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[@mouse9727]

I can’t believe that guy said Scotch-Irish. Scotch is a whiskey, not a person.

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

I have seen this before and made a similar comment. My father was Scottish, along with many relatives and the Scots don't like being called 'Scotch'. Scotch is used for objects (like Scotch pancakes or Scotch eggs), but more often used for one of their best known exports; Scotch Whisky (DO note the spelling, with no 'E' - Whereas Irish Whiskey is spelt with an 'E' ! - to easily differentiate the country of distilling and origin).

[@G0Lg0Th4N]

To be fair he might think he's an egg.

[@holgerlinke98]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch-Irish_Americans The word "Scotch" was the favored adjective for things "of Scotland", including people, until the early 19th century, when it was replaced by the word "Scottish".

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

@@holgerlinke98 - A little 'out of date' since the early 1800's. Plus, one of the main 'reason's' it fell out of favour was because of the English using it as a derogatory term; during 'The Highland Clearances' when the landowners evicted a significant number of tenants (workers) in the Scottish Highlands and Islands (mostly in two phases from 1750 to 1860). So a SORE subject to be discussing for many still...

[@supermaximglitchy1]

there’s a thing called scotch tape so there exists wiskey tape

[@daveofyorkshire301]

He's using EU and European interchangeably - that is wrong... There are 27 EU countries and 44 European countries (according to the United Nations)...

[@neuralwarp]

It's 54. I counted. Though not all of them are UN members, and some have limited recognition.

[@daveofyorkshire301]

@@neuralwarp You counted using what criteria? Who are the extra 10?

[@neuralwarp]

▪︎Iceland ▪Liechtenstein ▪Norway ▪Switzerland ▪Andorra ▪Monaco ▪San Marino ▪Vatican ▪Albania ▪Armenia ▪Azerbaijan ▪Bosnia Herzegovina ▪Georgia ▪Moldova ▪Montenegro ▪North Macedonia ▪Russia ▪Serbia ▪Turkey ▪Ukraine ▪United Kingdom ▪Belarus ▪Kazakhstan ▪Kosovo ▪Nagorno Karabakh ▪Sealand ▪Sovereign Military Order of Malta

[@daveofyorkshire301]

@@neuralwarp What you've listed there are part of the 44... Russia, Lichtenstein, Malta, Norway etc... But what is your criteria for your list?

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@neuralwarp There's 44 countries in Europe, not 54. try again.

[@Dreaded-Flower]

10:54 well the US builds paper houses were you can punch in walls and you need to be afraid of wind

[@tihomirrasperic]

you start to sneeze, and there you are in the USA a tornado alarm 😂

[@Iflie]

Yeah as a kid I thought the people punching in walls must be superstrong, now I know you can just trip and your wall will have a dent you have to fix. This does not seem like a sustainable way to build but they keep on doing it.

[@Dreaded-Flower]

@@Iflie true this wont happen in a common european house. before you brake a wall or make a dent. you would break your hand

[@Iflie]

@@Dreaded-Flower Yeah I have always had concrete or brick walls, your house will be there when you are gone, haha Also it seems a bad choice to build out of wood when there is dangerous mold or termites in your environment.

[@timothyreel716]

I'm in the US, and every house except for one that I lived in, were all brick!!!

[@uhjeen]

yup, in Luxembourg, we are rich. So rich that we cannot even afford a own house or apartment anymore ... High income doesn't mean that everything is a gift, nearly anything is way more expensive than anywhere else!! Greets from Luxembourg!

[@mikkie02-]

omygaush smame here in liechtenstein😂😂 we small counties have to stand together

[@bencze465]

I have the same in Germany, houses are 800k-1m in the small villages around here. However if we manage to save up we can move to Thailand or eastern europe for retirement and not starve to death.

[@MrMajsterixx]

use your economic might, make money at home, spend it abroad.

[@IntyMichael]

Thats why you Luxembourgers are moving to the surrounding countries.

[@verrezen]

Then move 10km west and buy a house and live the life of the wealthy. ;)

[@MrsClarissa3112]

Love how the European side in these illustration are wearing Lederhosen and Dirndl, traditional clothing. While the americans don`t have traditional clothes (not talking about natives obviously) and therefore are in t-shirt and everyday wear 😂😂

[@neuralwarp]

How old do costumes have to be before they become traditional? The US man is wearing cowboy jeans.

[@teastan95]

@@neuralwarp jeans, invented by Levi Strauss, german guy.

[@Patrick-on2ty]

Indianer werden einfach verschwiegen

[@robynmurray7421]

@@teastan95 Using a fabric developed in Nimes, France, known as serge di Nimes (serge from Nimes) which became commonly known as denim. So the French should get some credit.

[@SieggurtzuSpeyer]

As a German I'd like to point out: Dirndl and Lederhosen are BAVARIAN "traditional" clothing. It is kind of unfair to all the other very beautiful traditional clothing styles all over europe. I personally can think of seven completely different looking styles on the top of my head, and I don't even have been to many places in the EU (what a shame actually) The average european (EU and non-EU) inkuding Bavarians wear pretty much the same as Americans ...

[@stefanpajung113]

Ryan calls American "beer", beer. Good one. 😄

[@dnkyhntr5637]

Ba-Dum-Tzzz

[@sabines6500]

😂👍

[@roguebanshee]

There are supposedly some decent local breweries in the US.

[@dnkyhntr5637]

@@roguebanshee no.greets from germany

[@CabinFever52]

LOL I don't even like beer and I still find this funny 🤣

[@seanthiar]

7:30 unfair comparison - In Europe you pay the income tax, but that pays for health care, unemployment, education, etc. and it doesn't do that in the USA, too. I read once an article that showed that if you add the average cost for those things like education, health care etc., the USA has an average 'tax' of about 45-50% of their income. Housesize - It's no wonder houses in the EU are smaller. The population density is much higher. For most EU-countries it's three or more times higher than in the USA. We just don't have the space for big houses. It's 35 people per square kilometer in the USA and over a hundred or more people per square kilometer in the EU. Cars - we don't need that much cars. We can walk or use public transport something that doesn't really exist in the US. I lived in the US for a time for work and where I lived they had no sidewalks and no public transport available at all. And BTW - UK is not in the EU.

[@CBOANDALUCIA]

My sister was also there bc her job, only a month and a half. She hated It bc she loves running in parks, trekking, etc, and she had a lot of problems there bc that city, a capital in the MidWest, don't have a real good public transport, and she can't visit the near National Park bc they only can reach it with a car.

[@petergaskin1811]

To your last point, more's the pity.

[@cadeeja.]

UK was in the EU when the original video was made though.

[@stampandscrap7494]

​@@cadeeja. UK is always in Europe

[@kroche90]

​@@stampandscrap7494 EU and Europe are different things...

[@xenotypos]

Regarding alcohol be careful when you interpret the data: a lot of Europeans don't drink the same "way" as in the US, as it's also often consumed in moderation but more regularly while having dinner for example, not just to "get drunk" (even if in some countries, especially the "beer countries" like Germany or Czechia, it really is biggest part). Drinking alcohol such as wine while having a meal is totally normal in Europe. Data regarding who get the most drunk in average would be interesting, along with the rate of alcoholism. Also, I believe there are far less car accident involving alcohol in most European countries, even while adjusting the data to car owners only.

[@mikkie02-]

why do ppl always forget to mention austria when it comes to austria??? its the second country after russia to consume the most alcohol😢

[@oskarprotzer3000]

​@@mikkie02- when it comes to austria, everybody mentions austria :P

[@minefoxc4015]

Come on we all remember the sips of red wine we were allowed to have at 7 or 8 after dinner events, in Italy I was allowed a sip of wine at least a dozen times between 7 and 11 years old alone, nevermind after that. Apparently red wine helps digestion or something. I imagine Portugal, Spain and France to have similar nonchalance to underage drinking when your parents offer you a sip. And I believe I heard that in the UK as long as a parent is supervising, and at home on private property, there is no legal limit for alcohol. Might have misheard though.

[@DaweSlayer]

@@mikkie02- I don't know, im from Czechia and Austria is like country u barely hear about... u have to be louder i guess.

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

@@minefoxc4015 - In case you may not know?: In the UK it is OK (in law), to give alcohol to a child at home, over the age of 5 (being supervised by adults). Also, in the UK, supervising adults can buy alcoholic drinks for 16+ year olds in a pub or restaurant that is also serving meals at the time... Strangely, the French (who had always seemed more free with giving 'wine' to their kids), have actually tightened their laws regarding alcohol consumption for children!

[@AleaumeAnders]

I wouldn't call those oversized cardbord boxes you have in the USA "houses". More like deathtraps.

[@minefoxc4015]

So funny, you can punch a hole through the wall over there, last time I was drunk at home I punched the wall hard, and almost broke my knuckles. I trust my house to remain standing after some high wind, not get swept away. There was a day in 2020 we were warned about 30kmh winds with possible 80kmh gusts. My old ass 1980s wooden framed windows broke, chairs outside were swept into the fields, the old fig tree in front of the house snapped in half where the two main branches divided. You couldn't walk against the wind at times. House is still here, only 2 sections of the gutters got blown away, never seen em since.

[@AleaumeAnders]

@@minefoxc4015 ^^ I think you forget a 1 or 2, as 30-80 kmh will not blow away your gutter. Yeah, the quality of the buildings in the USA is ... weird. It's not even the quality of the woodwork, mind you. I've built my garden shed in the (old style) european equivalent to what they do. Though of course I used wooden posts (5"x5" and 2.5"x5") instead of boards. But if you use enough 2"x4"s they will do the trick just fine. Still, what's placed to fill in the gaps in the woodwork makes all the difference. The combination of OSB, insulation and cheap plaster could be considered fine on a secondary building (like, well a garden shed) in Germany, but for a living space? That's expected to stand up for a minimum of 80-100 years? Heck, even for my own garden shed I used a modern take on wattle and daub, as I'm a stupid eco-maniac. If you'd try to punch through that 21cm / 8" hemp-loam wall, you'd probably make a decent dent... in the loam plaster as well as your hand. But no way you'd get in deeper than an inch with one hit. I was stupid and had my bicycle fall over and strike the wall hard with the tip of the handle. Took me about a teaspoon full of loam to fix the hole it pocked. And that is for a 24m² / 250+ sqft garden shed in a rented micro-garden, that's unlikely to be there for longer than 30-50 years.

[@minefoxc4015]

@@AleaumeAnders when you have a 50 year old house, in the middle of the farm fields, you can expect a lot of things to fall off, gutters were so cheap I could have probably bent them with my hands. And 50 is a conservative estimate, might be prewar for all I know. Still rent is cheap and it's away from the traffic.

[@AleaumeAnders]

@@minefoxc4015 Uff, I wouldn't be comfortable with gutters THAT weak. :D But again, I'm so used to (over)engineering that this is to be expected. :D

[@michellemorrison9663]

I come from a third world country and the infrastructure of the houses and buildings is what bothered me the most about a “developed” country. I took some architecture classes before and I knew about the build of the houses here in the US but living in them and seeing them was different. In my country, we have horrific hurricanes, 7+ earthquakes, extreme heat temperatures. Houses do not fall apart, they don’t crack, they don’t catch on fire so easily, etc. houses and buildings keep getting renovated as much as possible. For example for us, a 30 years old house, is old already. Here, it’s alright cause rn I have an 100+ yrs house 🤦🏻‍♀️. Pretty weak I’ll say, and I think it’s just so they take more insurance money and they are easier to build and still rob you from fees🤷🏻‍♀️

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

He said ENGLAND for student fees, NOT the UK (because Scotland has NO fees and Wales / Northern Ireland pay less / different contributions).

[@Thurgosh_OG]

But infographics still had 'UK' on display, despite the script.

[@ac1455]

@@Thurgosh_OG it’s infographics, don’t take it too seriously

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

@@Thurgosh_OG - Two wrongs don't make a right and all that, old chap...Just saying LOL!

[@magmalin]

Well, in Germany university is also free - no tution fees! You only have to pay a very small fee to the Studentenwerk = students society per semester = about 6 months, and this includes the ticket for public transport. If students would have to buy a regular ticket for the bus or tram, they would have to pay the same every single month. This person seems to be rather poorly informed.

[@Flowerofearth]

University 'debt' isn't the same here in the UK. We only have to pay back a small percentage once we reach a wage cap. For example, I have an undergraduate and masters degrees so I pay 15% of my income above 22,000 (not sure about the exact number). This also isn't classed as debt by banks etc and anything remaining will be written off when we reach retirement - it essentially functions as a tax on graduates. [I don't think it's a good system but I think it's better than the US]. I don't even think about my 'debt' even though it's probably some huge number now with compound interest.

[@gabrielcoventry4586]

Not to mentioned they just clear it if it goes on too long

[@Thurgosh_OG]

And it's free in Scotland.

[@t.a.yeah.]

I'm from Germany and will have to pay 10.000 € back. But I think if I didn't earn enough I wouldn't have to - I'm not sure because I think I will have enough to pay it back. (It's called BAföG. And I got way more than 10.000, btw, but nobody has to pay more than 10.000 € back.)

[@gabrielcoventry4586]

@@Thurgosh_OG Scotland does it right

[@kaneworsnop1007]

@@gabrielcoventry4586 unfortunately it's not viable for the whole GB, Scotland can only afford to do it as their government is given more money per person than England and Wales, although Wales does get more than England as well.

[@scrappedlives]

I am a dutch woman of 1.74m (60 kg) and my husband is 1.86 (82 kg), and our sons are even taller. And we are not even the longest people. I think we have grown so tall because of the good food and great health care.

[@mrlolkar6229]

No you grown so hight becouse you are getting prepated for ocean level rise, so you would have heads above water :)

[@F_Reduction]

Height is about how wealthy a family is, according to study’s ofcourse I don’t believe it.

[@naraseth]

@@F_Reduction Well, yes and no. Your genes determine a range of height for you and your environment (food, stress, activity, hormones etc.) determine your actual height within that range. That means that on average a wealthy person would get bigger than a poor person with the same genetics, as wealth often means better conditions like high quality food and lower stress levels. But if your genetically short, no money in the world can buy you the food to grow tall.

[@norielsylvire4516]

​@@F_Reductionmy family is dirt poor. Some of my family members stole stuff from us. There's been points in our loves when we couldn't afford food. I'm 1.90m tall and everyone else in my family is both tall and big (not necessarily muscular, just big) Height isn't just money, it's also genetics. Btw we're Romanian.

[@MrMegamansx]

Good quality drinking water also adds to this

[@skillspronto3401]

In the uk and i think for most of europe you don’t necessarily need to rely on personal transport like cars and bikes etc… our public transport networks are interlinked making us able to travel anywhere and not necessarily needing a car to get around.

[@Faeyeful]

As 178cm german woman, the further you get towards denmark the taller everyone is. i consider men below my height small already, cause 90% of the men i know are taller, some are by quite a bit (i know a bunch of 190cm+ men and even 180+ women) Also house sizes: compare the people / km or mile from Europe and America and you know why the houses are on average smaller. Many houses are in or near large cities and therefor are way smaller than ones in the country side.

[@someguyanonymous5171]

mean.. as if we choose to be born the same height as you or shorter...

[@alessandrom7181]

Actually the tallest people are in the balkans.

[@gang3r978]

Yes actually, I as a Bosnian can say that men are pretty tall over here, and I would say they average around 185 cm.

[@chrischarlescook]

How many of the videos you gonna watch before you realise you need to come join the civilised world? 😅

[@CabinFever52]

Yeppers. A nice guy like that just doesn't belong there.

[@grash4435]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@eddavanleemputten9232]

Belgian here. We might pay a lot of taxes, but the quality of life we get in exchange is massively better compared to the US. Paid vacation, no student debt, great healthcare that’s actually affordable (I pay 4€ for a doctor’s visit and a lot of prescription medications are free or VERY cheap), great work-life balance… I did the math at a certain point in my life. Factoring cost of living, healthcare etc, the apparently stellar offer I’d received for a job in the US would actually mean I’d be able to save less. And that was not factoring in what it would cost me to pay for my daughter’s education. Or our safety, because the are we’d have to move to was, compared to where I am living, a lot less safe. Needless to say, I declined.

[@MichalStangl]

I am from Czech republic. We have health insurance, free education, 4 weeks of paid vacation (in my work 5), the mother can stay at home with the child for up to 4 years and receives money from the state and has paid health and social insurance. A beer costs $1.50 in a restaurant and $0.70 in a store. We have the largest beer consumption per capita in the world. I have many friends who drink 15 beers (0.5 l) in an evening. I already have a young family, so it's a little less. 😁 The average house size should be 95m2 (1022 sq ft). But it will be quite different from big city and village. I'm from a smaller town and I have an apartment twice as big. And the houses are roughly three times larger and more generations live in them (for example, grandparents on the ground floor and parents with children upstairs).. I think one of the worst things about America is the credit score. A person has to borrow money, incur credit card debt to prove that he can repay his obligations. And a person who has never had debts, is responsible and has a decent job will not get a loan. That's stupidity. In the EU, financially literate people take out a loan only once in their life for their own housing, or for a car if they need it for work. Money is being saved for the rest. Have a good time man 🙂🤙

[@lauralopez4447]

I think the drinking part is just a difference in culture. Since our cities are walkable and we don't work that many hours in spain is common to meet almost every day and have a beer with friends after work. It's almost daily so the average goes up but the goal is not to get drunk. From the outside it seems like you guys spend a month without drinking and then get completely wasted. The results are radical but the average is small.

[@lobavulcana]

Yo añadiría a Ingleses y Alemanes como gente que bebe alcohol hasta que no pueden ni a dar un paso, por lo menos cuando vienen a España

[@norielsylvire4516]

Also drinking wine with the food. Un vino tinto con la cena a veces entra muy bien :)

[@mskatonic7240]

12:41 it's a continent with Finland, Ireland, Germany, the UK, and all the Slavic nations in Eastern Europe for starters. Then there's all those Mediterranean resorts where we're spending all our paid vacation time. Major men's football ⚽️ tournaments every two years, and the women's ones rising in prominence. Eurovision every year, no one's watching that sober. It all adds up!

[@CabinFever52]

lol

[@Al69BfR]

11:06 The US is a country where the vast majority of the land is empty space. So when you look how the suburbs of an average British city look like compared to an average US suburb, than you see lots of small semidetached houses with almost no backyard or lawn. And new ground to build a house is relatively rare and therefore also expensive. Probably houses in Europe are also more expensive which also reduces the size people can afford.

[@spugelo359]

Well, buildings in Europe are built to last. Pretty sure there are buildings older than the USA. With a quick search the oldest house that has been and still is in use would be from 12th century in England. But there are also buildings all over that have reached the 3 digits. Not as many as there could be, as many got taken down during the wars.

[@mari.be.86]

Because 99% of European houses are made of bricks and concrete, while American houses are made of boards and plasterboard, which are blown away by the wind, washed away by a stronger storm, and when they catch fire, they burn to ashes. By European standards, American houses are only cottages of larger dimensions. If you shoot a wall in an American house, you shoot the neighbor 2 houses away because they have paper walls.

[@tinalettieri]

The thing is, in the US, the vast majority of houses are all the same basic construction. 2x6 "green" wood joists spaced 16" on center, tyvek wrap outside with chip board sheathing (brick/ stone are strictly cosmetic) and synthetic siding and roofing, insulation and quarter inch plaster board inside walls and ceilings.Doors are hollow, thin plywood. Windows are wood framed, usually double hung with no shutters. They only open one way althought they do have screens. Plumbing is PVC throughout. Floors are plywood with carpet, occasionally wood look laminate, and tile in baths. The extra costs are in things like fully tiled baths, upgraded kitchen cabinets, flooring, appliances, hardware and landscaping. There is nothing added to the structural integrity of the building itself. And everything is about location, location, location.

[@MsJakobsen]

I was so surprized how short the people were when I visited Boston. Most people were shorter than me (5"10) and I'm only slightly taller than an eaverage woman here in Denmark. My daughters are 6 feet and 6"1

[@CarlosLopez58]

I live in Spain and the price of can of beer in the shop is 50 cents or less. And it is cold too!

[@FuFightersStudio]

Regarding drinking in Czechia: We have a law which requires at least one non-aloholic drink cheaper than beer on the menu (We even have a joke about it where a young boy comes into a pub and asks for a beer, the waiter offers him a soda and the boy refuses stating he doesnt have that much money :D ) The beer here is not only cheap but also one of the best beers in the world (I will avoid the arguments with Germans :P ). We drink so much beer that the second place is 50% lower consuption on us (beer is so common here that it is completely reasonable to have a small beer with your lunch during work day :P - unless you are driving as we have 0 tolerance) The official drinking age is lower but the reality is that unlike US in Europe nobody generally cares - by 12 years old you have nearly for sure got your hands on at least a beer (hell I had my first taste of beer when I was 5). You can even often just walk into a pub, order a beer and they will serve you a beer no questions asked - adult or not.

[@AleaumeAnders]

Don't worry, most germans wont argue with, you, as long as we can agree that the best beer in the world is brewed somewhere between Brügge and Bratislava. Which single one of the thousands of beers that are brewed in Belgium, Czech Rep and Germany is the best? The one you prefer, thus usually one brewed in your home region. It's helped a lot to avoid this argument, if we start by agreeing that horse piss is NOT to be called beer, and should never be named after a czech city. ;).

[@mikefraser4513]

Everyone talks about German beer...but you Czechs have the best of the best.

[@Murmilone]

I prefer British and Irish beer.

[@tysej4]

Danish beer wets my tongue.. Though not all, honestly the biggest brands I consider sub-par to even the worst Czech beer I've had. But damm some of the less widespread brands are top for me xD

[@norielsylvire4516]

Dude send me some of your beer or name a couple of brands! Gonna find a Czech store somewhere and buy it if I can't find it on my Romanian local store

[@blondkatze3547]

In southern Europe many men and women are shorter than 1.85 meters. In Germany many young couples live in a marriage - like community and are not married. There are also many young men and women who like to live alone , because they don`t want a partnership. Everyone earn their own money and has their own apartment.😍

[@bencze465]

in eastern europe we're also short, i assume our women were raped many times by mongolians and turkish invaders

[@blondkatze3547]

It is a crime and disgrace that violence against women by raping them is used again and again as a weapon of war.@@bencze465

[@emps8992]

What are you talking about Southern Europe. Southern Europeans are the tallest Europeans(Bosnians,Serbians and Montenegrins)

[@tomast9034]

marriage is overrated in these days...has no purpose other then some legal benefits?....for the wife and another headaches+ for the husband with the state looking over their shoulder :D.

[@blondkatze3547]

@@tomast9034 That`s the good thing nowadays that everyone can live as they want even if you`re not married and nobody says anything against it.

[@westerwald78]

Based on the collective agreement, I have 35 days of paid vacation per year plus public holidays :) Greetings from Germany

[@homeork1534]

And Ryan doesnt know about state holidays, mandatory sick leaves, parents care sick leaves, wedding and funeral free days etc.... :)but he has right. It s nice. Work hard. Relax harder.

[@PM-ld4nn]

Bill Gates works very hard. I'd rather drink a beer and eat tapas sometimes.

[@timglennon6814]

University students get ripped off big time in just England. Scotland and Wales have different rules.

[@neuralwarp]

Yes. They get their education subsidised by English taxpayers.

[@michaelap8563]

Meanwhile me, growing up with 3-4 kids sharing one room (and usually one closet for all of us) And yep, In the beer countries, Germany and Czechia, the beer is cheaper than water, but you don't drink it to get drunk, it just goes well with some foods, bbqs or just to have one in the evening

[@davidpickford5422]

Scottish university courses are free to Scottish residence. You have to pay for accommodation and food etc

[@lindaandersen5723]

Same in Sweden, courses are free but the materials, food and accommodations are not supplied by the universities.

[@ralfhtg1056]

For many Europeans (like me) the most famous american beer brands are not beer at all. I once tried Bud light and Fosters. Oh and not to forget: Corona. For me who is used to german beer, these 3 taste like water. Coloured water. Not beer.

[@danytalloen]

Corona is of course Mexican, and I think when muricans use the word "American", they tend NOT to include Mexico or Mexican... and tbh I really thought Fosters was Australian. I myself, being Belgian I tend to stick to Belgian beer, including my homebrewn Triple, Pale Ale and Weizen.

[@ralfhtg1056]

@@danytalloen Of course you are right. Thanks for correcting my error.

[@theRAV4000]

12:30 that beer for 1,50$ in Czech Republic is about the bars, not supermarkets, in a supermarket you can get a beer for less than a dollar Also, beer in Czech restaurants is often cheaper than water (which is not free in most of Europe)

[@petergaskin1811]

And mostly better than anywhere else in Europe (or the World).

[@irgendeinname9256]

In Germany you can also get beer for less than a dollar in the supermarket but but paying less than $3 in a bar is already considered very cheap

[@theRAV4000]

@@irgendeinname9256 yeah in Germany it's usually 4-5 euros

[@flops1792]

they don't serve you water for free? i'm french and in here it's illegal to charge for water at a restaurant (some might not charge for sparkling water too)

[@irgendeinname9256]

@@flops1792 here in Germany they usually only offer you bottled water that you have to pay for. They might give you free tap water if you ask for it but they aren't obligated to do that and it's considered kinda bold to ask that.

[@johnmartin7599]

In the UK, students used to have free university education, they also got a grant That all changed in 1998, when Tony Blairs government introduced a max £1000 tuition fee for university education. That rose significantly with successive governments, universities got cart blanche to raise tution fees. I think tuition fees are £9000 per year. But do raise in line with inflation. When the devolved governments came in Scotland got rid of tuition fees and went back to a grant

[@tboi112]

Hi Ryan, My Taxes are around 42% (see split up below) but the biggest difference to the USA is: that most European citizens don't mind to pay higher taxes (especially in northern Europe) since they know the get a good return for the taxes (Universal health care, social coverage (unemployment benefits and more), tuition free Universities, good public transport, good roads etc.). Also I guess that it its more engraved in us that we want the goverment to take care of things in order for a fair and balanced Society in which everybody has the chance to succeed and get the help they need for this. As an example if you would earn a monthly salary of 3975 € gross and you are single with no kids and live in North Rhine Westphalia (best state ;) in Germany), you had to pay monthly (roughly) 1.447,28 € from your salary as tax and social insurance etc.That leaves 2.527,72 € at your disposal. The taxes and social insurances divides as followed: 582,93 € Income Tax/ 52,46 € Church Tax (if belong to a church) / Health Insurance 316,01 € / 74,53 € Long-term care Insuarnce (Pflegeversicherung) / 369,68 € Retirement Insurance / 51,58 € Unenployment Insurance. All this except for the church tax is mandatory. All of these with the except for the income and church tax your employer has to pay too (in addition to your salary)

[@JeroenJA]

was really eye opening to hear him state that gov still 'runs off' with a quarter of his money.. really states something about the fixation in USA on 'gov interventionist' as being bad.. .. Good roads, health care, school, safety, fireprotection, ... all have to be payed some way :) . we have good social security , and with way lower barriers to access good health care Europe pays far less % of GDP on health care then the USA.. So you pay way more, for way worse health care that is way less accessible ...

[@sindibadage]

The catch is in the last sentence. Deadly for small businesses..

[@tboi112]

@@sindibadage not really just calculate your prices right. Done that for years is not an issue.

[@andrijanaginin1168]

So funny how 74m2 seems small to Americans, we fit 4 member family in it 😁 there's a saying in my country: if the children are not spoiled, the house is not small 😊 also, way more apartments than houses in Europe, so it's hard to have each apartment over 150m2.....

[@HereIAm247]

From a Danish perspective, 74 m2 seems a bit tight for 4 family members, though definitely not impossible! 🙂 I think it depends a lot on the floorplan though. A good floorpan can really maximise the use you get of your space, but a lot of modern houses are not very efficient at this point.

[@rytterl]

I have five weeks of vacation time. I can use those as I please. The Christmas time is always a stressful time at work, so right now I'm on vacation. So, this whole week I'll spend at home relaxing and catching my breath, with full pay. Pretty nice to have this opportunity.

[@fionagregory9147]

Holidays not vacations.

[@rytterl]

@@fionagregory9147 well, I use the word vacation because of the way the Norwegian language works. It just feels more right, even if it isn't grammatically correct.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@rytterl We know what you meant Rune, Fiona is just being pedantic.

[@rytterl]

@@Thurgosh_OG I know. Does'nt mean she's not a bitch.

[@gameto]

1:08 The Castillian crown (one of the two kingdoms that founded Spain) sent the first expedition looking for an alternative route to India using the opposite side. Christopher Columbus with the expedition discovered American for the Europeans (no matter what some people claim about vikings...) and end up conquering the majority of the Americas, hence most of the continent still speaks Spanish. France, England and other civilizations such as the Dutch couldn't defeat the Castillian kingdom (Spain) at the time so they had to conquer other colder and not so -initially- interesting lands like Canada and the east coast of the US. The western part of the US was conquered by Castille and Florida too, and that is the reason why most of their names come from Spanish or are heavily influenced, like "Florida, Arizona, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Mesa, Colorado" and the list goes on and on. Happy for you Ryan to have discovered that interesting topic. Keep releasing videos mate, they are very interesting!

[@ncoppens]

I'm a Dutch 47 year old woman and I am 6' tall. In The Netherlands I regularly see women my length, but here in Austria where I have been living for over a decade I rarely see women as tall as me.

[@lolololol7573]

And they're getting taller in the Netherlands still. I'm confident about it.

[@ncoppens]

@@lolololol7573 Absolutely true they are getting taller at least more women are getting this tall.

[@wimthuis4741]

I'm a Dutch 69 year old man and also 6' tall, my daughter (29) is 5'11'' and my son (27) 6'3'' and the rest of the man in the family are between 6'2'' and 6'9''

[@DenUitvreter]

In terms of economic model, the UK and especially England is more like the US than like continental Europe. The continental model is to invest in every kid to make it reach it's full potential, the Anglo-Saxon model is to let them compete and take the ones that come out on top. It's more about selection than about teaching, and because of the perspective, they just take the loss of kids not being able to afford to study.

[@justhair17]

Tbf, the Anglo-American model is far superior. Life is a competition and the sooner the kids realize it and adapt to it, the better for them

[@DenUitvreter]

@@justhair17 Life is also a competition, not only a competition. Otherwise you get an awful lot of losers like in the US, while in Western-Europe we have more winners and the rest has mostly settled for a draw.

[@justhair17]

@@DenUitvreter Western Europe certainly doesnt have even remotely as much winners as the US. Sure, it has more losers as well, but being average is not much better

[@DenUitvreter]

@@justhair17 In the US being average is indeed not much better, while the average European would be considered a winner everywhere else. The average American works very hard and still struggles to pay the bills. Just because the few winners have to win so big.

[@justhair17]

@@DenUitvreter nah, average European is much worse than being average in US. An average in most Europeam countries would be below poverty line in the US

[@palantir135]

Life expectancy in the EU, before COVID was 78,5 for men and 84 for woman. After COVID it was 77,7 and 83,2. Don’t forget that taxes in the eu benefit the citizens.

[@PM-ld4nn]

It depends on your point of view.

[@palantir135]

@@PM-ld4nn the amount of profit depends more on the country and the government ruling there

[@m0t0b33]

Not everywhere... definitely not in my country. Ever since we joined EU, we became their bitches and they depleted our economy and pretty much everything else.

[@Phantom-kf6bp]

The taxes are much higher in the EU but in those percentages are included healthcare(which may be universal or partial, meaning that sometimes you have to pay for some meds, but most of the time is a very small amount, lower than 10-20euros), and also the pension fund(when people reach the age of retirement they aren't left without income), education(people don't have to pay for their kids when they go to schools up to highschool)

[@Jin.Sensei]

1:14 heh Leif and Thorfinn Karlsefni would like a word about this. North America was discovered around 1010 - the VINLAND stories. They tried some colonisation but it didnt work. The real "deal" started - as stated with Portuguese and Spanish explorers.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Except that the Native Americans were already there thousands of years before the Vikings went over, so the land had already long been discovered.

[@tinalettieri]

He said OFFICIAL. The Vikings never did anything with their knowledge to illuminate the rest of Europe.

[@RoyalDudeness]

I am working for a US company in germany in my 5th year and have 30 days payed vacation this year + 5 days left over from last year

[@CabinFever52]

I know....crazy, isn't it? Even here in Austria, McDs workers get the same benefits as other Austrians, even though the company tells USA workers that they never could afford to give them the same pay/benefits.

[@jordi95]

2$ for a beer in the supermarket ??? That's way to expensive, here in Spain 2$ is the price on the bar, in the supermarket you can buy for as low as 50cents for a cheap beer and a litlte less than 1$ for a good one

[@PM-ld4nn]

Cómprate una Steinburg o una Edimbrau y verás que es más barato aún.

[@justevie_]

i work full time at Starbucks in Spain and i have 7 weeks/annual paid vacation. Private Healthcare free, Sick Leaves, etc.. pretty normal things here that almost everyone has.

[@almostyummymummy]

As of very late 2022, The average height in the US is 5'4" inches (162.56 centimeters) for women and 5'9" inches (175.26 centimeters) for men. In NZ, as of mid-2019, the average Kiwi male is 178cm (5'10" inches) tall, while the average woman is 165cm (5'5" inches) tall. I'm 5'10". Wife is a touch under 5'11". Our son (15), once he finishes growing will most likely tower over us by some distance. Our daughter is 19, and is already 5'9". Our house here when first purchased was 163sqm (1755 square feet). Now, 13 years later it's 205sqm (2205 square feet). Section (lot) size has 714sqm to 948. A lot of hoops to jump through, but worth it.

[@petebeatminister]

There are a few misunderstangings about some things in Germany, or the EU in general. For one, health care is not "free" in Germany. We have a system of health insurance, divided into 2 classes. One is the public health insurance. People who are employed pay a certain amount of their wages into this insurance, and this amount is doubled by the employer paying in the same amount (based on the monthly salary of the employee). Unemployed people or disabled people who cannot work, spouses and children are also covered by this insurance without paying in themself. So its not really "free healthcare" we just dont get hit by ridiculous medical bills that ruin you for the rest of your life, like it happens in the US. The other health insurance is the private kind. This is for people who are self employed or employed above a certain income bracket. A pretty high one. Those have to pay a higher monthly amount - but still not crazy high - but they get a better service for that. It depends on what kind of insurance quality they have booked. The other thing is, also here students (at university) can take loans from the government, which they have to pay back later once they earn money. But those loans are meant to cover the cost of living during the studying time, not the university fees. The studying is free, apart of a relativly small signing up fee, like 400 Euros or so per semester. How much money someone needs for living is of course a matter of what life style he is used to. Often times students take up small jobs to keep the loan small, or even manage without one.

[@petertrabaris1629]

Ryan, I can't believe you actually cheered when you heard that students in the UK had more student debt than US students. Anyway, hope you are doing good today. Very interesting and fun video. Peace

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Except that in reality, they don't. English students have the biggest debts but they only have to replay them gradually after they have a job paying a high enough wage and they are written off after a period. In Wales and N.Ireland, the amounts are less, due to lower fees and in Scotland, it's free, so no debts. For those with Student debts, they do not count against anything financial in day to day life, so no issues arise from applying for loans or mortgages from student debts.

[@bencze465]

@@Thurgosh_OG i was actually surprised at that 29000$ for US, i would assume most people don't buy a house in their twenties anyway, and that doesn't take a long time to repay, so it seems US student loan is not that big of a deal anyway, with thm earning one of highest salaries... (in my profession 30-50% more for example, i live in Germany)

[@Jamie_D]

In many instances the UK is more like the states than Europe on some aspects

[@johnveerkamp1501]

YOU DON'T HAVE AN BIG HOUSE TO BE HAPPY. !

[@flitsertheo]

Especially if you think about heating and maintenance costs for all that space.

[@RiBeel7]

In Greece you can study in the best university, the best career,as long as you have good grades in the final exams. Its the same exams in the whole Greece. At the same time you write the same subject like the rest. If you succed, free education in the university you desire. Free food and for weak families free shelter. If you don't attend a uni and go to an other like school where you have to pay or go abroad in Europe and pay then it's because the exams didn't go as planned

[@Patrikch100]

Yeah Its pretty to do not worry about healthcare and enjoying my 5 weeks of paid vacation and free university even for foreigners. BTW I even do not own a car and I do not plan to own a car. And I do not own a passport. ID is all I need. Hello from the Czech Republic. The country which drink the most beer on the world and produce the most gay adut tapes in the world.

[@zaphodbeeblebrox6627]

In the UK, students are only expected to pay back the Dept once you leave your course and when your income is above the repayment threshold. The current UK threshold is £27,295 a year, £2,274 a month, or £524 a week

[@NoctLightCloud]

Here in Austria, I've lived with my parents and sister on 65square meters for 27yrs, so basically 4 adults on that space.😅

[@the_magiar3906]

When I saw the 42,8% in Belgium and I was like "yeah, nice, I love my country"

[@tinalettieri]

In the EU and elsewhere, kids share rooms. you don't need a separate bedroom for each kid. Bedrooms are for sleeping and other activities are done in a common area. The parents' bedroom is also smaller. the average double bed is 2 meters by 2 meters and often bedrooms are only 3x 3.5 meters, just enough to include an armoire.

[@williamhansen9456]

This is a good point! Also, many American homes have a walk-in closet for each bedroom and some bedrooms have dedicated bathrooms. In Europe it's only 1 bathroom per house(sometimes 2) and people just use a small wooden wardrobe or dresser for their clothes. Living rooms, dining rooms and kitchens are often one and the same.

[@alicetwain]

Most European countries have as many or even more public holidays as the US (we are having one in Italy today), but we most commonly don't move the day off to the closest Monday or Friday. Suppose a public holiday occurs on a Thursday: we have a day off on Thursday, then we are supposed to go back to work on Friday before the week end. But a lot of people make good use of our higher number of paid vacation day and "bridge" the days off with one vacation day. Also, I have lived with other three people in 60 square meters (do the conversion). it's not that tight.

[@walkir2662]

(Germany) That 4 weeks is kind of deceiving, I never had a job offer below 30 days vacation. As for drinking... yeah. US exchange students indeed always went crazy with the beer because they considered it aspecial thing they had to use of as much as possible before going back.

[@CuziCod]

I am 1,76m and feel short in Germany 😂

[@Mike8827]

Dude, I’m 1,69m what can I say!? 😝

[@evalier1151]

Guys… delis are always small😉

[@njordholm]

I am 1,76m and feel very fine.

[@scarba]

Luxembourg is so rich that it’s the first country in the world to offer free public transport nationwide!!!!!

[@CabinFever52]

😯😳

[@kidejantti1742]

absolutely love your reaction at 11:09 as I live in an apartment that is 51 m2

[@linda3482]

average Dutch men are now up to 184 cm. Don't even know where my son is going to end. He just turned 14 and is already 175,5 cm and still growing in top speed. He was for years one of the shorter ones in his class. Both his father and me are Dutch average according to the Infographic show and are really not at all considered tall here. Wonder what our next generations are going to bring. Really funny to see the comparisons. Maybe it's because we have more holiday time, because he always grows faster during holidays :-)

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Our kids in Europe aren't less than kids in US. They're just as good, but fewer.

[@DenUitvreter]

We loose less of them to school shootings too, so we don't need to make that many to have some left.

[@CabinFever52]

@@DenUitvreter , then there's also all those parents not getting sent to prison to work for free like in the USA. They gotta keep those prisons filled for all that free labor.

[@deadNightwatchman]

I know, right?! But so many people can't differentiate between countables and uncountables.

[@johnfrancismaglinchey4192]

LUXEMBOURG is the size of a postage stamp ,,,,, very Beautiful,,,,, I’ve lived there temporarily some time ago. In my estimation it’s an ideal place for elder citizens.

[@flitsertheo]

It's rather hilly though. Could be a problem for elder citizens with mobility issues. And except if Luxembourg benefits from some sort of micro-climate it must be rather chilly in winter.

[@richt71]

Student fees in England are paid via a loan which which is paid back depending on your earnings after leaving uni and can run out after a number of years.

[@akosstelzer8145]

There’s a saying in Europe, never ask a man about their salary, a lady about their age, or a German, why grandpa had to move to Argentina in 1945. 😂

[@dwayenway]

the life expectancy figures are completely wrong

[@SerenitySoonish]

I'm surprised Australian houses are bigger on average, everytime I see a video of an American's house it looks like they live in a mansion in terms of room size, and I don't mean rich youtubers just middle class people in general. But maybe because you guys have a lot more people living in apartments etc? Almost everyone lives in houses here, even in cities I think 🤔

[@gevorgvanarmenie9788]

Their houses are made of cardboard

[@roguebanshee]

The US has a lot of free space to build houses on. They also use mostly preconstructed "wooden" parts so it's cheaper for them to knock down whatever house was on a lot and put up your own "dream" house, or reconstruct your old house when it inevitably gets smashed by an earthquake/tornado or is fried in one of the annual brush fires.

[@CabinFever52]

Well, I grew up in a big house in the states, but I spent my high school years with a ceiling that was constantly falling on my face while I slept. Size does not matter. Quality does. You have very little recourse, outside of suing to try to get compensation for shoddy workmanship. I had one whole wall that had been wired with reverse polarization and all our electronics kept going out, until we finally found an electrician (the 3rd one we hired) who could figure out the problem. We had to try 5 different roofers and live with a giant hole for over a year that the second one put in our roof before we found a roofer who knew what he was doing. Quality matters, but the workers there don't know or care.

[@jonhane5241]

@@gevorgvanarmenie9788 is this supposed to be a joke or you just an hater?

[@gevorgvanarmenie9788]

@@jonhane5241 no, it was an exaggerated fact. American houses are often made out of wood, while the most nations use bricks and concrete.

[@giovanniriecica]

12:40 we’re starting to drink when we’re 13-14 and we stop drinking when we are 18-20 😂😂 (I am from Czech Republic)

[@TotalRookie_LV]

As far as I know, my country - Latviia, is currently on the very top of Europe for alcohol consumption per capita, *but* the caviar there is - our taxes and thus the prices on booze are not the highest around, which means a noticeable portion of that is not consumed by locals, but by people from countries where drinks cost a lot more.

[@andreanecchi5930]

3:37 bs for americans is lower , in many videos that channel glorifies the USA a little too much

[@MrsClarissa3112]

Seriously Ryan when are you finally moving to Germany, where it´s save and you can drink better beer?

[@CabinFever52]

Yes, I think he would be a very nice addition to beautiful Germany :)

[@Official_father]

11:05 That's funny you react like this. Last time i checked there was a listing for 118,403 ft2 apartment for 700 euros a month to rent.

[@Rnd227]

In Europe (at least in Germany, but I think it's common) in stadiums, the beer is ... without alcohol. There are stadiums where you can have beer *on tap* at your seat.

[@liammcintosh8466]

Not sure how old this video that you're reacting to is.... But the UK is not technically an EU country anymore. Also, I'm from down under and I mean no offence by this.... But American beer is sub-par at best. I'm sure the Brits would agree with me for different reasons. :P

[@Thurgosh_OG]

No technically about it, we are out but still fumbling with the EU paperwork and red tape.

[@fionagregory9147]

Penchant is pronounced ponshon. It is French dear yank.

[@fuckyoutube4]

11:00 Most don't even have a house at all. ~500 square feet flats are the norm in most places.

[@CarlosTeixeiraCosta]

It's even funny because for example in Portugal the minimum age to drink is 18 and to get a car license too and to be able to vote so we can say that we can get in our car drunk and go vote all at the same time hahaha (note: I have friends who have done this)

[@lovelyisabelle2028]

Even my South Italian husband is taller than the US standard 😮

[@tinalettieri]

Thank the Norman invaders. that's pretty unusual although I have some tall cousins and uncles.

[@AmirSatt]

​@@tinalettieribruh, height depends on good nutrition, not normans lol

[@tinalettieri]

@@AmirSatt No, it's DNA.

[@AmirSatt]

​@@tinalettieri not only. Even if someone is genetically predisposed to be tall, child malnutrition will make him small and weak

[@tinalettieri]

@AmirSatt of course also early puberty

[@timglennon6814]

Christopher Columbus NEVER stepped foot on American soil.

[@stefanpajung113]

He set foot on American soil, just not on US soil. Remember, America does not only consist of the USA.

[@andreanecchi5930]

Continent or USA?

[@gevorgvanarmenie9788]

Neither was he the first to discover it

[@flitsertheo]

@@gevorgvanarmenie9788 Indeed, probably some vikings lost their way and ended up on American soil. But as they couldn't find a Mcdonalds they turned back to their country.

[@florianeska409]

I'm from Germany and my mom lives in the US, Camdenton MO, and when I was there for a visit, I was shocked people called eachother son of a bitch 😂 don't do that in Europe. You might get clapped, it's no joke to us when family is being insulted even when it's done in the context of "fun"😊

[@marketagalicova3375]

We actually have 5-6weeks of vacation. The 4 weeks are set by state

[@prunabluepepper]

If Wuzer is your actual family name, then your ancestry is German. It is derived from the German family name Wutzer. Your name is from South West Germany to be precise, Baden-Wurttemberg/Suabia. But the shape of your nose and chin tells me, that you've got Northern German in the mix as well. That nose and chin shape is more common in the North than the South.

[@aleksandrapawlak5466]

Right but German last name doesn’t necessarily mean the ancestry is German. Many people in Poland/Czechia/Hungary or the Jewish community have German last names since the territories were occupied/colonised through the years, yet their ancestry reports wouldn’t show German “blood”. Last names can be tricky in indicating ancestry, especially if a country was known for its imperial tendencies

[@prunabluepepper]

@@aleksandrapawlak5466 yeah. No. If you find a German name, that is a very old regional German word, then it's German and from that region, even if the people travelled, that doesn't make the people have another ancestry, it just makes them migrants. The name Wutzer is not at all common in any other country or region except for the one I said. It's super local. In fact it's not even a German word but an Allaman word. I just didn't bother to go into details.

[@prunabluepepper]

@@rebeccat94 ja, that's why I put an "if" infront.

[@kitty_catra]

I'm taller then the European average for women hooray

[@tinalettieri]

good things come in small packages. I'm 154cm and stand tall and proud. I haven't lost a mm to old age either.

[@ChristinaH111]

I live in a council house and it gas a balcony, but no garden. I HATE IT. The house is too small. The kitchen is tiny, I love to cook and there is not enough surface space. The shower is weak, and the walls are super thin. I can't shut my bedroom window properly and I have been waiting for someone to come out to fix it since 2018

[@eduarddvorecky3731]

Lol, There is sometimes sale, where you can buy decent beer for 1/3 of Coke price at liter per liter

[@FacelessJanus]

Ryan be a bit more aware. There are not a ton of people that have a certain ancestry, they only claim it to be so. Claiming something does not make it so. Huge difference. Loooooool Americans and Alcohol, I sometimes wonder if they even know what it is. Beer containing 0.000000001% is called regular beer, come get real. Americans have no clue about alcohol in general, thus consumption outside the US s logically higher.

[@Mike8827]

In Europe it’s considered Prestige to have all European ancestry at least 10 generations back . In the US it’s the opposite , it’s now considered cool to be 1/4 Native and 1/8 Pacific Islander

[@jafsantos]

Can't lie, might be the worst video you've seen, disregard anything you may think you've learned from this.

[@xxXXDrDreXXxx]

Thing with student debt in UK is they take percentage of your paycheck that is over certain income. So depending on what plan youre on 1,2,3 or 4 they'll take like 9% when you earn over 20k punds a year. So if you earn 30k a year you pay like 75 pounds a month or sth. Also de debts are cancelled after 25-40 years depending on which plan you're on. Also when you die the debt is cancelled it doesn't become part of your estate like in the US (so when your children inherit your stuff they don't inherit the debt).

[@DubstepElixir]

About Vacation in some countries there is even more hah. In my country you get 28 days, and even in some jobs where you have 12 hour shifts they make 32-35 days per year.

[@jasonalldridge5784]

Student dept on higher education in the UK is a government lent debt but it doesn't have to be paid back, unless you are in a high wage bracket then a percentage is taken from your pay each week/month ect, any unpaid monies due at retirement is waived.

[@neuralwarp]

Most students end up paying back twice as much money as they borrowed, because of the high interest rates. But not the children of rich parents. They can afford to pay their fees up front.

[@EEmB]

There are no fee to the University, but you still have to pay for books, materials, rent, food, and everything else. So most of us need to take loans (that has a cap) and part time work on weekends, depending how expensive it is on the area you live, to get by.

[@Jamie_D]

I live alone on a 1 bedroom flat and it's 48m2 (slightly less than the average UK flat size), but is plenty as it's what we're used to.

[@constancesirbu1481]

Regarding college, I live in France in which it's often considered "free" (especially when compared with the UK or US), but I paid on average 300 € for an entire year of college, which can be free if you have a scolarship (based on your parents' wealth). So I still paid, but basically, if I worked during the summer, I managed to put aside my tuition fees while still speding a good summer (going out and stuff) and also buying school books, new clothes when needed etc, all this without any problem. However, there are also private schools in my country, which will be more expensive, but in the end it doesn't even mean the diploma is better (or even recognized everywhere so... yep, going to "normal" college is pretty common)

[@WookieWarriorz]

In the Uk only england and wales is expensive, university in scotland is free for scottish and irish people. In northern ireland university is 3k per year. The way student debt is collected is very different, its locked at a certain rate, you only pay back a small % at a time and only when your income is above about 20k per year and after like 35 years its expunged where you paid it all or not.

[@robinsebelova7103]

I think you can still buy bottled beer (0,5L) for about 12CZK/0,5EUR still, if you like the cheap usually quite bitter lager.

[@PM-ld4nn]

The only big difference is the homicide's rate. 4.7 homicides per 100,000 people a year in USA, 1.3 in UE- The rate is only 0.5 in countries such as Italy, Spain, Germany...

[@Treinbouwer]

12:40 It's expensive when you buy it in restaurants and normal bars (€3< per glass), but there is a student run bar on campus where it's way cheaper. I don't drink beer, but I believe it's €1,20 for one glass and €10 for a meter*. That is extremely cheap. The price heavily depends on where you buy it. *A meter also is a Dutch measurement for the amount of beer: 11 glasses that fit on a meter long plank with 11 holes in it.

[@nobody15470]

And actually in my country yeah i pay my university but the paybill actually around minimum month salary

[@richardjohnson2026]

The illustrations for student costs in the UK are not correct. Whilst it "costs" a minimum of £9000 per year for student fees and then we get around £1000 a month maintenance grant, 90% of students NEVER pay a penny back. The bill is paid by the government and if/when after you graduate you earn more than £25,000 after your first year then you are charged a small percentage for the loan after approximately 5 to 6 years this fee is usually wavered and you owe no more

[@federicagrassi4108]

I'm from Italy and I live with my parents and my brother in a 645 ft house for 29 years.. 😅 we used to sleep on a sofa that became a bed.. a 800ft apartment here has 2 bedroom 1 bathroom and living with kitchen :)

[@tordlindgren2123]

university is free ish many places here, BUT. you still have to cover living costs and such, which is pretty much the same as within a typical american city. Most don't get to live on campus. student loans are basically rent money, travel expenses and food.