-34 yo.
In France in 2019 ,for the people aged 18-29 ,it was 50% of them living with their parents (It was on the rise compared to before)
People in south of europe often live with their family for tradition. Big familys live together. Not because they cannot move out but because its normal there.
Could it then be more like "parents living with children"? Who is the earner, a 30+ year old child or a 60+ year old parent?
It's harder to find a job, young people starts to work later (23/25), and the cost of living is increasing all over europe. Young worker stay at their parents in france so they can save money and afford to buy a flat/house
Yea that is a bit ugly: But i would say its probobly quite a bit lower in northern europe.
I know a guy that have his parrent living with him. That is. He have the deed of the house. Got it when he was 19 something because both of his parent was terrible with money and could not get a loan. So he bought it him self and have the parents living with him paying rent. I wounder how that is counted? (He threatened to throw them out several times if they don´t behave)
Its worth saying that USA is in Europe map as a dot in the Atlantic.. just like it is in real life
I can't imagine letting a 16 year old, let alone a 14 year old drive a car. Here in Switzerland the earliest mothorised vehicule you can drive is a moped at 14 limited at 45km/h(excluding electric scooters and bikes I think). Then at 16 you can drive a scooter (not the razer scooter type of things) or up to a 125cc motorcycle (it used to be 50cc max). Then at 18 it's limited motorcycle (max 35kw) and car. Then after tow years of perfect riding with your limited motorcycle licence you can get the unlimited one, so the earliest you can get that one is at 20.
And even the lowest for the moped you have to pass a theoretical exam. For all the other you have to do an eye exam, first aid courses, sensitivity training and theoretical exam. Then you have to do 12hours of mandatory lessons for the motorcycle one followed by a practical exam, for cars there's no minimum amount of hours but after the practical exam you have to do 8 hours of special lessons that teach you how to drive in multiple conditions (wet roads, tight traffic, emergency breaking, etc.).
It is important to mention that almost everyone in the US learns to drive an automatic car, while (although it is rapidly changing now) almost everyone in Europe learns to drive a stick shift car, which is a lot harder! My daughter is 18 and learning how to drive and although she is learning to drive stick shift, she drove in my automatic and yelled: this is so much easier!! 😂
@@jokedebock2747to drive with a stick shift is quite easy to learn. But a child does seldom have the sensable and developed brain to make good desisions in the traffic. This cannot be learned. It is a development during the years until you are an adult.
Tractor at 14 too
@@woodchuck94og You're right, thank you! I forgot that on my old license it had the little moped and tractor icons
@@jokedebock2747 My comment wasn't so much about the difficulty of learning how to drive but more about letting literal children drive such vehicules in the first place
Latitudes are interesting, and time zones are also interesting. I'm in Finland and we are actually on the same time zone with South Africa. I remember reading about a South African family who decided to have a vacation in the Finnish Lapland during winter because they'd never seen snow etc, so it was a unique experience for them. Their flights took ages because they were flying almost literally to the other side of the world. But they didn't get any jet lag because they were on the same time zone all the time. Even though I understand why that it, it still sounds crazy.
Yes indeed. Finally have a system to remember which lines are which. It doesn't help that the lines you use to measure how far north/south you are go from west to east, and the opposite for finding out how far west/east you are!
I thought it was crazy when I found out that the north/south calculation is easier and has been "knowable" for far longer, but how far east/west you are depends on having very accurate clocks.
Makes sense when it's been explained, but needing a clock probably wouldn't be most peoples first guess when asked what you need to find out where you are!
What's the time? Hang on, I'll fetch my map...
@@jimb9063 I used to fly from Australia to China and as that is basically north/south I had no jet lag problems.
“That’s where my tax go to”. Not really. The budget is close to a trillion, only around 4.5 billion dollars go to support NATO directly. Peanuts really. Most of that budget is to pay personnel and support non-NATO foreign bases. Yes it’s true that the whole capacity of the US military is committed to NATO, which is a direct consequence of this budget.
But…
One has to be deluded to think that by pulling out of NATO suddenly that budget will reduce in a significant way. It will not. Too many vested interests, 1.000.000 personnel, all the massive nuclear deterrent capability maintenance, etc., but hey everyone is free to believe what they want
You could fairly effectively argue that *any* country pulling out of NATO would increase the required tax spend, and make it more likely that the country would get involved in a hot war. The whole point of NATO is to be so scary to attack that no one does, thus you can spend less. Less scary, more spending required.
If for instance Ukraine was in NATO prior to 2014, you basically wouldn’t have the war there and the west would have saved a heap of money.
@@peter65zzfdfh it depends of the country. To the USA it won’t make even a dent in its defence budget. To Latvia a different story. On the other hand, I don’t think many countries would dare to attack France or the UK, both nuclear powers, whether they are in NATO or not. I hear you but it depends on the country
I talked to an American while I was on vacation in Greece around a decade ago, and I remember regrettably pointing out that - aside from the US, the most religious countries in the world seem to be the poorest, most underdeveloped and often war ravaged countries on the planet. Conversely, the happiest, wealthiest countries in the world that boast the highest standards of living are countries that lean towards atheism and secular Christianity, like Scandinavia, the two Nordic countries and Switzerland.
It was just an observation that popped into my head at the time, and I didn't think much about how it would be received. The American guy stopped me right there and immediately became defensive. Luckily, he gave me a chance to explain that I wasn't arguing that religion leads to poverty or misery, but rather that religious belief tends to occur when people are experiencing it.
From my experience, quite a few Americans are very sensitive to the topics of religion and politics, and that's not exclusive to Americans, but some that I have talked to have had such a combative stance on those two subjects, that they wouldn't let me get to my point or clear up any misunderstandings without being constantly interrupted or shouted over. I think that's a subtle, but noticeable cultural difference between the US and Europe, in general.
I can't speak for all European countries, as we're all very, very different, but many Americans seem to have particularly strong convictions in regard to politics and religion, and I find that it's typically easier to have discussions on these two topics with Europeans, as long as I don't mention anything extreme and know when to pull away from it when it's going in the wrong direction.
I was at a barbeque in Sweden in the beginning of the war in Iraq. This liberal/democratic US couple were there and were very upset about US decision to invade. When we agreed and talked about the huge demonstrations against the war and what the war was doing to the region they got really upset. The guy stepped up onto the table and sang Amazing Grace! We were all quite stunned and just talked about the nice summer weather with this couple after that.
@@tovep9573 😂
I think a lower standard of living and lower prospects in life are a fruitful condition for religion to thrive on. Because religion 'offers' the less fortunate hope, salvation and a (potentially) better afterlife in Heaven.
Correction: There are more than 2 Nordic countries. According to wikipedia: Nordic countries - Wikipedia
3 days ago - The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or Norden; lit. 'the North') are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic. It includes the sovereign states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden
@@lionheart830 Yes, we're all nordic countries, but Finland and Iceland aren't part of Scandinavia.That's why I referred to them as the two nordic countries.
HAHAHA!
As a Swede the moving out map made me smile.
In 2015 Swedes were complaining that a lot of kids did not move out.
And it was only 4%.
The sunshine difference is, because the climate blows lots of clouds from the Atlantic over Europe. That's also why Norway has so much less sunshine than Sweden and Finland, because the clouds get stuck on the Scandinavian mountains and disappear on the other side.
In the case of the scandinavian countries its a bit different, for half the year the sun sets around 3pm, in june in the far north of sweden the sun doesn't actually set and in january there is no sun at all. It's actually quite interesting up there
@@Srstrix But that is balanced with the dark winters so all in all the sun above the clouds shine equally on all over the course of a year.
@@Srstrixthe sunset and sunrise times are the same for the same latitude. The difference for cities at the same latitude is thus down to local factors like cloud cover. (Or if you’re hyper local, mountains in the way).
In Spain that's 100% true
Northcoast IS colder cloudy and rainy.
They should update that video, the world has drastically changed since then.
It’s less to do with hours of sun, rather higher levels of cloud cover. The golf stream brings lots of clouds across Europe which has a lot more water masses and thus cooler air pockets not pushing back the clouds. In America on the other hand, the larger landmass heats up more and thus dispels cloud cover more.
Yeah, and mountainous Norway really helps their eastern neighbors a lot. The mountains disperse the clouds and rain a lot. You’re welcome, Sweden.
Almost every time, where there is a big difference in European countries - it can be development, health care, income, life expectancy, etc. You can see that the difference copies the Iron curtain. The West will be "better / higher" ranking than the East. With exception quite often being Portugal. And The Czech Republic will be more or less half the way in between...
One interesting thing: map of Berlin will have similar things as well...
just as a note,
in the nordic countries the state is usually supporting people who leave the parents home, while this doesn't happen in the southern countries.
Also, some numbers might be a bit off from reality.
For example, in Italy many 18 y old leave to study, but they don't officially change they residency. In this way, they officially result still leaving with family
01:31 Side note: The flag on the right is the "Flag of Europe", meant to symbolize all of Europe. Designed by the Council of Europe (CoE) in 1955.
It was adopted by the European Community (EC) as its flag in 1985. The EC later became the European Union (EU) in 1993.
Australia had the age of 21 before you can have a beer, till WW1, The Police around Australia united and had it changed. On the grounds of, If you can put on a uniform and die for Australia you can have a beer. Even now a person in uniform will not get carded, Navy, Army and Air Force take them in at 17.
Common sense - sadly lacking in the US
@@Pomdownuder Too True
No, Australia didn't have a drinking age of 21 across Australia till WW1. It was always been state by state, territory by territory and differed considerably and didn't become national until 1974. New South Wales' drinking age was 16 until it was raised to 18 in 1906. Victoria lowered the drinking age from 26 to 18 in 1906. ACT had an alcohol ban in place from 1911 to 1928 when a plebiscite removed that law, with the drinking age being then 18. Queensland went from 21 to 18 in 1974. South Australia eventually went from 21 to 20 in 1968 then to 18 in 1971. Tasmania went from 21 to 20 in 1967 and eventually to 18 in 1973. Western Australia went from 21 to 18 in 1970. As an older Australian I remember all the changes made from the late 1960s and early 1970s.
@@heatherharvey3129 that's a hell of a lot of changes, but at least they settled on a sensible age in the end, thanks HH.
@@Pomdownuder So much change, especially in the late 60s/early 70s. Voting age changed across Australia, from 21 to 18, in 1973, meaning I was able to vote for the first time in 1974. Huge changes just over half a century ago. Damn, I'm really old.
Sadly, very few people will see my first reply here and continue to believe the posted fallacy about Australia's drinking age being 18 from WW1.
That's too much sun for me where you live. Best regards from Hamburg, Germany.😊
The drought is catching up with the US for sure, especially in the SW corner.
@@KeesBoons Europe experienced lot of droughts in 2022 and 2023. It's funny how Ian say he like it sunny every day, just wait then the US start experiencing droughts.
Yes, lots of sunny days can be a disadvantage for activities like constructing roofs.
Same lol, I used to like summers when I was younger but give me winters and milder weather any day.
Thing is where I live in the UK, summers have been hotter and more humid over the last decade or so, in the past, it used to be milder, but nowadays, when the sun hits, it hits hard, and the UK by European standards is quite northern, so basically, in just 40 years, I've gone from liking summers to preferring winters more, mainly because in winters, there are many ways to warm up whereas in summer, you just have to sweat it out.
@@Phiyedough Yeah sunny days can indeed be a disadvantage for constructing roofs and other outdoor activities.
Ian doesn't seem to get that lot of sunny days can be dangerous not just for human, but for the environment and animals. Constant sunny days may cause droughts, if no rain occurs for weeks and month.
I'm sure that Ian would complain if his state of Illinois start experiencing droughts, like Europe experienced lot of droughts in 2022 and 2023
1:57 Sure there’s water but they’re only counting the total *land* surface
He didn't say it was bigger because of the water, he just said there was a lot of water and Europe is different.
@@Powermongur You're right, i misunderstood him
The contention on size is due to how much of Russia and Turkey you include in the calculation as part of the country is counted as part of Asia
@@benbrown5038well yeah but most of Russia is excluded from all estimates of europe's size since most of it is on the other side of the Urals. The estimate in the video might have all of turkey and the Caucasus included (questionable choice), but it definitely doesn't include all of Russia.
8:58 in regards to driving age restrictions... here in Denmark you need a valid drivers license and must be 18 to drive unsupervised... on PUBLIC roads... but, although there are fewer of them these days, on family owned farms children of the farmer(roughly 13 and up), CAN and WILL learn to drive tractors at a younger age to help out on the farm.
In sweden the farm rule was removed a few years back. So anyone can just buy a car, reregister it as a tractor, then drive it as a tractor.
also with the combination of moped and tractor license in one, its way easier to get tractor license.
Isn't it somewhat the same anywhere in the world? What happens on a family farm stays on the family farm.
@@jmi5969 In EU they try to standardized the driving license to set categories. Most EU nation follow the standard broadly.
The full standard is.
AM, A1, A2, A, B1, B, B96, BE, C1, C, C1E, CE, D1, D1E, D, DE (and there is a special taxi license).
Some countries just don´t have some of them. Like in Sweden B1 don´t exist. You simple take B and you get B1 automatically.
That is by the way true for all "1" license. For example if you get a C license, you get a C1 for free. You get a BE license, you get a B96 license.
Anyway AM license is typical 14-16 year of age in most of Europe. This is basically where you get to drive a power and speed restricted car. (or car like vehicle). A1 is power and weight restricted but not speed. Typically you can get it when you are 16.
The specific vehicle you can drive with a AM and A1 license is different from nation to nation. For example in Sweden with a AM license you can drive 4 types of vehicle. Moped class 1 and 2 and tractor class 1 and 2.
And for tractor type 2 the regulation is very lose. So you can take a car, make like 3 simple modification to it, Just go to the registration service, and boom your car is now a class 2 tractor. and you can drive it as a 15 year old.
In France they the restriction is 50km/h for AM license and the age is 14. Back in the 80s, the speed restriction was as high as 80 km/h and no license needed.There was a lot of 14 year old that died. Like loads of them
not only denmark you can drive even at 12 if it's not public road, technicly you could even drive at 4 years old on your own property
"I've lived in the middle...somewhere near the Great Lakes" whilst pointing to northern Ontario, somewhere near Hudson Bay LOL.
Geographically Europe is placed more Northern than USA, but its climate is generally warmer because of the warm Mexican gulf stream, that crosses the Atlantic ocean and reaches Europe. Moreover: Naples (Italy) is at the same latitude of New York, and I understand that in New York they have freezing winters with snow, and in Naples you could easily be ok with a light jacket in winter! This is because of Mediterranean Sea that keeps part of the heat accumulated during summer.
There is a huge difference in religiousity, comparing European countries, to US states. The _least_ religious US states like Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire are almost as religious as the _most_ religious Europen countries.
US:
Over 70 %
Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas, South Carolina
60-69 %
West Virginia, Georgia, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Texas, Utah, Kentucky, Virginia, Missouri
55-59 %
South Dakota, Ohio, New Mexico, Iowa, Kansas, New Jersey
50-54 %
Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Wyoming, Arizona, District of Columbia, Michigan, North Dakota, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Idaho, Illinois
43-49 %
California, Minnesota, Nevada, Rhode Island, Montana, Oregon, Colorado, Hawaii, New York, Alaska, Washington, Wisconsin, Connecticut
33-34 %
Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire
Europe
Over 50 %
Romania, Armenia, Georgia
40-49 %
Greece, Moldova, Bosnia, Croatia, Poland
30-39 %
Portugal, Serbia, Ukraine
20-29 %
Slovakia, Belarus, Italy, Ireland, Lithuania, Spain
10-19 %
Bulgaria, Netherlands, Hungary, Norway, Russia, Latvia, Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Switzerland, UK, Belgium, Sweden
Under 10 %
Chech republic, Denmark, Estonia
Percentage of people who are highly religious (who say that religion is very important in their lives)
(Source: Pew Research Center "How religious is your state?" (2016) and "How do European countries differ in religious commitment? Use our interactive map to find out". (2018))zech Republic, Denmark, Estonia
@13:10 Just noticed, that that these two maps have different inputs. Where the European side is ages 25 - 34 and the US side is 18 - 34. I'd expect more (still) teens would still live with their parents, especially, when they're still considered kids up to the age of 21.
Also, in several European countries, multi-generational living is traditional, so families often stay together their whole lives in one bigger house.
21 ? in italy you are considred young at 36 . i am a boy of 48 years .
In nordic countries of europe is a social rule to move out early, 1 because they can afford it 2 because its life changing for the kids in terms of starting to work etc
Quite shocking to see how religious the US is. Thank God I am not religious. ;)
Doesn't shock me but it is a bit strange for a modern country to have so much religion because usually, the more advanced a country is, the less relevance religion plays in society, but to be fair, the US does have far more social issues in its society than European countries do and religion probably takes advantage of that.
@@paul1979uk2000does it have more social issues than European countries? Idk about that. And listen if the US is religious it’s doing something right. It has the largest economy in the planet. It has a larger economy than the EU. Thanks god
Which is the "God" you're ordering us to thank for you not being religious?
It's wild that the question is framed around certainty. Like, obviously its something nobody can be certain about. The pope doesn't know - for certain - that God exists. He merely believes, very strongly, that God exists.
religion often goes hand in hand with education, the better the education the less religious.
but the usa also doesn't separate religion and government as much like in europe
The average wages in the US and Europe shown don't reflect the standard of living that well.
Although the Netherlands average is twice that of lets say Poland and the US again is above the Netherlands, the cost of living is also hugely different.
So a fair comparison would be income compared to cost of living, and in that sense the US isn't better off than Europe,. Inequality is less in Europe too.
Of course you have differences inside the territory. Like the US has it less endowed southern states, in Europe the Iron Curtain is still visible when looking to wealth distribution in Europe.
Wages don't tell us much about anything really because there are a lot of factors at play from cost of living, to public service we have access too and so on.
Basically, Europeans don't need as high of a wage to have a high quality of living because our taxes pay for so many public services that Americans have to pay out of pocket, hence why even with lower wages, Europeans on average have a higher quality of living compared to Americans.
It also shows that GDP per capita numbers don't really tell us much and at worse, are quite misleading, especially when it comes to things that matter.
It does have relative meaning for migration purposes. If you're European and have the education and opportunity to land a well paying job in the US and manage to live frugally, you can still earn roughly twice the amount of money in a year (maybe 50% more after expenses). There are people who temporarily work for a year or two in a much richer country then go back home and live on the money they earned for a considerable time, even in countries that are well off. I don't know how common it is any more, but 10-15 years ago it wasn't an uncommon idea for Swedish 20 year old to consider going to Norway and doing the jobs Norwegian youth didn't want to do in fish factories, save up and then go back home.
The not-sunny areas of the British isles are some of the cloudiest well-inhabited (ie urban & suburban) areas on the planet. Glasgow gets less sunlight than Reykyavik. And more millimetres of rain than hours of sunshine.
The Human Development index shows to quite an extent the effects of war followed by cold war - and followed by dictatorships of the right and the left. And religion.
Ireland, when I was a child, was a poor country compared to the UK. Then it joined the EU, started shaking off religion and drew level by the late 70s.
Then England voted for decades on decades of conservatism and fell behind. Then left the EU and has been in freefall since it came into effect.
About the driving licence, in France you can pass a "licence" to drive at 16 or 15 and then you're allowed to drive with someone on board (like your father or sister...) which already have a "real" licence, it make easier for you to get the real licence at 18 since you have some experience. You can also drive a "quadricycle à moteur" (a light car like the Citroen Ami) at 16 but for that you need to pass a little theoretical test i think and you can't go on a highway.
Stupid. I had a fully real license at 15
live at my parents? My parents were almost giddy throwing me out when i turned 18. They had already made plans what to do with my old room - and they were not kidding. My sister (one year older) "moved" out a year earlier .. and my parent were not exactly sad about it. We are always welcome to visit .. or rather we MUST visit at least 2 if not 3 times a year .. but as guests.
There was no way to stay at my parents home, they made sure of that.
In the Netherlands you can think that as parents, but there's nowhere to go for the kids. It was already difficult when I was in my twenties, 20 years ago. There's no affordable housing anywhere in my country.
In Europe we LOVE our children! ^_^
It's the best thing ever, when you have a big Loving family!
@@Tuinierenopstrobalen ppl from third world countries took if from you and you are paying taxes to support them! lol.
My parents were like that too. So much so that when my sister was between leases and needed a place to stay for 2 months, she had to stay at a campsite. They said she could stay for a week, but no more.
Thats sad.. Parents kicking you out? Most of Europe, love their children, I am from spain, and I say, here, its very common for families to live together for ever. Sometimes kids never move out. Its just culture, but I could never imagine parents kicking a son/daughter out just because they are 18. Thats just, sad.
10:12 This is also a bit misleading, because they only count professional armies. The largest army in Europe is Finland that got a full war time army of 280 000 personnel that can be engage in one time, with a total army reserve of 900 000 people. And its worth saying those 280 000 people are extremely well equipped. So they are well comparable to UK. While Finland navy and airforce is a bit smaller, there army is absolutely massive.
In a matter of fact, the largest army in Europe is the Russian...
Same with Poland who is now one of the strongest and most advanced army in europe.. but as said in the video, most of it might be wrong at the time of watching. Its because of russia those numbers have changed drastically.
@@Malkuth-Gaming Currently the Russian army is over a million men. And overall, quite weird comparisons in this video. Some count the Once Great Britain as EU country, some do not count Russia and Turkey.
@@doublehelix7880 Yes but this list was excluding russia.
@@doublehelix7880 why Turkey ? is not an european country . russia i am not sure if consider it europe , they speak about some weird eurasian thing .
Regarding the extreme freezes: Chicago has a Continental Climate while most of Europa has a oceanic or semi-oceanic climate. So temperature fluctuate slowlier and not as extreme. Though under right Conditions, Temperatures can plummet extremely in a matter of Hours. In Germany, the Cold Front of December 1978 is called occasionally the "Mother of all Cold Fronts". Afternoon Temperatures on New Years Eve in Norway had been at -43°C (-45°F) at the Stations in Tynset and Roros, while Temperatures along the Mediterranean Coast had been around 20°C (70°F). More extreme though was that intense contrast over Central Europe. That Evening, Temperature in Berlin was at -20°C (-4°F) while Stuttgart had 9°C (48°F). My Hometown went from 11°C (52°F) at 9am to 3°C (37°F) at 12am to -5°C (23°F) at 1pm. The Front was accompanied by intense rainfall, locally as heavy freezing rain, strong snowfall and hurricane force windgusts. Such severe Winterstorms are extremely rare and hasn´t happened since.
One more recent Problem especially in central and Northern Europe are Heatwaves. In my Parents childhood and youth (60s and 70s) there has only been one Day per Decade with Temperatures above 35°C (95°F) in my Home are, which is among the warmest in Germany. In recent Years that Number has risen to 5 per Year. Which is very significant for a Country in which only 19% of Households have an AC (Number heavily increasing, in 2015 it were only 3%). Also it should be noted, that many modern Houses are built in a way they trap warmth inside.
Just to start - the info in the video is old - the actual amount of people in the US is 333 million and 749 million for Europe.
0:50 The different numbers comes from different views - Europe the continent, the EU members or EU members + EU candidates. And some makes it cultural. The problem is that some countries are called European by some people even if they are mostly in Asia. I don't know why. For example Russia is in my opinion Asia, not Europe, because over 75% is in Asia and the people does not think of themselves as European. Same for the Republic of Azerbaijan (the real Caucasians, because they live in the Caucasus mountain region. I find it always funny in the USA to give Caucasian as the race replace option for white people, because Caucasian is Asian) that is in West-Asia or Armenia that is in West-Asia.
Turkey is a bit difficult because it is mainly in West-Asia, but it is a EU candidate and leans to Europe.
For me personally Europe is the EU including the EU candidates and ex-members (UK) and neutral states like Switzerland and Luxembourg and I see Ukraine as a part, too and if I compare something with the USA it is this area and not only single European countries.
12:30 be careful about this graphs, because 1st they are out of date and 2nd use different bases in age. USA graph defines young people between 18-34 while the Europe graph is between 25-34. If you include the people between 18-24 in Europe you'll get another graph. For example in Germany until 21yo most young people are still in secondary school or vocational training without or little income and stay with parents because of that. Another factor in the USA is that after college most young people are in debt and think of buying a starter home, while Europeans live in rentals and does not accumulate debt because of education.
If we ignore the historical, and cultural reasons why Russia identifies itself as a non European country, you will likely find that the population is an important reason for why they are a European country officially. It is true that most of Russia's landmass is in Asia (around 77 %), but around 74 % of the population live in the remaining 23 % of the country, i.e. in Europe. The European part of the country is also where the government resides, and where most of the wealth is. Ignoring the last few years, Russia had decades of close relations with Europe, both politically, and economically. So although recent events have been driving a separation from Europe, Russia has for the previous 3 decades been leaning towards Europe. Not necessarily in all areas, but at least among those that primarily run a modern country; money, manpower, and politics.
Regarding your personal definition of Europe; would you consider Iceland, or Norway as part of Europe? Denmark is part of continental Europe (partially at least) and an EU member, so I assume that you include them? And also Finland, and Sweden as they are members of the EU, though not part of continental Europe? I'm not trying to put you on the spot here, I'm just genuinely curious about how others view Europe. And I get that this definition is your personal experience\feeling\etc., so I'm not demanding that you "defend your position". Personally i still get a very vivid image of Helmut Kohl when I think about Germany, and although he has been dead for years, he is still a part of my "mental snapshot" of Germany. 😄
@@mjrdainbramage I think I am right but we are on both american and european continent if we think about it with the earth plate. (I don't know the correct english terms for this)
@@gumundur1721 Is tectonic plates the word you're looking for? I'm not sure who you are talking about when you say "we", but based on your name I will hazard a guess that you come from Iceland?
It is correct that Iceland is located on/close to the divide between the North American, and the Eurasian plate, which explains the extreme seismic activity in Iceland.The North American plate also includes parts of Japan, and the easternmost part of Russia. The Eurasian plate covers all the rest of Europe, and Asia with some exceptions. The Arabian peninsula + parts of Iran is on its own plate, and the same goes for India, and its immediate neighbors.
i don't know either if Russia have to considered Europe or not , they say they are "eurasian" , that is some weird concept to me ; but the Russian capitals have ever been european cities so , i am not sure . Georgia and Arrmenia are europeans i think and could join EU . Turkey is in small part in Europe , but its capital is in Asia , if you told about Turkey of 20 years ago , they could have a chance to closer to be europeans than now , the country was more secular , now they want to be the guide of an islamic middle est and a lot more authocratic , closer to Russia than to EU . Even Cyprus i am not sure in wich cotinent is , it should be europe , but close to Asia coast , and still closer to Africa than any other european ccountry , but their culture is greek ( so european ) .
Hi Ian, there's a fun video for you to react to. It's about a bus ride to Positano, Italy, on mostly extreme narrow and winding roads with oncoming traffic. Enjoy how the driver copes with all obstacles in his way. The video is called "Amazing BUS RIDE from Amalfi to Positano" by Italian Tour. Please make sure to not miss 13:45 to 17:00-ish. This is what driving in Europe can easily look like, especially in Italy and parts of Austria and Switzerland. If you are interested in this subject in particular, there is a lot more to be found on YT. Greetings from Frankfurt, GER!
Belgian here, for the driving thing, you can drive a car once you're 18, but you can drive boosters and bike from 14 to 16 depending of the country.
I feel like this is somewhat important to contextualize the age restriction :P
12:48. Inflation was worldwide and it was even worse in Europe. So I would expect the number of young people moving back in with their parents in Europe to have increased even more than in America.
Yep, definitely. Like in the Netherlands, besides the intense inflation, they ALSO suddenly decided to change our already great student loan plan to a disaster plan for a few years, which resulted in so many students being in even more debt, like THOUSANDS of euros more. Also, with those bigger student debts, they are just rejected from even renting a place. And in a country like ours, with the growing population density, there is also like a massive shortage of houses, if you could even pay for one or have enough money for rent nowadays
in Europe most people owns their houses , in the USA it was cheaper rent it .
Regarding young people living at home, in a lot of southern European countries, tourism is a major industry and heavily effects the housing market.
What concern the youth living with their parents, there is perhaps a cultural impact in Europe with multigenerational houses where parents build an additional floor in the house for their children. This is almost like they live in a separate house and they can care for their parents and have a wife and children (mainly in southern and Eastern Europe where the data is the worst). I don’t know if the study counts this model as children living with their parents
As a Scandinavian that moved out at age 21... the higher numbers are not necessarily "the worst". It can be nice to have your parents nearby.
But our traditional/cultural upbringing makes it feel weird to keep living in the same building as our parents.
There'd also be too many "my house, my rules" vs. "I'm a strong adult individual, you can't tell me what to do" arguments, as that's what we learn through our teens: "when you move out and have your own home/family you can make the rules, until then parents make the rules" ... It's difficult to describe in other ways, hope it makes sense.
In Sweden we can at 15 yo get a licens for driving a moped (at max 50 or 60 km/h I think) in the traffic, and at 16 you can start taking driving lessons with a car but as you said, we're not allowed to drive that unsupervised until we're 18 (unless you're on private property, then different rules apply I think).
In Sweden, a lot of young adults move out at around 20 yo to go to university in another city or get a tiny apartment (or student apartment) but this is not in Stockholm, in Stockholm it's harder to find a reasonable rent for an apartment, especially as an young adult.
Just a small input from a Swede :)
Yeah, many people in Slovakia live with their parents. It is very rural and family oriented country and it's common that households are multi-generational. Economical reasons also play significant role.
About living with your parents, the culture in eastern and in southern Europe is different, its normal for children to remain in the parents house until they get married and sometimes even after marriage
The East human dev issue is not weird at all. It's mainly a remnant of the USSR.
I would like to point out regarding the military section (10:00) that for Finland the active personnel is about 24 000 - however the reserve personnel is 870 000.
Thanks, some interesting comparisons.
It's funny how you can start to see things differently when given new information. Recently listened to a lecture which highlighted how influential the auto industry is in the US, and why this is problematic. It was an opinion piece, but evidence was provided and it seemed reasonable and not hyperbolic.
The reasons for the younger age of legal car driving in some US states compared to Europe (which wasn't mentioned in the video I mentioned) wouldn't have been something I'd have given much thought to previously.
You are making me think that maybe the US public transportation isn't up to snot so they might need a car earlier than in Europe. Live in Iceland I need car to get to work it takes 15 min max to get to work. with the bus I'm lucky and I can get here in like 30 min with few km of walking last place I worked at would be same distance in km but around 1 hour since I would have to change bus so many times.
When I visit Sweden I never take car first because I have relatives there second the public transport is good compared to Iceland I even used I think it was google maps few years ago and the buses in Malmö had their schedule on that app.
2:00 Yeah, we have a lot of coast line. Tiny Denmark alone has around 7300 km of coastal line, while the US can "only" manage a bit over 2.5 times that, with 19.200 km.
Where did you get that statistic about the US coastline? Cause it’s way off.
@@TheRockkickass Wikipedia.
@@akyhne the state of Alaska by itself has over 50,000 Km of coast. Multiple sources including the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration.
@@TheRockkickass Not according to The World Fact Book.
@@sandramatras8345 I’ll take the NOAA facts over some bathroom book thanks
Good job! Great to remind us all that there are individual issues everywhere.
Printer makers have to adapt to where they send their printers if the thing that is printed will be outside or inside a building.
There are laser printers and thermal printers.
Laser printers require a black film membrane to pass over the paper and get lasered on to the paper.
Thermal printers however do not need this membrane as they heat up the paper and it turns black instead.
In general, the Arizona outside heat will develop the thermal paper and turn them all black, especially if the labels are inside cars or in direct sunlight since the sun barely ever rests in Arizona.
329 days of sun lol, here in Belgium we had 11 days of sun in the last year.
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Estonian here. I feel your pain.
We should be in a support group.
Dutch talking.
@@keesdevreugd9177 Danes not joining because we have accepted our fate and succumbed to whatever pleasure there may exist in the fantasy of a "nordic dark" life
Moved from Lille, which has basically the same amount of sun as Belgium, to the south of France, which has 300 days of sun per year, I felt like I was reborn
About driving age, here in Europe, cars with manual gears are more common and that's still kind of the default here.
I'm sure age have nothing that. I'm sure some or a lot of 16 year olds can shift with manual gears.
Because you basically have to have a car to get anywhere in the US, it makes sense to learn to drive younger
@@automation7295Yes, and a five year old could learn that too, probably quicker than an 18 year-old. But younger people tend to be less aware of what's around them, so not having to shift gears would probably make it safer for them.
Of course all this is very individual. If every individual property would be taken into account, some people could never have a driver's license and some maybe at twelve or something, but how would you write laws that cover everything?
@@RBernsCarter I guess that think having parents teaching people how to drive on public roads makes sense?
@@RBernsCarter For the US, driving at 16 makes sense. But in Europe, driving at 17 or 18 make more sense.
Also driving schools in the US aren't as strict, that also explains why many US drivers lack of awareness and usually don't pull over for emergency vehicles.
Interesting video. I live in Spain, and the price of housing and rent. It has a very high price. Luckily I was able to buy my own house without any type of mortgage, but in my environment I see many complications in this regard. I love the Mad Max car behind it, best regards.
8:51 higher driving age generally makes sense, but it's something that's not enforceable in the US where having car is pretty much critical for living. As for sun hours - flatter landscape maybe? It's hard to tell if there's no measurement method given.
I like this sort of comparison. No judgement, no politics, just a curiosity about what sort of similarities and differences there might be.
8:25 the driving one is a bit missleading because a number of nation have alternative license (typically called AM) that allows people typically from age 14 or 15 to drive a car like vehicle. Its typically with a limitation of top speed and/or weight. I know in france it use to be 80 on back 40 years ago, but they slowered it to 50.
In Sweden we have AM that allow 15 year old to drive vehicles that is called M1, M2, T1 and T2. that have a speed limit of 45km/h, 30km/h, 40km/h and 30km/h and maximum weight of 425 and 425kg respectively and unrestricted for the later two (So yes, a 15 year old can in Sweden drive 74tons legally.
When you turn 16 you can drive a A1 vehicle with 2, 3 or 4 wheels with a maximum weight of 450 respectively 600kg with a maximum power of 11, 15 and 15kw respectively. Those can typically be driven to speed limit. Of cause a 600kg vehicle with 15kw will be sluggish, but that is the top registered weight. They can be as light as 150kg, then they are pretty responsive.
So what 15 year old do is they buy a old used car and convert it to a T2 vehicle that is pretty easy to do, then they drive to the local supermarket, play Swedish equivalent to country music on high volume, an drink non alcoholic bear that have the combined advantages that they both can buy it and drive while drinking it.
There are similar rules in a lot of european nations
16:00 utility. My 36 m2 / 360 sqf p
aparment in January heating bill 47 euro. Central heating with propan gas . Yes outside was whole month - 15 C / 5 F . Estonia
I live in the Netherlands and when I was about nine or ten, helping out with bringing in the hey and straw on my grandfather's farm involved driving the tractor, but only on the land itself. Too young to do anything else. Did get a beer afterwards though. Brown ale, about 3%, but still. The seventies were awesome. They upped the minimal age for tobacco and alchohol from sixteen to eighteen because of EU rules.
For countries like Portugal I think the main reason for "low" HDI is mostly due to the GDP.
9:00 I heard from one girl who talked about her experience visiting the US. She has a child at 20 (whom she legally gave birth to at 18) and drinks alcohol. And when she came to the US, she had to ask her parents for permission, according to the law.
4:50 Maybe it depends on the angle between the sun and the earth?
In northern Scandinavia, the sun does not rise above the horizon for a whole month.
During the summer passes the sun does not go down from mid-May to mid-July.
The middle part of Sweden, for example, has 6 months of winter.
Stockholm is the capital of Sweden, which is located at the same latitude as
southern Alaska has winter for four months.
The average temperature over a whole year in Stockholm is about 8°C (46.4°f).
Being on same lattitude means same angle towards the sun at day time. So it should rather be the terrain difference causing more rain fall in Europe than in the US and therefor more cloudy days.
Kiruna, the most northern town in Sweden lies on latitude 67, 90 mi above the arctic circle. Nuuk in Greenland lies on latitude 64.
Thanks to the polar jet stream, we get colder weather in northern Europe. A subtropical jet stream like in the US (or southern Europe) ensures a hot climate.
8:50 I think in the US you get your driver's license earlier because you can't leave the house without a car.
But in Europe I'm 34 and I don't know how to drive a car because I don't need to. I can walk anywhere I want, if my legs hurt, I can call a taxi or a bus or a train that will take me wherever I want. If I have to cross the ocean, I need a plane.
In Croatia, you can ride a moped at 16, 18+ for any other (motorized) vehicle. Exceptions are truck driver students (we have specialized schools for truck/bus drivers).
4:59 The golf steam pushes warm water into Europe, increasing temperatures and causing more rain. The presence of large bodies of water does prevent extreme temperatures, which also helps preventing other weatgerextreames.
The US has a cold stream of water along its Eastern border, cooling down cities like New York. Also, the land climate does allow extreame temperatures causing snowstorms and heatwaves to be more likely and more extreame.
More rain is actually better for the ground and plants than dry weather 24/7.
Can people please stop talking about the gulf stream as if it's the main contributor to Europe's climate. It's about trade winds carrying mild air from the oceans and North America has the Cascades and Rockies along it's west coast. Sitka, Alaska (57°N) actually has very similar climate to Portree at the west coast of Scotland at the same latitude. The gulf stream might be responsible for that 1°C extra in Scotland I guess.
Please stop comparing coastal places with trade winds from the ocean with coastal places with trade winds from continental land.
Brest is on the west cap of Britanny, on the same lattitude than Quebec
Quebec min and max temps : -14°C to 25°C
Brest min and max temps : -4.7 °C (it NEVER happens near ocean) to 31.5°C
Great videos Sir, greetings from Belgium!
Here's a question... why would you have a need to drive at 16? Is there really a need for it in Europe?
There is a want. Thats all thats needed :)
Car dependency for jobs and school?
Well not everyone lives in a city that has a good public transport, even in Europe.
they have many place without any shop around just house. that's part of why u.s need driving license more young i think that's also link to public transport, rail etc
You can get a drivers license at 16yo in Europe, but mostly a limited one for light vehicles like small motor bikes and in some areas you need that license. But the graphics was all about a drivers license for cars. I had a drivers license at 15yo for a motorbike in Germany to be able to get anywhere, because the public transport schedule was bad in our area. Only one bus in the morning, at noon and in the evening and none at the weekends. But I could only start to get my drivers license for a car 3 months before I became 18yo.
Another thing is that even when public transport is good you sometimes want/need a drivers license because of the time wasted on public transport. My journey to school was about 90min with public transport and less than 30min with my motorbike. It's a difference when school start at 8am to have to get up at 5:30am to catch public transport or at 7am with my motorbike. And if a teacher was ill and the last class was canceled I still had to wait for the bus because it was the only one and with the motorbike I just drove home. And I think I don't have to talk about the difference of being able to do something on the weekend without having to ask someone to drive you, because there is no public transport on the weekend.
Comparing young people who live with their parents misses two important points (well, one is at least mentioned in passing):
The latter point is cultural customs or traditions: In southern and southeastern Europe it is still common for several generations to live under one roof. Of course some do this because there is no other option, but many do it because they _want_ to and are used to it.
The other point is necessity: Most regions in the USA are undoubtedly more spacious than most European countries, which means, among other things, that young adults are less likely to do their additional training/education and their first job in the immediate vicinity of their parents' home. They _have_ to move into their own home, whereas young adults in Europe _can_ more often stay with their parents because their training or university place or their first job is practically around the corner.
It is therefore impossible to generalize as to which reason exactly plays the decisive role for whom. Having your own four walls is certainly attractive for young people striving for independence everywhere, but young people everywhere also have the need to save their initially relatively small income. Some want or need to support their parents or grandparents and therefore stay close to their birthplace. In some places there is state support, in others not. There are a lot of factors at play.
01:25 In USA are deserts and mountains areas where very low pop.
I can not understand the big difference in GDP between USA und Europa. Here in Europe we live well and can afford whatever we need like in the USA. But the infrastructure in Europe is much better than in the USA. Some people say that parts of the USA are like third world compared to Europe. I am sure that a big bunch of GDP in the USA is in the hands of a few and that makes the difference in living standards. We have some homeless people too but far away from the numbers in the USA because we are mostly welfare states in Europe and that rises the living standards. But all that are numbers and do not reflect the real lifes of the people.
(1:30) It's a shame that he, as a European (Portuguese?) is saying kallam-eaters instead of kilo-metres (rhymes with centimetres).
The most trivial law is in the USA that you need to be 21 to buy alcohol and 18 to buy weapons 😂
The moving out of ur parent homes has something to do with culture, but by far it has to do with rent prices and salaries, also in some northern countries u get a free home at 18 (its gotten worse with the years but its still a thing). An example, here in valencia (spain) the avrage salary for an 18-25 is arround 1000€ but just the rent goes minimum to 600-700€ with electricity, gas and food it goes way up. 15 years ago with the same salary i rented an old flat for 200€ 100m2 just for reference , that's imposible nowadays. Either u share a flat with 1 or 2 mates or its imposible.
Yeah, let's make this a European vs USA American comparison: That Europeans are sticking close to their birth town probably is a typical European thing. Of course being a Dutchy I cannot speak for other countries within Europe, but it sounds familiar at least for us Dutchies to stick to our Birth town as well, or at least nearby I'd say. I do not know if you and your fellow Americans are aware of the serious housing problem but being an adult of at least 23 years of age and still living at home with your parents is unfortunately no exception due to this huge housing problem we have here in The Netherlands, and probably is valid through out (Western) Europe and so it is absolutely NOT BY CHOICE ! Every healthy young person wants to live on their own at a certain age but here in The Netherlands is not uncommon that kids live until in their late 20's or even 30's at their parents house, again not by choice! The invasion of foreign people into Western Europe in general and into The Netherlands in specific, well that does not help our own local young adults to get them their own homes to begin with. Everything therefor is postponed: young people's own home is postponed, so their serious relation is postponed, so getting kids is postponed, since only at 18 years old one can apply for a social rental home, but the waiting time is about 12-15 years in general...to get a social rental home and not everybody has got the means in general to purchase a home just like that and for young people it usually is challenge to get a mortgage, it usually is being denied due to insufficient amount of income. So young adults usually still live at their parents home at the age of 23 or 27 or even 32 years old here in Europe but this is NOT BY CHOICE.
Groetjes from the Netherlands! love the videos man
"Which limits you attribute to the continent" doesn't mean water. It means that depending on who or where you ask, you will get different answers as to where the borders even are. Moscow or Ural? Georgia? Turkey or up until the Bosporus?
1:40 The definition of europe is hard, not because of the mediterranean sea or water in general but because there's not an agreed upon limit between Asia and Europe (in the north it's usually the Ural mountains but it's still hard to define on some regions)
8:40 In europe in general (but more specifically from my pov as a portuguese in Portugal) people don't need to drive at 16, cities are walkable and there's ok public transportation in most places, also there's not really anything like the suburbs from us, and if there is they're well connected by bus or cycleways which means, as a kid, you never need to go so far so that a car is necessary
The data is quite old. Think he mentioned it was from 2014-2015. Looking at a few of the points I would say some of the data is even older around 2010.
In human development i think what carries the us is basically: money income. While in other fields like quaility of life is much higher in europe: sweden, norway, denmark, germany...
Seeing the sunshine hours compared I better get why AC is a standard thing in most homes in the US. Being from Germany I never felt the need for one even when it is pretty hot for some weeks in summer and they are generally just not a thing here because power is so expensive here.
And Germans in general are super cheap
@@TheRockkickass That is not true, not even generally. We just like to spend on money on things that we really value or think are useful. In general we don't buy things just because we want to impress others.
14:15
why do children stay with their parents
there are several reasons
example Croatia
parents build big houses to ensure their children's future
the house has 2 or even 3 floors, one floor for each child
and here we come to the situation where the parents live on the ground floor, while the young married couple lives on the floor above
everything has its advantages and disadvantages
in the USA, when the child goes to college, the parents sell the house and move into a smaller one
in Croatia, when the child goes to college, the house begins to be prepared for the arrival of the young couple
in most cases, male children stay with their parents, especially the first-born son
while the girls leave and marry into other families
but this "rule" also depends on the financial situation of both families, the family that has a stronger financial potential will "push" more for the young couple to come to them
this arrangement also has some situations:
* constant tension between a young couple (especially a young woman with her mother-in-law) who is the "head" of the house and who is in command
* But grandparents are always there when the kids need to be looked after
and usually both parties (both grandparents) compete to "spoil the child" better and more to the horror of the parents
in slovakia goverment changed maximal limit of loan per capita. If your income is 1000 € netto you can have max 96 000€ (reality is 75 000€) on loan ... and good place to live starts at 130 000 € (50m2) in flat, house 160 000€ (150m2) and more (only to built) land in good but not great city cost around 120-300 for m2
Comparing the total stats on different categories between the US and Europe is fine because its recorded data. The issue comes when comparing lifestyle and culture. Everyone grew up differently so "Normal" is entirely subjective.
If people don't understand that everyone gets to have an opinion on things they need to grow up. Im not American but since American politics and economics affect me i get to have an opinion (but not a vote, some people confuse the two).
Even though I knew the UK was at same latitude as Canada and Moscow it is still hard to take in mentally. But I also realise the UK is protected by the Gulf stream making the climate warmer, otherwise the whether would be similar to Moscow and Canada especially during winter.
Note that Europe in general is indeed further north than the USA, but the Gulf Stream makes Europe warmer than it should be based on its latitude - that's why the climate of cities in Europe is often comparable to cities in the USA that are further south.
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There's 50 countries with territory within Europe.
Some countries have their capitals outside of Europe and are therefore not European.
Some countries are not fully recognized etc.
So the number *will* vary depending on the source.
The UN recognize 44 as being European.
Some European nations recognize more or less then that.
50 is all inclusive.
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We have more landmass too, it's just that a lot of that landmass is located in various peninsulas.
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We got freezes and snow aplenty too...
Although there's been a lot less of that in recent years...
I've done driving tests in a small number of countries (Switzerland, UK, Germany, and the USA). The US driving test was way too bloody easy for safety of other drivers. The hardest and it was way the hardest was the German test. The Swiss test was easy for me due to the number of years I'd been driving when I took it and I am an advanced driver. Driving tests should be difficult and the you will do attitude isn't adequate today, due to the number of vehicles on our roads.
At the beginning of the video, about different population and number of country data: some people consider Russia in Europe, some not. Moreover, in many videos they talk about EU specifically, that is 27 countries now, some other talk about the entire europe.
All I can say is you can have all the military toys to play with but if you have less and the right training just look at the UK.
Still UK have a fairly large standing army considering the population. While the training become a bit pussified over the last decades, that is probobly true for Canada and USA as well. i would say probobly all of the Anglosphere. I would also add that Anglosphere is way larger than just USA and UK. Of cause its Canada as well, then Ireland, Australia and New Zeeland.. and actually a few more country, Guinea, Jamaka, Bahamas and Belize
Then there is the hybrid Anglosphere. That is countries that is to a part Anglosphere. Like south Africa (where i lived as a echange student), Botswana, Nambia Nigera and a few other.
South Africa is a interesting example: While only 10% is native to English, because there is 11 official Languages and the different groups really don´t like each other. English is sort of the go to common Languages of the country. Making it in effect way more than 10% anglospheric. There is a simular situation in Botswana and Nigeria where English is a really small Languages (like a few percentage) but due to the very large spreed, its still the common Languages. So this make it not only official, but also the one that is used in day to day because people cant understand each other other vice.
In Europe it's not necessity to have a driving license since public transport is everywhere. I think that contributes to the higher age limit.
I don't think they include the sea in the stat for area, just landmass and maybe lakes
Living at home isn't always a case of being unable to. Belgium here is one of the most equal countries in the world and a normal job makes you rather able to live on your own. If somebody WANTS to live alone they generally can.
I left home with 160k in the bank because I decided to live at home for a couple of years post education, because why not?
Sure, I could have helped somebody pay of somebodies fourth home and such with that money but I rather spend it on myself thank you very much.
I don't know, just seems where I live family helping each other, especially their child, is just seen as more normal.
I am sort of surprised that an American did not notice how the sunshine map of the USA was fiddled with to make the USA sunny-er ......... what happened to Alaska? also if it included the rest of the USA that would have helped mitigate the 'Alaska effect'. 😁
in southern europe most houses aren't single family houses, a lot of people build big houses so their kids can live there too