10 Things I've Learned About America Since Moving Here REACTION!! | OFFICE BLOKES REACT!!

[@Chris-kj7de]

An English friend, who thought she was gently telling my bereaved American friend to keep his chin/spirits up, used the innocent British expression "Be sure to keep your pecker up." After the initial shocked silence everybody fell apart laughing, which then had her looking at us as if we'd lost our minds. lol.

[@greenmachine5600]

lmao

[@charlesbrown4483]

Lol the British and us Americans seem to have a lot of words lost in translation that refer to a dick in our culture(or something that *sounds* like it’s referring to a dick), but don’t in the other. Like the term “game cock” here in America refers to a a rooster trained to fight, but across the pond they don’t use that term so it just sounds funny to them😂

[@djjazzyjeff1232]

@@charlesbrown4483 The most famous example I can think of is Randy. A common American man's name, in the UK means to be outrageously horny lol.

[@charlesbrown4483]

@@djjazzyjeff1232 I've definitely never heard that one lmao. How would you even use that in context?

[@djjazzyjeff1232]

@@charlesbrown4483 Austin Powers is a pretty good crash course lol. It's like, "Do I make you randy baby?"

[@1trumantucker1]

Minnesotan my whole life, have been to 43 states. The “American experience “ is so drastically different depending on what part you visit. Many foreigners visit NewYork, and despite being a citizen here my whole life (45 years), I’ve never been there…

[@Rayvn7]

....And you don't need to. Because you already live in Minnesota. It's not like you're exactly going to suddenly start being offered corn bread in restaurants or claim there are no ethnic restaurants or something, if you move to (regular) New York.

[@ljb8157]

Ugh. I hate New York. I don't even know why people visit it. It's a cesspool

[@LJBSullivan]

Lol 60 yrs here and never been to NY either. Not much for cities would rather go to forests, national parks, monuments, lakes. So funny about the been here 5 weeks and such good English lol

[@ljb8157]

@Linda Sullivan same... I'm happiest in the woods or the lake!

[@SamanthaRod]

As an American, I can 100% see where our stereotype of being loud comes from. When I travel abroad I've honestly been embarrassed by how loud/drunk Americans can be, but honestly I think judging any country based on their drunk tourists is probably not very fair 😅.

[@GeneralBuckNaked]

I aways thought drunk Brits were a lot louder

[@SamanthaRod]

@@GeneralBuckNaked could be 🤷‍♀️ maybe it's just us Americans are drunk more frequently? Idk 😅

[@SamanthaRod]

@DS haha that's good to hear, because each time I go to Europe I can literally hear the drunk Americans before I see them. Same when I go to Mexico and the Dominican Republic. That said I haven't traveled much since covid, maybe we've calmed down 😅

[@Lina_unchained]

I'm from Cambridge Massachusetts where Harvard University and MIT and all of that are...and drunk Tourists are always obnoxious no matter where they come from. I used to work in restaurants and we used to get groups of Japanese businessmen who were extremely loud, or British families that were loud, or Germans that have no volume knob. I think everyone is so hard on Americans because it's easy (we're often not just loud but we also don't know about the culture in the places that we go to and that can be frustrating for the people who live there) but they don't actually see how Europeans act much the same traveling here. People in general are just obnoxious we're not actually any louder than anybody else 😂

[@barrettgranger9139]

You definitely can't judge the US by Vegas lol , Vegas is its own thing lol

[@liambaylis9365]

I feel like it would be equivalent to judging the Middle East by Dubai

[@StfuFFS]

You can't really judge the country by any single region or state or city. It's not even like 50 individual countries, like i hear people sometimes say, but even the states are like conglomerates of countries. Like California could be accurately considered at least 5 different, unrelated, regions; Illinois is at least 3; New York is at least 4; Jersey is probably 3; Florida 3... The only thing that is really supposed to unify us is the American ideal spelled out in the Constitution and Declaration of Independence.

[@Alex-kd5xc]

I’m in Vegas as I write this and I hope to GOD nobody comes here and assumes it’s the same as anywhere else in the US. That would be the greatest misjudgment ever.

[@barrettgranger9139]

@@Alex-kd5xc 😂😂 kinda like coming to Mardi Gras in New Orleans and thinking all of Louisiana is like that craziness lol

[@ryanhampson673]

Exactly..I was training a bunch of students from over seas and it was in south Florida and they thought all of the US like that. I told them that South Florida is a place into its own and not representative of the rest of the country.

[@pushpak]

15:14 Yes, you can take Amtrak cross country. I've done it. Amtrak has different routes that cover different sections of the country like the Coast Starlight that runs from southern California to British Columbia Canada.

[@colinsdad1]

I did as well - ABSOLUTELY would do it again in a heartbeat! I traveled from NYC.... To Chicago.... To Albuquerque NM (Bugs' missing turn) to go on an 81 mile hiking/camping/fishing trip.

[@GeneralBuckNaked]

@colinsdad1... Quick question.. During that entire trip, would it have been possible for you to bring a pistol?? Im only asking because, I couldnt see myself Hiking/Camping or anything like that without having one on me lol. But im not sure of how security works on trains n such

[@AndySaputo]

There's one Amtrak route called the California Zephyr that goes from Chicago to San Francisco that looks beautiful. There's a KZbin video of a young British couple that did it and it's a great video to watch. It's titled "NYC to LA BY TRAIN | A 3000-mile no-fly travel film inc. Amtrak California Zephyr in coach in winter" for anyone interested.

[@pushpak]

@@AndySaputo The Zephyr is the cross-country one, sort of. I started in NY, made a stop in MI then hopped the train to Chicago to pick up the Zephyr. Be aware, Amtrak uses buses to make connections between train stations also.

[@AndySaputo]

@@pushpak I live just outside of Chicago so if I were ever to take the Zephyr, that would be my starting point. I assume there are no buses between Chicago and San Francisco?

[@djjazzyjeff1232]

When Dave was talking about all the options and how if you don't know it can be awkward, if you're just honest with the waitstaff, and be like, "I'm sorry I don't know much about X, what is that like?" They're more than happy to explain and to help you. I've noticed that in this country, people are eager to help or to teach. Almost to an annoying degree sometimes, but they mean well, so it's easy to forgive lol.

[@SomethingSeemsOff]

Yeah this is similar to what I've experienced in Italy and Spain when it comes to people wanting to help, but Belgium on the other hand... I'm never going there again lol

[@ljb8157]

@Blackavar WD how the hell did he choke the whole thing down? You can't really chew those leaves into submission. It must have taken him hours!

[@djjazzyjeff1232]

@@BlackavarWD Along the same vein, I didn't know that it's totally reasonable to peel cucumber before eating it. I would always get in fights with my friend and until like 2 weeks ago one of them was like, "Oh yeah, I always take the peel off I hate that part." And I was like WHAT?! This whole time I was eating the peel/rind whatever the hell thing, no wonder I thought I didn't like cucumbers lol. That's like eating a watermelon and eating the outside too!

[@djjazzyjeff1232]

@@BlackavarWD I didn't know that, I'll have to keep that in mind next apocalypse.

[@johncarolina4950]

There should be a show re-creating Daz's time in America. I would watch that every single week lol

[@ihateintroductions5808]

Same

[@StfuFFS]

I'm thinking a 3 month road trip while streaming. Can you imagine these three trapped in an RV for extended periods of time?

[@theselfishangryguy1946]

just imagine lmao

[@VivianDarkbloom1]

Heck, he could create a Seinfeld-like sitcom.

[@roymoore3156]

PBS has a bunch of those in the can, waiting for their audience to appear.

[@Mellow_Owl]

One thing about our food portions is that it's socially acceptable and almost expected to take home the left overs. Even if you have like two bite of steak left and a spoonful of mashed potatoes, you'll always hear a, "Do you want to take that home with you?" I have very rarely finished a meal from a restaurant (and I am a heavy person. The thought of eating that much food makes me feel bloated just thinking about it). Most Americans don't eat all of it in one go. xD

[@sebastianliebmann6014]

But wonder why waiters don't get paid fairly

[@realone2020]

@@sebastianliebmann6014 Restaurants are greedy and save money by having most of the waiter's earnings come from tips

[@scratchpenny]

@@sebastianliebmann6014 The dirty secret is that many waiters/waitresses in the US make way more money than they could ever make on an hourly wage and no tips. I know people who make around 100k, mostly from tips at upper-middle-class restaurants. But I still don't think they shouldn't get at least paid a minimum wage.

[@sebastianliebmann6014]

@@scratchpenny Most waiters don't work at upper-middle-class restaurants

[@scratchpenny]

@@sebastianliebmann6014 I understand that, but my point is that's why there is less wage-rate unity than you would think amongst waiters/waitresses. A significant segment of those people make way more than minimum wage and don't want things to change. You can also see this with bartenders, even at dive bars, if they have the right qualities (typically pretty women). But I agree that it's wrong that some people are paid below minimum wage, regardless of the chance for tips.

[@JPMadden]

Here in New England, many of us put malt vinegar on fries (chips). It's common to see it on a restaurant table, along with ketchup. Years ago, I was in Colorado and asked for vinegar. I received a cup of white (clear) vinegar, along with a strange look.

[@johanna0131]

Having lived in Vegas for several years, I can agree that the strip is like a fantasy. It’s also filled with visitors from all over the world, but there is a whole actual city outside of the strip that is quite ordinary. My husband worked down on the strip, and he’d come home with tons of stories about the different celebrities he’d seen, but I spent my time going to the grocery store, volunteering at our son’s school, going to the library, etc. It was pretty boring most of the time. I will say though, you had access to amazing food in Vegas! It’s an interesting place to live.

[@LifeisFoo]

That is something I miss about living near Vegas: All cuisines available

[@tima9083]

Yeah I moved to Vegas for work in 2017 for about a year and a half. I stopped going to the strip after about a month.. paying $20 for a beer from someone being as fake as humanly possible gets old fast. Vegas gets a bad stereotype I think because you have a lot of Cali rejects hanging around everywhere lol I moved from Ohio and one of the first things I noticed was how no one really holds the door for anyone..

[@grumblesa10]

Yep, lived here 20 years. What many tourists do not realize is the Casino/Entertainment Industry is the largest employer, but the 2nd largest employer is Nellis Air Force Base, followed by the Construction industry and Amazon's new facility.

[@NikkiCox81]

Daz I’m really impressed that you’ve kept up with your English. It’s awesome that you’ve found two other people who are as fluent as you are at speaking it. Keep it up and you’ll lose that accent. 😂😂😂 Surely you soon realized that all us Americans aren’t that confused. 🤗🤗

[@robertdysonn]

I don’t think he’s ever going to kick the accent though. Nice of you to wish him good luck with that but that would be a miracle, smiles.

[@liamengram6326]

10:55 Living most of my life in Upstate NY that hits home. I have seen -40°F (-40°C) and 96 inches of snow over the course of 3 days. But one stretch of weather I will never forget is March of 2010 where we had the weirdest 4 days I ever saw. One day it was unusually warm at 70°F (21°C). The next day it was unusually cold at 30°F (-1°C). The day after that it was unusually hot at 80°F (27°C), and the day after that it was 20°F (-7°C) and that was at a time of year where the temperature is usually close to 50 (10°C).

[@frazmeup]

We had -38 C in Calgary this year but its 4 days then warm air from mountains melts it all. 5+ weather all month after that, snow melted. Cycle repeats every week. They call it Chinook Winds phenomenon

[@dcmc7383]

Wow...."see (c) you (u) next Thursday." I am soooo gonna use that in the future. It's better than "shut the front door." Brilliant. Cheers.

[@paddyodriscoll8648]

There’s Italian ice too that can be lemon and lime, as well as sherbet ,,,

[@hardtackbeans9790]

30:06 I'm in Texas & lived here all my life. You will love NYC. And in a way, it is a microcosm of the US but it isn't at the same time. It would be a little bit like going to Las Vegas, Disney World, US Virgin Islands & expecting this to tell you about America. New Yorkers are known to be abrupt to the point of being rude. And I have seen some of this. But others are very nice just like Texans. Don't let the movies fool you, but sometimes it is just like the movies. 😀

[@Rayvn7]

New York isn't a dick. Stop being a dick by claiming that talking normally, like in New York for this stereotype, is a dick. New Yorkers actually AREN'T dicks, for example you can actually get legitimately offered to help carry that heavy, but not bulky, stuff. And not be a total dick when talking to strangers, demanding weird shit about their life for 29 minutes instead of simply going to the place you asked to go or instead of having a normal conversation. Unlike everywhere else. Even Alabama.

[@jmcg6189]

I've gotten some strange looks in some restaurants when asking for malt vinegar for fish and/or chips/fries. Hard to get hot sauce for fries, too. Other places they have them right on the table. Another problem I have had is asking for a soft drink. It goes by a different name in each section of the country.

[@ORagnar]

11:30 Of course, weather varies a great deal across America. California is nice all year around. South Texas has some sweltering summers, but the rest of the year it's temperate. In fact, winters are very mild. By contrast, Minnesota gets bloody cold, and Chicago does as well to a lesser extent. 3/1/22, 11:18 p.m

[@walleye364]

Southern Wisconsin has a passenger train going to Chicago. There are about 5 stops in smaller towns on the way. Then you can hop a train to Milwakee to Chicago.

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

Mark 7:54. Hehe. Even my fellow Americans, tend to forget that in addition to the coastlines of the two big oceans, Atlantic & Pacific, one one the East, one on the West, that there's one on the South, for the Gulf of Mexico. Plus, the Great Lakes, on the North, where Chicago, Illinois is. Side note! Oklahoma, and the various Native American Nations within it, are landlocked. But thanks to the..... The McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) is part of the United States inland waterway system originating at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa and running southeast through Oklahoma and Arkansas to the Mississippi River. That means you can get here from there, by boat or ship! 🛶⛵⛴️🚤🛥️🛳️🚢

[@yeti4954]

His videos may not be the most entertaining but i love that the topics occasionally give you something to start a discussion about during the pauses.

[@kkampy4052]

Had Eisenhower not been so impressed with the Autobahn in WWII, we would probably have a better national rail network. He started the interstate highway system as a preface for moving troops and material efficiently across the country in the time of war. Thus began the car culture.

[@scratchpenny]

Yes, but the truth is that due to the size of the US and its individualist culture, national public transportation was never going to be a thing. People love cars here, not only because of the national highway system.

[@grumblesa10]

That and the auto industry using Congress to cut funding for passenger rail service.

[@regenesteffen2814]

Us supported a vibrant rail system at one time, then the government(federal) decided to take over. And there ended the tale of the National rail

[@Name-nq7tj]

@@regenesteffen2814 right in my hometown which is a small town with like 10,000 people in the 20's or around that time had trolley systems that ran across the entire town. You can also find only videos of like san fransico that had similar things and it seems like the government just officially incentivized getting rid of them and replacing them with cars. Then if we don't even have basic transport systems in individual towns then it makes sense that nobody would invest in making them for longer distances or between towns.

[@crystaldbj]

I loved to visit my brother in Albuquerque , NM. We could go skiing in the Sandias in the morning, then go down and play tennis in the afternoon.

[@nualaseamus]

We do move around a lot - I was born in California (west coast) - moved with my family to New Mexico (yes, that is in the US), also lived on the east coat -- South Carolina and Florida. Now I'm teaching in Alaska... I've moved more than 60 times in my life and lived in 12 different states. Moving from Florida to Alaska was a trip of over 5,800 miles. If y'all want "real," come to Alaska - we are definitely a real place. One of the most ruggedly beautiful places I've had the pleasure to live in.

[@geddon436]

how was living in new mexico and florida? What were the top industires in new mexico?

[@seanwallace89]

I'm from the Midwest... specifically Minnesota... which our stereotype is often " Minnesota Nice". We tend to be non confrontational, passive aggressive, extremely polite, friendly, and considerate. If I walk by you in an isle at a food mart... guaranteed I say "excuse me"

[@brambo09]

Ope

[@kkandola9072]

Canadian culture influence lol

[@seanwallace89]

@@kkandola9072 it's like cold weather has this compounding instinctual notion of "let's not make things worse" that causes ppl to think more selflessly and considerately when able to do so. Lol

[@kkandola9072]

@@seanwallace89 I wonder if there’s actually something biological to that. Here in California, crime tends to spike when it starts hitting 100°F . And I heard in the south in Florida and Alabama, things spike even crazier when it’s hot probably cause it’s humid too. I wonder if cold weather makes us less prone to fighting because physical fighting in cold weather is extremely metabolically costly, so we just evolved to be less aggressive in the cold.

[@kkandola9072]

@@seanwallace89 but then again, Chicago gets crazy cold, and that place seems like a city of demons lol. I saw an interview where a guy was like “ yea we used to throw water balloons out of our cars at random civilians when it was like -10° so the ice would freeze over them, ya know , kid shit” I was like Bruhh that’s not normal kid shit🤣🤣🤣

[@AcousticGString]

That polar vortex we had in Illinois in winter 2018, it got over -50° out, it was insanity. Landlords in the Chicagoland area were turning peoples heat off for not paying rent among a few other things and people were actually freezing to death in their homes. I saw some news reports that people were using their ovens to heat their home's and thats not unusual, polar vortex or not I've seen it and it is so dangerous. I really hope we don't go through that again. I had the pipes replaced in my yard and going into my house last year and the plumbing company moved them, they're exposed more and now they are more likely to freeze because of where they are.

[@AcousticGString]

@@davedaring9823 It did where I live, 100%. I'm in Northern Illinois.

[@Rayvn7]

I walked about 2 miles that day because I couldn't find the right street for the bus route. It didn't actually get to -50°. (During the daytime, which they reported that it did.)

[@BTinSF]

AMTRAK is the nationalized version of the former private passenger rail system. You certainly can go across the country and I have done, and it does connect most larger cities but smaller ones only if they are on the routes between major ones. The problems with AMTRAK are the problems with many nationalized industries: Old equipment, sometimes unhelful service, infrequent trains. The biggest problem is that on all routes except the northeast Washington to Boston route, the freight railroads still own the tracks and too often give priority to freight trains, forcing AMTRAK trains to wait. And the distances mean that it takes several days along many routes so getting an expensive sleeping compartment is very desirable.

[@colinsdad1]

The Regional dialects/slang/jargon is VERY different from place to place in the States. Even States have their own verbiage. For example: I live in Massachusetts, where the place you go to buy alcohol is called either The Packie or a package store. Everywhere else just calls it a liquor store, that I'm aware. Accents here in Massachusetts vary WIDELY- I'm from the Western part of the State where I'm told I have an NYC accent. Once you hit Worcester (it's pronounced Wooster out there, BTW) accent goes to a type of Stereotypical "Baasten accent" everyone seems to be fascinated by.

[@shovelheadsteve1172]

No, it's pronounced WHISTAH.

[@GeneralBuckNaked]

Here in Philly a lot of people call it the "States store" for some reason.. N all liquor stores in this city are the same company. "Wine and Spirits".. Also in other states (especially in the south). U can even buy liquor from walmart n gas stations.. And as far as accents go, its the same here in Pennsylvania. Philly has their own accent, so does Pittsburgh, etc. Its crazy

[@colinsdad1]

@@shovelheadsteve1172 I guess it depends on where in the City you are, pronunciation wise.

[@colinsdad1]

@@GeneralBuckNaked When I was an Airman Leader in USAF Tech school, I had a crazy dude in my Flight from North Philly. I used to laugh at his pronunciation of Water. He was also the most fearless person I've met in many years.

[@jmfdeadtothecore]

I'm from the Cape...do you live in the western part of the state where the dragons are? 😅

[@rickmorgan3930]

Thanks for your videos from an old Anglophile ... In the 1970s I visited Portsmouth, England while in the US Navy. Had a wonderful time and every Brit I met seemed to be a wonderful person... might also just be my gullibility. Anyway, thanks again from an old fart that loves your country. :)

[@iulia.bianca.b]

It's funny that a native English speaker couldn't understand you asking for a popsicle in your UK version, but I as a non native speaker (romaninan and portuguese native that also speaks English), instantly went to "oh, you mean a popsicle" as soon as you said "ice lolli" because it's just self explanatory 😅 A lot of the time it's just a temporary brain fart because it's an expression you've never heard before

[@jakgats1411]

the customer service is top notch in the US especially in restaurants because the servers are working for the tip.

[@nataliewalters2759]

That’s would be mostly restaurants not as much with fast food in the north east. Customer service sucks there ! The south seems to just treat their customers more like family . It’s like once you cross from VA into MD the customer service with fast food restaurants goes down drastically .😂

[@garyevans3421]

Here in the US, we’re all used to some of the same food because of the huge chains, but there’s still regional differences. We lived in east Texas when I was a kid and individually owned catfish restaurants were common. My maternal grandparents were visiting and my parents took them to one. A common side dish with fried catfish there, is hush puppies. They’re fried cornbread, either cylindrical sticks or balls of cornbread dough fried. My grandfather embarrassed my mom by asking for a glass of milk and a spoon and eating his hush puppies in milk like he did with regular cornbread growing up in Tennessee!

[@GeneralBuckNaked]

Seems like East Texas is somewhere i really need to visit then lol. Ive tried fried catfish a couple times in my life and i loved it. Also love some cornbread. Ive been on the east coast in Philly my whole life tho. I only tried the catfish because of an ex GF who was asian lol

[@solace6700]

What daz said about moving around is so true, I lived in like 15 different states before I even graduated high school.

[@williambintzer8128]

That politeness thing is very, VERY region-specific. A polite gesture in one place is often rude behavior in another.

[@MM-jc7uv]

11:26 I’m Canadian and -15C to -25C is pretty normal for our winters and our summers can also get quite hot at around 30C-35C. The weather is probably the worst thing about the country

[@cam121375]

I live in NE Pennsylvania...I always use can I please have, and then whatever it is...and thank you constantly, so much so, that people even tell me you don't have to keep thanking me for everything, but a lot of that was engrained in us from our parents...my bf lives in the same area, and he doesn't say please or thank you to much at all, I actually say it for him when we are out, and it's because his parents didn't instill that in him.

[@LoloD1833]

Moving is quite common in the US, when I left my parents home in 1978, I be lived in Indiana (my home state) California, Hawaii, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Utah, I’ve also lived in Japan, and Norwich in the UK (met my current wife there) most of my moves involved being a US Marine, and a Civilian Employee of the US Navy.

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

Mark 14:41. Well, depending on your location, you can use a boat. I've seen overhead views of neighborhoods, in Florida for example, where in front of the homes, people had their land vehicles, while in back, their water vessels. Some places, were built with the notion that in the Near Future, there would be more private pilots, so up front, land vehicles, out back, your helipad and/or hanger. Think of the actor, John Travolta. He wouldn't be flying about so often, if he didn't live in such a neighborhood. 🚁🛩️✈️

[@rivercogan1548]

I live two hours away from boise my whole life and never have heard the term whistle pig. We call them groundhogs for the most part

[@jeffburdick869]

10:44 I moved from Syracuse, NY to East Lansing, MI, then back to Syracuse, then to Ann Arbor, MI, then to Chicago, IL. My parents' home is an 11-12 hour drive from me. Or a 90 minute flight.

[@lori6115]

I live in New England, the Northeast...I constantly apologize for everything! My husband is always saying...You don't have to apologize!! LOL You should see my Ancestry...full on England and Scotland...the gene carries on! (and I always say "please" and "Thank you"!)

[@roymoore3156]

In rural Oregon, when hearing non-local people talk of their travel times, both far and near, I shake my head. High school bus rides to and from games here were hours long at times. High School teams would come to play, and stay overnight with the hometown players. Traveled over two and a half hours to play a football game, in the 7th grade, in the rain. (1967) There’s still that great of differences in life realities, and the east coast has its similar places. The west coast is sparsely populated, generally, along where the San Andreas fault line looks to inundate the coast...when the inevitable quake and tidal wave happens. That would be Canada to San Francisco. It could be ANY time!

[@Rocco1332]

About people moving around the country, it happens all the time. I'm in upstate New York and I know many people that have lived or now live in other states, even as far away as California is not uncommon. My friend's fiance actually just took a position at Disney World in Florida. They accepted, packed, and moved down there from New York in less than a month. I think you'll enjoy New York City when you come. I'm not a city person, but I do enjoy visiting, as long as I can come back to the mountains and forests at the end of the day.

[@ragnarocking]

Lawrence is awesome. I've been subbed to his channel for years.

[@ms.harley]

Thanks!

[@theblackbear211]

AmTrak is something of a mixed bag - in some regions, especially where it meshes well with local commuter systems, service can be relatively comprehensive. but in most of the country it tends to be limited to major cities. They do have some excellent touring packages - and if you are traveling with 2 people, the price for a sleeper is actually pretty reasonable.

[@Maya_Ruinz]

Really loved my trip from San Antonio to Chicago it was about a 30 hour trip, if you like trains and enjoy seeing the country it’s a much more interesting way to travel then a plane.

[@rickvath]

New York to Montreal in November is absolutely lovely.

[@coyotelong4349]

Intercity train service would honestly be better handled at the state level than the federal level, where each state could be responsible for its own railroad infrastructure to connect its major cities, high speed rail, etc We are starting to see that with Florida’s Brightline train system, California working on high speed rail, Texas doing the same, etc States like California and Texas in particular, with huge populations, huge economies and multiple large cities/metro areas are basically begging to be served by high speed rail

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

Mark 20:21. Hmm. "Sprite™", is a lemon and lime soft drink beverage!

[@doulbledee9758]

I'm a waitress aka server. When people say get me, I always inject please. Sure they give me that look but hey I'll teach you some manners. I tend to be extremely polite. Please, thank you, may i? It costs nothing.

[@kinjiru731]

I've been in colder than -40C in the US. Some places get very cold at times.

[@brendanfahey6165]

Need to have an Office Blokes Tour of America series...driving across the USA from NY to LA!

[@krisschobelock4973]

Any City that is near the water is always colder!! Living around the great lakes - is brutal in winter! Move inland!! (Still get winter but not all the winds and freezing temps coming off the water!!) Amtrak, Greyhound etc. are alternative travel vs flying (and slower obviously) - but are not meant to act as using daily etc.... It's not just soda/pop that's free refills - so is ice tea/ tea / coffee . . .

[@mycroft16]

It is an absolutely fair point that American's don't travel abroad very much... and honestly it's the blessing and curse of having a country that literally covers every climate and terrain you could imagine with VERY few exceptions. When the country is so huge and so diverse you can spend an entire life just exploring your own back yard. That said, I do really hope to get my daughter abroad a few times as a teen. I think actually seeing the world and other cultures, histories, etc, is good for everyone. The differences and similarities we all have.

[@Tabfort]

Enjoyed the video guys! Specifically all the personal stories!

[@pieceoflintifoundonthefloo554]

If I saw Daz in America I would treat him to a nice warm home cooked meal 🥺

[@Trapper50cal]

I'd take him to the bar for a few pints. :-)

[@drea4195]

@@Trapper50cal he's definitely a guy you can have a beer with.

[@sikksotoo]

Laurence's channel is great. Won't mind anything of his you react to 😁 He enjoys reactions as well

[@barrettgranger9139]

He'll Louisiana has multiple different accents on its on depending on what part of the state you're in

[@laboskie349]

Louisiana has to be one of the most diverse states when It comes to linguistics. There's Creole, French, Hispanic, Southern and African influences.

[@barrettgranger9139]

@@laboskie349 yea you right , I mean I can go to the store and get 13 different accents 😂😂

[@gregcable3250]

You used the phrase, "in the queue", then said "in line" (which is the way I would say it being from "The Burgh"--Pittsburgh)--but then in NYC area they say one is standing "on line"--so that phrase, among many others, differs regionally (e.g., they also say "soda" where we would say "pop" for a soft drink such as Coke, Pepsi, Dr. P, etc.).

[@amberhines3979]

You can't just go one place and see "what the States is like". We're different. State to State to State, we're really different. And the difference from people in the cities to the people in the country is vast. I'm from Texas, I live and work in the Dallas area, but I'm a country girl. People look at me like I'm an alien ALOT...LOL.

[@grumblesa10]

..and differences from county to county in larger states

[@PerthTowne]

Amtrak is the national passenger rail network, and you can use it to go from one end of the US to the other. But it does make a lot of stops along its routes. Also, I'm an American and I would find someone who just said, "Give me a beer" or "Give me a ham and cheese" incredibly rude. I've heard some people order food like that, but I consider them impolite. It really depends on who it is.

[@alecia175]

Amtrak is more a cross country train you can get from one side to the other with excellent planning and time. Metra is the local Chicagoland train, but a lot of major Cities have a similar system. My city is the exception Detroit is known as the motor city and our public transportation is almost nonexistent because of 50 years of car lobbyists keeping the system suppressed so more people buy cars. In the last 5 years I am seeing some changes to the city's pedestrian friendliness.

[@gdhaney136]

I moved from DC to Los Angeles CA, back to Virginia, down to Florida, and visited Rhode Island every summer. I have immediate family living in four different states, and extended family living in about 15 different states.

[@akendall75]

I gotta say, Daz is usually on point with his commentary on America. Also, I’m from Indianapolis but lived in Boston, San Francisco, Florida and Italy and now back in South Bend, I have to say the guy in the video is accurate with his commentary too. In my opinion.

[@nathanstrange6191]

I'm from Indiana, and very familiar with Anderson, IN. I don't know how long ago that guy lived there, but rent costs have skyrocketed after COVID.

[@Lisa_88888]

I am so curious now. If you order eggs in the UK, how are they served if they don’t ask how you want them? I would love if someone could answer that for me. There are so many different ways to cook eggs, is there a standard there? Thanks!

[@davidnorman530]

I'm American but have spent a lot of time in the UK. I'd say Americans are friendlier, but the Brits are more polite. Even the Japanese seem to agree, the careful, yes please/no thank you, pardon me culture of the UK is rare in the rest of the world. I love America and I love the UK.

[@elischultes6587]

Wait till you hit that -40° C then add another 25° of windchill. Addition: Amtrak follows the northern border in the west. It took my grandma 4 days to go from Denver CO to Wolf Point Mt (700 miles mostly due north). She had to go either Denver, St Louis, Chicago, & Minneapolis or Denver, Los Angeles, Seattle Addendum 2. Liquor stores are a common name in the west. North Dakota you can walk into the bar and ask for a bottle of liquor or beer for “off sale.” Must be sealed when you leave. But you can ask for something to go unofficially most places. Some states have limited hard alcohol sales. Montana state controls some liquor stores. My last family member to immigrate to the US was my great grandmother ( German immigrants via Kiev) in 1904. Others were Swedish/Norwegian already established during the Civil War. Someone came over on the Mayflower too. I’m 3/4 German decent. Most came over in the 1880’s. US Highway 2 goes from Seattle to Chicago I think. All along the Canadian border often less than 60 miles south. Montana mile marker 666 is most often stolen. Almost 700 miles across. 685 or something close

[@djjazzyjeff1232]

That story about the Cheese Soup is kind of nice that the guy tried to do something nice for you though. Missed the mark, but it's the gesture that's nice lol.

[@geedavia1785]

I would tell the mates you can take the train from NY (Easy Coast) to Chgo, Chgo to (basically) *Anywhere* You can go North thru Wisconsin, Northwest to Minnesota thru the Dakota's, up to Washington State, or Chgo-South or Chgo-West. & The Bus the fella was talking about is similar to the Bus service we have called *Greyhound* It's quite cheeky, full of characters & can be unpleasant as well.

[@Rayvn7]

No American actually knows more then two possibilities to order eggs... apparently there is actually something like 8 possibilities.

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

Mark 19:57. Huh? 🙄 "Popsicle", you said? "Popsicle", is a brand name. The actual things are called, "ice pops". First designed by accident in 1905, the name "Popsicle" is a portmanteau of, soda pop and icicle - a nod to its origins as a bottle of soda left to freeze on a porch overnight by an 11-year-old Frank Epperson. Apparently "Popsicle" is a Brand Name, Not What Ice Pops Are ...

[@chevy266nova]

Yes, at 5:31 Big Brother is watching you everywhere. As of right now, the job market is wide open. The businesses are begging for help. Some fast food places are offering $25 an hour.

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

2K Thumbs Up + Mine! 👍. Thanks for yet another, fun, funny, informative digital video recording! 🎬😎👍✌️🖖

[@scorpiothegreat1]

Daz is our resident American 🇺🇸.

[@gidget8717]

The "how well you speak english" made me cackle like a hen laying an egg! 🐔

[@deweydickinson1752]

My daughter was an exchange student to England so we looked up information on the country, such as size, and found out that England (not the United Kingdom) was about of the size of the state I live in, Michigan and that’s only one state. So you might understand why mass transit isn’t very viable. Just a quick note, we kind of divide our country up into sections; Eastern, Western, Southwest, and the MidWest, which is also part of the Midwest.

[@Name-nq7tj]

the reason they give so much soda in the US is because a lot of restraunts profit margins are heavily determined by selling drinks and it costs like nothing to make. Just buy some syrup and mix it with carbinated water and it becomes really cheap to make where usually most the cost of soda comes from shipping costs. So they just buy syrup and buy carbinated water which can be made in many places and it's really cheap to make.

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

COMUTER TRAINS EXIST IN BIG CITIES...SUBWAY, METROS, TRAINS, AMTRAK FOR ACROSS COUNTRY...LA TO CHICAGO 2 DAYS...BEAUTIFUL TRIP!!😍😍😍👍👍👍

[@you_can_call_me_T]

Can we get a weekly story time with Daz?? "Tales from the States" lol. I love hearing stories about his time here!

[@hanksilman4016]

AMTRAK is a mess in that it's as much as a flight but usually more expensive. It DOES cover a lot of the country though, but some states (like Montana) only have like 4 stops. It also avoids a lot of the center-placed states and the majority of the south. Megabus or Greyhound is a thing here. Buses, while the experiences may vary, are the only truly national means of transportation to get to any smaller towns. (and even then sometimes it'll only get you 30-ish miles away from your destination)

[@Trapper50cal]

Part of Individual identity in the Untied States is the car that one owns/drives...for better or for worse, we take vehicle ownership, and the ability to get exactly where we want to go on our terms, as a symbol of freedom and success. Hence, a less developed mass transit infrastructure.

[@johncarolina4950]

The reasons for lack of mass transit are a lot more insidious than that

[@VegaTakeOver]

its actually a bad thing that we dont have mass transit infrastructure and car centric cities we will get richer if we build walkable cities

[@Blondie42]

Well while it would be nice to have transit as extensive as England or Japan, for a couple examples, the price to do it is astronomical. Mike said trillions, but considering how big the lower 48 is I think a huge number like a trillion would barely scratch the surface. Amtrak is the only nation wide transport, on the ground, that we have and it's the slowest and most expensive. High speed trains would benefit us greatly, but it's been said that bureaucracy and it's love on red tape is one key reason why "bullet trains" likely never will be a thing for getting around the entirety of the country.

[@gardenmusicnotebook2748]

Oh boy, I can guarantee most Americans know that people in England speak English.😄 😳-And most have worked out that that is where our language originated.

[@shalbec3232]

Not our language it where english originated

[@kkandola9072]

@@shalbec3232 yea our language. English is the common language of America.

[@mumuspain2086]

I've lived in Oregon (west coast), Arkansas (pretty much just south of the middle), and Florida (east coast obviously). So yeah, people here do often move thousands of miles in their lifetime while still living in the US. I've traveled hundreds of thousands of miles just on road-trips and for work and I've never been outside of the mainland 48.

[@Scufflegrit]

The main thing they wanted to know was scrambled or fried, Dave. 😂

[@gabrielherman8930]

I’d never heard the phrase c u next thursday before but I understood it as soon as you said it. Lol I want to use that now

[@knuckletherapyserveothersf6092]

The United States 🇺🇸 is the most diverse country in the world 🌎

[@smfmnoneya9134]

I used to live in Indianapolis...Anderson is only 58 miles away and Chicago is only 183 miles. That is nothing in the U.S.

[@djjazzyjeff1232]

You 3 should try and get an OB goes to America so Daz can herd Mike n Dave around, especially since Mike has never been. That's tragic, get that man out there.

[@questioneverything55]

The unemployment is almost double (when they say 7.5%, in reality it would be closer to 12-15%) because the report doesn't consider whether or not workers are employed full-time, if they are underemployed, or if a worker has given up job searching.

[@johnsmith2221]

From everything I’ve read and heard from people not from the US, they say that we are some of the nicest people in the world.

[@gregorywright2798]

I Moved from Pennsylvania above Philadelphia (Bucks County) to Florida Tampa Bay Area, almost 20 years ago. I shouldn't move to Florida 40 years ago, I love it. I won't ever go back, well My ashes is well.

[@mikedaflexta]

"Get me a ham and cheese!" This guy sounds like he was in the NY/NJ area lol.

[@Blondie42]

Being so close to the great lakes makes winters near them brutal because of the lake affect weather patterns when wind blows inland from over the water which chills the air as it's moving. Whistle pig?! Where do they call them that?

[@bus6292]

I use Nord VPN myself and it's great except for the annoyance of google adservices refusing to connect. When I click on a youtube ad I have to suspend Nord VPN first or google will give me the finger and not connect.

[@odemusvonkilhausen]

I can tell you from experience, Pittsburgh to Charleston, WV is about a 4 hour drive, a 45 minute flight, and 13 hours on a Greyhound bus. You can guess which one I took. (Hint: it's a trick question)

[@GeneralBuckNaked]

For that amount of miles, I would choose driving every single time. Even if I was loaded with cash and could easily buy the plane ticket, I would still drive.. I like being able to smoke when i want, eat when i want, etc etc.. and 4 hours aint that bad

[@doug4036]

The Unemployment rate is a percentage of the working age people, actively seeking work. 2010’s 17.5% didn’t account for the massive number of unemployed people who had dropped out of the job market altogether. That was a horrible year.

[@House_of_Caine]

Pfft, -15 to -20°C is what we call warm winter day here in Finland. I have biked to work in -28°C. :)

[@Carolinex999]

Gas stations were amazing, huge fountain pop, and litre coke slushies x

[@robertk2007]

The L in Chicago is great. You can go from O'Hare to downtown in 35 minutes for $5

[@gtrzero2157]

I took the train from Portland Oregon to LA and it took 36 hours (in a seat mind you). Trains in the u.s. especially on the west coast aren't feasible. They have been trying to get high speed rail from LA to San Francisco, but the billions keep stacking up and it will never happen. Cheers.

[@GeneralBuckNaked]

Holy shit.. I had no idea it took that long to get from Portland to L.A. on train.. I didnt think it was that far of a distance away

[@dougca7086]

In California those states in the middle are called Fly Over States