4 THINGS CONSIDERED A LUXURY IN THE USA BUT NORMAL IN GERMANY (comment edition)

[@myvillagelifeintheupperhar607]

My mom and sister recently visited me in Germany for the first time, and they commented multiple times on how much better the food and drinks are here in Germany. They also said that groceries are much cheaper here. By the time they left to go back to Dallas, they understood why I enjoy living in Germany.

[@CabinFever52]

I used to get that same reaction from my grandmother. She had a huge garden in The Midwest and grew all her own produce for most of her life. She kept saying that foods just don't taste the way they used to. We used to just smile and say, "Sure, Grandma...your taste buds are just getting old." But truly, after all the gene manipulation and creating plastic fruits and vegetables to have longer shelf lives, and now living in Europe, I KNOW she knew what she was talking about. The produce here really does taste like what she used to produce in her garden all those years ago.

[@ronny-lb1cr]

Well you enjoy what you are used to. But there's is a lot of sugar in American diet and drinks even the candy in US groceries is different. I felt a little high the first time I tasted it.

[@Julia-lk8jn]

​@@ronny-lb1crI'm still gleefully happy about the fact that Subway has to pay higher taxes in Ireland, because by Irish definition their sandwich bread is cake. 😂😂😂

[@ronny-lb1cr]

@@Julia-lk8jn that's funny and true. The Irish Supreme Court ruling says it's too sugary to be bread but if Subway accepts a tax on it it's bread

[@gene9230]

If French come to Germany they complain how bad the food is.

[@trishtrash6754]

Getting a plastic cup in a bar is unimaginable here in Germany!!! Plastic cups are only used at concerts, where glas would be a safety issue and for take away consumption. Even in the cheapest bar I would be really upset/disappointed if they served in a plastic cup 😮

[@Bramfly]

Not only Germany , most European countries do not use polluting plastic and paper for plates, glasses, cups etc.

[@andreaseufinger4422]

I was in the US last year, staying in a Marriott (!). That's not a 10 $ hostel. The breakfast was served in plastic and paper. I was so appaled. When I checked out, the very nice lady asked me, how I found the overall experience. My first answer was: "Do you want an honest answer ?". I'm german, so I'm not gonna lie ;)

[@Julia-lk8jn]

No slights on 10 $ hostels, please! I stayed in one in Dublin. Breakfast was included, and it was served in a lovely room _and on a real plate_ . And I literally get a weird pressure behind my temples at the thought of how much avoidable trash those restaurants/ hotels produce Every. Single. Day.

[@andreaseufinger4422]

@@Julia-lk8jn I fully agree. I just wanted to say that in a hostel, I would somehow understand they're going cheap. But it's even not clear if the waste is cheaper

[@user-np6dm6tf1o]

😂👍

[@claudiakarl7888]

I had the same experience last year. We traveled in the southeast of the US and nearly everywhere we only had plastic or paper plates and cups.

[@THMILLER]

Exactly, and i am an American that has lived for over 20 years in Germany. I was in the USA last year to visit family and going to the USA is like going 60 years back in time.😭

[@TomRuthemann]

People are brainwashed to believe this as given "Very basic human rights are considered a privilege" . That very much sums up so many things that go wrong in the US. So it's really spot on, Hayley! Cheers for pointing it out.

[@gerohubner5101]

How many times and how long have you been to the US? To put it another way: On what basis do you judge what is "going wrong" in the US?

[@TheZaomei]

Just to start the discussion: -healthcare -laws to aid homeless people -enough people and companies to help get homeless people off the streets -free/cheap schools/universities to study at a decent level for everyone (I had a student loan for 20k, had to pay only 10k€ of it(German regulation for maximum student debt) for a bachelors degree in IT and got 30% off if I pay it in full after a few years after graduation, 7k€!) -cheap Kindergarten(100-300€/month max) -drinking whatever you want wherever you want without a brown bag around it -strict gun laws -strict and long police training -longer driving training for a license -many regulations for food processing -quite a big consumer protection

[@TheZaomei]

P.S. I'm from Germany, we have all that stuff listed. Compare it to your land of the free.

[@BarbaraAnnAsla]

Thinking in Germany we even get proper glasses or earthenware mugs when on a Christkindlmarkt or a a beer festival or a city festival

[@bryonyvaughn2427]

* Retirement (that doesn’t include working at least part time to avoid devastating poverty) * A college education without heavy debt * Free time * Vacation travel * High quality childcare * A job that doesn’t intrude in one’s off-hours

[@pfalzgraf7527]

now, THAT is a difference that I have only lately understood to exist: you mentioned the paper plates in the last video, this time you by-the-by-ed the plastic cups. In any normal restaurant in Europe that is not an American or American-like chain you'll get everything served on real earthware or real glass - no plastic.

[@avi.chan23]

Even fast food, like on a Highway Resting Place Restaurant (Autobahnrastplatz), if it´s not McDonalds or Burger King, you get your food and drinks on regular dishes, no matter if it is pizza, fries or a coffee. If it is not "to go" you won´t get it on paper or plastic. It not just looks better and less cheap, it is also good for the environment, as dishes are simply re-used.

[@Julia-lk8jn]

Yep, and by now a lot of over -the- counter cafés offer a reusable cup, and if you have your own, you'll pay slightly less for your coffee. ❤ it.

[@jimidando]

As a German, I think the glass stuff is mostly because across Europe we actually have a lot of old family businesses that produce, glass, ceramics, porcelain, etc. If we would not buy from them a lot of people would go out of business. It's basically the same with food. You saw the farmers across Europe rioting. Here the people still have the power.

[@CARambolagen]

They would declare you insane 😂 but germans are catching up 😂

[@horrid8024]

OMG the plastic cups destroyed me... If I'd ever get a plastic cup with a drink in an actual bar (not at a beer stand at a festival or something like that), I'd probably immediately stand up and leave.... wow, just wow... That is absurd...🤣

[@rickylein1581]

and after having to pay $ 15 for a drink, too 😳!!

[@HayleyAlexis]

@horrid8024 @rickylein1581 my friend and I went to Miami a few months ago and we were at a bar and the (2) drinks we got (normal margaritas) were $32 each and served in cheap plastic cups.

[@horrid8024]

@@HayleyAlexis 🤣🤣🤣 $32??? for a drink? ... I mean sure, if they are uber fancy... No kind of bar I would got to, but one would imagine they'd make enough of a cut to afford real glasses...

[@rickylein1581]

@@HayleyAlexis oh wow😱! ...Germans would either go straight to the manager and complain or write a 1 star google review ("because you cant give 0 stars") - or both! ...And as a German I think thats reasonable 😂😂!!

[@marcusott2973]

​@HayleyAlexis We were on the Cote Azure recently, wife and I took drinks at the Eden Roc's Cocktail bar, one of the most exclusive. Prize-winning mixologist, excellent cocktails, served by an immaculately dressed waiter, beautifully in frosted crystal glasses, iced water extra, on a literal silver platter. 30€ a cocktail.

[@jerrihadding2534]

Oh, one more thing. Last year my husband and I visited our German Godchild in Flensburg where she grew up. One day, he and I went to have lunch at one of my all-time favorite restaurants in Husum. The woman who was our waitress RECOGNIZED me, even remembering that I loath parsley! After, minimum 15 years. Can you imagine a waitress in the US, who was at least in her late thirties when I first went to this restaurant, STILL happily working at the same restaurant AND recognizing a customer she hadn’t seen in years?! Let me add for American viewers. Husum is a renowned tourist city and this very popular restaurant has existed since the 1960’s at least.

[@stormyweather8280]

Oh.....Husum is one of my favorite place to visit. People are relaxed and friendly, great food and yes we were recognised from the waitress 2 years after our last visit, because I had the asparagus meal twice.😊

[@annkathrinhanamond2982]

Wow, that's impressive! Even for German restaurant standards 😄

[@thl7587]

So you stayed at "Loof"?

[@mz8194]

Husum?

[@jerrihadding2534]

@@mz8194 Yes!

[@s.t.697]

For me, as a German, an average suburban home in the USA seems like luxury to me. Even though it has the wall thickness of a garden shed, the living space is impressive.

[@HayleyAlexis]

Yes, I agree... you can get thicker walls but it cost more...

[@krcal3020]

I loved the family run Gasthauser in Germany to get great fresh meals. I don’t like fast food or most chain restaurants - don’t eat out much in US except with travel. And yes - our health care system is way too expensive and not accessible enough for everyone who needs it.

[@Why-D]

Affordable Healthcare is a European thing, and also in a lot other countries in the world. May be the US are the odd one out. They may have to have a look across theri borders to the north or south.

[@butenbremer1965]

Overcapitalism in the US isn't a conspiracy theory at all, dear Haley, it's the bare truth. Please keep on ranting! 😉😇

[@gerohubner5101]

There is no such thing as "overcapitalism", as there is no "capitalism". "Capitalism" is a battle cry of socialist ideologists who will ruin any society sooner or later. History has shown this regularly, and it is happening again in Germany right now.

[@HrSamstag]

Die USA sind ebensowenig “kapitalistisch” wie jeder andere Staat in Europa oder sonstwo. In absoluten Zahlen sind die USA der mit weitem Abstand größte Wohlfahrtsstaat der Welt, kein Land gibt mehr über Besteuerung (die USA besteuern ihre Bürger weltweit, unabhängig davon, wo sie leben. Das bedeutet, dass alle US-Bürger ihre weltweiten Einkünfte bei der US-Steuerbehörde, dem Internal Revenue Service, IRS, melden müssen.) umverteiltes und aus dem Nichts gedrucktes Geld für sog. öffentliche Agenden aus wie öffentliche Gesundheit, Schulen, öffentliche Infrastruktur uvm. aber auch kein anderes Land tut das so dermaßen ineffizient.

[@fs0088]

The main difference between the U.S. and the "old world" is imho: In the U.S. you live for working, in Europe you work for living.

[@ThomasVWorm]

I guess, everything, which prevents you from being a slave, is blamed being "socialism". Only slaves live for working.

[@Julia-lk8jn]

@@fs0088 there's another important difference: European nations have seen a number of eras of "decadence" when the poor barely scrape by and the rich have nothing to do but party, _maybe_ check what their stewards and bankers are up to and find something to complain about. Looking ate (the absence of) worker's rights, the manufactured disdain of unions and of social support, I would say that the US is already partly, and the super- rich of other nations are watching and taking notes.

[@hg6996]

Regarding the different taste of sweet beverages: Corn in the US used to be subsidized to help the poor. The food industry on the other hand invented a process to make sugar out of the cheap corn which is known as HFCS. It's cheaper than normal sugar, sweeter and one important reason why so many people in the US are obese. So Coca Cola in the US most likely still contains HFCS while in Germany regular sucrose is used. Both are sweet but taste a bit different. I don't know if this is still the case but it used to be that way.

[@claudiakarl7888]

It is. US coke tastes different from German one. It’s sort of nasty.

[@anitapenkert389]

It might have started out as a campaign to ensure low food prices. But in the meantime it has become big business. Michael Pollan writes understandable analysis on the US focus on soy, wheat, corn. A huge amount of supermarket products are just different combinations of these three crops in the form of fats/oils, starches, sweeteners.

[@melolonthamelolontha9099]

I love the USA and am extremely grateful to this country and its people for everything they have done for Germany. I wish the Americans a little (!) more socialism in the form of workers' rights and social security. That's good for a society. The economy should work for society, not society for the economy.

[@mg5111]

Love these comparison videos. I am from the Netherlands and I can very much relate to the German need for order and streamlining and control. Rules are rules you follow. In the Netherlands we are a bit more loose. Sometimes that causes problems when interacting and not understanding where the other comes from. For me as a Dutch in the USA I totally could not understand the welcoming in stores or whereever : "Hi how are you", and me answering while the person that had asked had already turned away. Here in the Netherlands if you ask a question like that you're interested in the answer. In the USA it's more of a greeting. Caused some awkward moments... What I really loved in the USA was the efford that was made to include disabled people (I'm in a wheelchair). Extra broad parking spaces, always ramps (even in National Parks) and disabled toilets (Yes 'normal' people can use a disabled toilet too, but not the other way around, please learn rest of the world), and a button at a gasstation to call for help...!!! Wow! Europeans have so much to learn! When I parked one time in Germany a little close to the line in order to still be able to get my wheeelchair out on the side I received a "Arschloch"- note under my wiper. Well hello.

[@tonybam8285]

haha the last part got me 😂

[@claudiakarl7888]

I‘m with you on that. I use a Rollator and the accessibility in the US is really great.

[@njikangclifford8259]

Just a little 'tough' in you! Very likely because you did not park in a space reserved for Disabled! They are always there and are Labelled! Good side is: No person without a disability will dare park there! Just the looks you'll get from other users will be enough to turn your blood 'cold'! That's how protective Germans are!

[@mg5111]

@@njikangclifford8259 All the disabled parking spaces were occupied.

[@Stoffmonster467]

I've seen a lot of disabled people in the US. Here they would be treatened way better, so no wheelchair is needed

[@oliverirazan6586]

Plastic cups 😨?! unbelievable in Germany

[@RealChiaraThomae]

Ja.. da kriegst so schoen zerkratzte, offensichtlich unzaehlige male benutzte, durchsichtige Plastikbecher hingestellt.. creepy xD ich verzichte stets gerne auf das bereitgestellte kostenlose “Wasser” in diesen tollen Bechern 😂

[@erwinerwinson5941]

I've actually had beer or cocktails in plastic cups in Munich before. But that was in an American pub (Robins Nest) near the McGraw Kaserne.

[@HayleyAlexis]

that is pretty funny actually

[@austropithecus7055]

My neigbouring beer-pub is the ony place in Vienna (I know) where beer is served in plastic cups. It´s american run and mainly frequented by young american, canadian and Aussie travellers.....

[@derpeter]

thanks for calming the masses 😂

[@HayleyAlexis]

😂😂 always attacked in the comment section

[@derpeter]

@@HayleyAlexis nooo that wasnt sarcasm!! 🫣🫣🫣 i laughed at the guys who came for you in the comments!!

[@HayleyAlexis]

@@derpeter they are funny... NO ONE is satisfied on KZbin 😂

[@magdavanzyl6141]

I remember my surprise in 1992 when I was served beer in a plastic cup in NY😂

[@lanamack1558]

Seriously? Yuck!

[@roschue]

Heute ist das Standard in jedem Fussballstadion. 😂 Bis in die 80er Jahre gab es auch bei McDonald's in Deutschland noch Bier. Man bekam eine 0.33 Dose Bier und einen leeren Plastikbecher dazu, diese ganz dünnen Einwegbecher. Die 0,5 Bierdosen setzten sich in Deutschland erst ab den 90ern durch.

[@claudiakarl7888]

@@roschueIm Stadion macht das ja auch Sinn. In einer Bar oder einem Restaurant nicht.

[@roschue]

@@claudiakarl7888 Ja das stimmt natürlich auch.

[@wendyw.2778]

Trittschalldämmung ist immer noch ein relativ unbekanntes Konzept in den USA

[@wiedapp]

Na, man muss doch Einbrecher hören können. Und wenn die Kids sich heimlich abends aus der Bude schleichen wollen, obwohl sie's nicht dürfen.

[@mrcvry]

Japan, Nachtigallboden. 😁

[@Capdan365]

Hinterlüftede Fassade. Wago Klemmen. Eigentlich alles...

[@franzlsondelt2012]

I would suggest to try to travel to Franken, that’s the north part of Bavaria. My Favorit restaurant is one of the oldest breweries in family owning is Zwanzger in Uehlfeld, try their beer made like 1600. And in the months with R September to April you can try fish, local carp. Delicious!

[@HayleyAlexis]

When I make my next Germany trip I will try new locations :)

[@SW-gf6zl]

Aaaaah, the carp!! 😍 It's a real specialty in most parts of Franconia, and it's soooo delicious 😋! (the fried one; I wouldn't recommend the boiled one.) Nice story about that: We Franconians invited an American colleague to join us having carp for lunch at a restaurant famous for their carp... at first she was very reluctant, commenting that hardly anyone would eat carp in the US due to its 'muddy' taste... but in the end she came with us and tried the carp. It still gives me a big smile remembering her face when she had tasted the first bites and found out how delicious it was 😄 The secret how to get rid of the carps' 'muddy' taste is to keep them in a basin with clear, fresh water for several days (living, of course!); thus they lose their muddy taste.

[@christinehorsley]

Had me cracking up at the AA video 😂 Regarding tableware in general, I must say that in the kitchens of most of my relatives and friends in the USA I find a lot of plastic plates, plastic cups and even paper plates. So going to some “restaurants” some Americans might feel quite at home. Though, thankfully, they do have metal cutlery. However all of the diners we ate in during our last couple trips to the USA did have ceramic tableware. It was just the motels which provided styrofoam and plastic in their breakfast areas. Mostly we ignored the motel breakfasts altogether, though they were complimentary (free) and went to a diner instead, enjoying a large American breakfast with omelettes, bacon, sausages, hash browns, pancakes, before hitting the road again. Then we wouldn’t need to eat again until evening …

[@lismi9178]

Simply love your spicy rants 😂, conspirationAYLEY 🤣 And ☝️ your hair looks greeaat today 😮

[@OneLuckyDuck71]

Your little rant is spot-on. Greetings from Bavaria. :)

[@KungFuPadawan]

Always a pleasure 👍🏻

[@HayleyAlexis]

Thanks again!

[@annafurer]

You forgot the maternity leave!!!! That’s the biggest perk. Also subsidized daycare

[@mattesrocket]

health care deteriorates very fast in Germany, because of the same reason like in the US, in some fields it's almost collapsing. The natural/better gummi bears were really horrible some years ago but got much better, tastier now.

[@capricorn1970i]

Colapsing? What and in which part of Germany? That's not my experience. Greetings from Aschaffenburg

[@karl-heinzbrohme5890]

A little overdramatic? 😅

[@sandralison7584]

​​​​​@@capricorn1970ichild obesity and obesity in general, is drastically growing in germany. Its actually really shocking and was even mentioned as an emergency. That was even one of the reasons, mentioned for the kindergrundsicherung. We also have long waiting lists to some specialists like dermatologists, wo in many places don't take any new patiens any more. Also we have a shortage in mental health practitioners and therapists, you need to wait up to an year to get your first therapy session, and for many people its already very late, and the condition gets way worse and deteriorates and for some people help cones sadly to late. We gave dramatic shortages relating mental health care.

[@capricorn1970i]

@@sandralison7584 Child obesity is also the responsibility of the parents and lifestyle. Yes, there are waiting times sometimes but I can see my GP almost eyery time the same day if needed. And specialist doctors can bee seen in short time also in emergency cases. Mental health is declining yes, the society is getting anti-social and people are social beings, thats a big problem. However, nowadays there is so much information and help available regarding mental health, even free of charge as well, at least one has a chance to bridge the waiting time. The German healthcare system can be improved, sure, but compared to many other countries it is still very good.

[@lumina9995]

​@@capricorn1970iIt's not true 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@yahimal.a8932]

Great Video, ich wohne hier in Deutschland seit 15 Jahren, aber ich komme aus Kuba und in par Tage fliege zum erste mal nach USA (Florida) für 20 Tagen , ich bin gespannt 😀Liebe grüße aus Deutschland.

[@HayleyAlexis]

!!!ohhh!! VIEL SPAß! Welcome to my home :)

[@dw3229]

I once got a beer in a plastic cup in the Netherlands and was upset - then I was told its because of a festival - restaurants were not allowed to serve glasses in the outdoor seating from some hours prior to the festival. It was weird to me but as I stayed in the village till midnight I saw that it totally made sense 😂

[@stanleylafond4650]

I've onlly been to Germany a couple of times, but I appreciate the fact that if I order a beer (even in an outdoor setting) it will be served in a beer glass. I like the "mom and pop" restaurants in Germany, but I need a spreadsheet to keep track of what restaurants will be open when---especially in a small town.

[@erixxon74]

the basis of universal healthcare is solidarity and lack of greed. And unfortunately it seems that Germany are moving towards the US rather than the other way around.

[@vesnabirek-keklik7137]

Sad, but true

[@hangar4851]

When talking about healthcare in Germany, you also have to consider the extremely low wages and massive shift times / workload in Germany. A nurse in a US hospital wille arn between 90 to 180 kDollar p.y. , while in Germany it is 40 to 60 kEuros. The optimum will be in the middle, and this only could be accomplished by extending the mandatory public insurance to really being mandatory to all (Bürgerversicherung) and then to offer additional private insurance ( Zusatzversicherung). This is also being blocked by lobbyists in Germany too.

[@HayleyAlexis]

I am always in between that idea because on one hand it is good but on the otherhand I do think a lot of people would leave Germany (especially the people that can afford private health insurance which are usually higher-earners). I do agree that the earnings for nurses in Germany should be increased. I don't know many nurses in Germany making 60K+ a year... Maybe closer to 45K and that is really pushing it.

[@HayleyAlexis]

also... I think more emphasis should be placed on the CEOs, CFOs, and executives in the insurance companies that are earning multiple millions of euros a year for "best profits" and "amazing results" when in reality the healthcare system is facing a lot of hurdles in Germany right now.... It can't be that a nurse is struggling to make ends meet in Munich but the top executives of an insurance company are making 5-10 million a year because "profits are amazing"... Especially when it is a "mandatory" bill in the country that people can't just say they aren't paying.

[@agnesmeszaros-matwiejuk8783]

I would add, that compared to Hungary, the nurses have live “almost luxury” life. In Hungary they often earn about 400-600€/month for extremely long shifts, which is unheard of in e.g., Germany.

[@maxfrost9149]

I am so glad that YOU like to live in Germany , at this time that Country needs people like you , because many of us Germans left that “ dictatorship “ for a better life,so someone has to fill the Gap.

[@hanshansenhanst]

Straight words. Thanks for that!

[@Hans2241]

i think bad food lead to bad health which get the stock market high in the pharmaceutical industry

[@lisastenzel5713]

1:06 😅But it's positive! You got new people watching 😊

[@lazyperfectionist1]

You know, it's surprising, the things permitted in the US that are banned in Europe, considering so many things that are permitted in Europe but banned, here. I don't think, when I was in Germany, that it occurred to me to have a coke that had been bottled, locally. I made it a point to get a spezi, but that was it. My sister is in a line of work that sometimes has her travelling. Once in a while, it has her travelling internationally. She's been to Britain and had actual haggis. She knows the difference between it and what is marketed as haggis here, and she will tell you that the original haggis is much better. But they have to change the recipe in the US because a number of the ingredients cannot be legally imported. And the changed recipe is, apparently, a good deal less than appetizing, Americans have it and get the impression that Scottish food must be based on a dare or something.

[@beldin2987]

I'm all in for your conspiracy theories. Have you seen "The Matrix" ? I think the US is already mostly like that. Fits also good to Georges Carlins "Its the american dream because you have to sleep to believe its true".

[@alexamurawski4524]

...and the rest of the world follows like sheeps

[@jennywells416]

The Cuba Libre actually also has a splash of lime juice😁😉

[@HayleyAlexis]

Most rum and cokes in the USA come with a lime that you are supposed to squeeze yourself into the drink. Some people like lime and some people don't so you can customize it as you want that way.

[@jennywells416]

@@HayleyAlexis ah.. goes to show you that I don't go out anymore since moving to the US. 🤣🤣🤣

[@HayleyAlexis]

@@jennywells416 it's ok.. I haven't ordered a rum and coke in a long time but they are one of my mom's favorite drinks :)

[@jennywells416]

@HayleyAlexis it definitely is a good one.. I prefer an Apple Crown Royal with 7up these days. 🤤🤤🤤

[@HayleyAlexis]

THAT SOUNDS AMAZING!!!

[@axelurbanski2828]

Lol in the Keller ...

[@lisastenzel5713]

Nice to see you there in that room. Seems to be the right fit. Haven't been here for a while. Hope your job training (Ausbildung I mean) is going well. You do seem a bit tired at the start, so must be very hard. I am proud you are doing this. Not every one does it past their 20th birthday, and for a reason. Also, stay safe the storm hits you. I think you are down south? Florida area?! ❤

[@1Naenie1]

I am not proud that we have a huge alcohol problem in Germany

[@Bruintjebeer6]

You could still find that kind of restaurants in Louisiana. I only don't know if this is still the case after covid.

[@ghlscitel6714]

Stunning woman indeed!

[@hallowach4218]

Good you wake people up!

[@ThomasGeist]

Apologies if you’ve mentioned it already, but good public transport is a HUGE luxury in most places in the US, but widely a standard in Germany. With this comes walkable cities, not destroyed by car traffic.

[@HayleyAlexis]

I mean the DeutscheBahn literally just said they know the condition of German public transportation is abysmal. Didn't Philipp Lahm just arrive late because of the poor planning that DB provides? I do consider public transport a luxury but I don't think Germany's is considered a luxury anymore... A wonderful viable option- YES but a luxury- NO. It is expensive, late, and continues to get worse. The government wants to make cars less attractive but simultaneously does nothing to improve public transportation options. My friend and I traveled from Hamburg to Hannover and was kicked off our train 3 times, got left in the middle of Germany for hours on a Sunday so there were no options for drinks, food, or anything. We sat waiting for a new train for 4 hours. It was high summer and the AC 'magically" didn't work. What should have been a 2 hour ride turned into a 13 hour nightmare which was not the first time this happened... That is anything but a luxury.

[@ThomasGeist]

@@HayleyAlexis That’s what I said. 😃 It’s a standard in 🇩🇪, not a luxury. Albeit a deteriorating standard - you are right. On the other hand - since you lived in Munich (am I correct?): public transport with bus, tram, U-Bahn and S-Bahn is still great. Even though everyone complains. But you literally don’t need a car. 👍

[@HayleyAlexis]

Yes, I agree in Munich, it was amazing, but once I moved outside of the city, it was abysmal, unfortunately. My bus stopped running sometimes at 4pm.... Which meant I had a 30+ minute walk in the woods to get to the Sbahn, which took another 45+minutes to get into the city.... I love public transporation in major German cities but once you live outside of the limits it just isn't good :(

[@peterdoe2617]

German, here (so: you've been warned!) I will never ever stop to praise the burgers and onion rings @ "The Cow" in Edmond, OK. They seem to have a 2nd restaurant in town, by now. The amazing waitress was the same in 2019 as in 2017, when we 1st got there. Even "Cowboy Kent Rollins" once did answer me, that he has heared of this place. In all my visits to the US, I never went to a McD..or Burger frikkin' King. These restaurants are the real deal! Pls pay attention to them! Freddie's is a great place to go. But them tiny restaurants: They are worth a visit! My german view on that: pls support you local farmers and restaurants! Have you ever bought something from the farmer, next to you? Why not?

[@FrankenSpielt]

Cuba Libre is not just Rum and Coke. There's a splash of lemon in it, and I think, that makes really a difference. But have you ever tried an Asbach with Coke? It's even better than rum.

[@HayleyAlexis]

In the USA, you usually get a rum & coke with a lime that you squeeze into the drink, hence why I said Cuba libre... They are technically the same drink... We just have the option to add more or less lime juice

[@Autograf-dx7kv]

Some comments to health insurance: Physicians charge less in Germany since 1) the university study is nearly free of charge (there is a little fee to be paid by any student in Germany, disregarded whether mathematics or medicine) and if the parents cannot affort to finance the cost of living during the studies, the state does , i.e. a German physician does not have to repay a big loan when working and 2) the third-party liability insurance in Germany needed by physicians is much cheaper than in the US - if a German physician makes a mistake the payment is some 100 thousands €, not millions $ as in US.The German legal system requires a compensation for the damage, not as punishment for the physician. In Germany, health insurance is always between the insurer and the person, not organised by the employer. Hence, you never need to change the health insurance and never risk to be not accepted due to substandard risk. However, any employer has to pay 50% of the health insurance premium by law. The health insurance premium is 10-15% of the gross salary (but tax deductible) with an upper limit of the absolute amount. Effectively, that means that net salararies in Germany are lower - the employer considers its share in the premium as part of the salary negotiated. Since paid by the insurance, ambulances in Germany are very frequently used and therefore much cheaper. That applies even for rescue helicopters. My 16 years old son cycled in winter to buy rolls, he slipped and was a bit dazed. Of course, the witnesses called the rescue van and he was fully examined in the hospital - I paid 30 €, the daily hospital fee.

[@HayleyAlexis]

Ehhhh I am pretty sure there are laws/limits/regulations on what can be charged in Germany for particular procedures hence why the gap is so drastic between the US and Germany..... It has more to do with how the country is regulated due to public insurance and the need to keep costs/prices low (not because Germans went to school for a cheaper amount). According to the Virchow Bund: Wie hoch ist eine Berufshaftpflichtversicherung? Als Deckungssumme einer Arzthaftpflicht werden mindestens 5 Mio. Euro empfohlen, und zwar pauschal für Personen-, Sach- und Vermögensschäden. Mit einer „Dreifachmaximierung“ haben Sie Anspruch auf bis zu 3-fache Leistung (15 Mio. Euro) innerhalb eines Versicherungsjahres. When looking at the average costs of healthcare for a US citizen for the year you are looking at 10,000 - 15,000$... In Germany you are looking at a fraction of that price which somewhat validates your answer because that would mean doctors in Germany would need to make 1/3 - 1/4 what doctors in the USA make (which they usually do) but they are still some of the highest earners in the country (like in the USA) and earn a lot more than the average German (which is the same for the USA).

[@Autograf-dx7kv]

@@HayleyAlexis Indeed, the physician's fees are fixed, but not by law but determined by an agreement between the association of physicians and the association of public health insurers. The amount is calculated that they can reasonably finance their (typically top) equipment, staff (also the staff are professionals) and get a good salary, but there is no need to cope for cost of the study. That does not apply to the fees from persons privately insured. As well those fees, although in theory negotiated between the physician and the patient, are, although sometimes the triple of the normal fee, quite low, so low that the premiums for private health insurance are often lower than those for the public health insurance (the public health insurers are bureaucratic monsters). The third party liability insurance premium is, despite the covered sum of up to 5 million, reasonable. That sum is hardly ever to be paid, hence the increase from 5 million to 15 million does not increase the premium remarkably, such high sum insureds just give a feeling of comfort, not substantive protection. In extreme cases, if a baby becomes disabled, that is the worst case (that was paid e.g. in a case in 2014 in an amount of 0.7 million €) per person. That is the reason that the insurance premiums for midwifes are very high, from a German perspective. Or if you cause a family father with an income of several 100 thousands p.a. to be disabled. That is as well expensive, but also extremely rare. But that is the systematic difference between the German legal system and the US, you really pay only the proven damage, not an additional amount for the negligence of the physician. You cannot compare a physician with an average employee. You need to compare them with other academics or other freelance professionals, lawyers, auditors, plumbers ;). Their salararies in Germany are generally lower compared with the US (except craftsmen). And I tried to explain why German physicians can cope with those lower salaries, one reason, as for the other professionals, is that the study is free. It is more efficient (and fair) for a society to pay the education instead of the banks for the loans by paying later higher salaries and fees. Entering a medical (or other professional) study in the US means a very high financial risk (including a very high chance), in Germany it is a normal decision about your education.

[@jessicaely2521]

I never saw going to the doctor as a luxury. Going to the Minute Clinic for me, my copay is $15. I always have $15 to go to the doctor.

[@jessicaely2521]

Also I've seen more mom and pop restaurants in small towns. When I saw small I mean population of full-time residents is 600 people. You have to drive 45 minutes to find a chain restaurant. I mean who has heard of Reliance Tennessee unless you're a kayaker or a hiker (kayaker and hikers are the ones who are in town the most). Usually it's a whitewater kayaker or hiker that owns and runs the restaurant. During winter the town dies. Restaurants close their doors. Locals don't have a restaurant to go to during the winter.

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

And that’s fine for you, Jessica, but not everyones got $ 15 for the doctor - or food.

[@Alias_Anybody]

I'm mostly here to observe the hair grow process at this point. 😜

[@HayleyAlexis]

It is crazy.... It is getting so long. the afro is slowly taking over

[@wora1111]

I like the hair too. Reminds me of the perm I had, when I was 22

[@Alias_Anybody]

@@HayleyAlexis If you are planning to keep any of those stages, I think the current "Shortfro" is cute btw.

[@victorbrown3570]

I usually look at the topic of the video then keep it pushing, but the hair grabbed me so I tuned in for this. I love a good afro, unfortunately I could never have one. Now I'm bald.

[@dieZera]

@@HayleyAlexis I just thought that I can measure time by looking at your hair length. Feels like yesterday that Mike ruined your hair cut :D.

[@THMILLER]

A lot of what is normal here in Germany is 'luxury' in the USA and i have a theory about this fact.🤔 My theory is that keeping the country at a low standard and not upgrading is a strategy to lower expectations that US Americans have, lower expectations equals lower investments, meaning it is easier to steal their tax dollars by saying "Tax Cuts" but failing to mention that the tax cuts are for the rich and the money the rich get is their TAX DOLLARS.😒Its greed.

[@robert48719]

I think the Americans specialized on hard alcohol drinks, like bourbon, whiskey etc. They're pretty good in that and a lot of American brands are very popular over here in Germany. Like Jack Daniels for instance. Somehow they couldn't keep up with the beer though. From what I've heard it just tastes terrible. And the wine one genuinely surprises me. Don't you have a big wine culture in California?

[@wolfgangdrews]

Sehr interessant. Vielen Dank fürs Teilen mein neuer Freund.😊😊

[@mattesrocket]

fist like then watch 🍻

[@HayleyAlexis]

Hello Hello!

[@airlag]

when it comes to food, it's a safe bet that we in Europe have about 50% less sugar in EVERYTHING. Our food companies don't want to fatten their consumers like in the fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel" (or at least they are prohibited to do so)

[@heathertanner5833]

The only thing I’ll disagree with you on is the mom and pop restaurants. I don’t know where you’re from. But they’re quite common in Oklahoma and throughout the south. There are some good diners, bbq joints, authentic mexican restaurants and other mom and pop restaurants here. The hole-in-the-wall restaurants are the best. Of course there are a lot of chain restaurants and fast food restaurants too.

[@manub.3847]

Topic of food quality and expectations: " ..is in the Keller" vs. "6 ft under" Many basements in Germany have a minimum height of 2.20 m*, which reaches deeper than "6 ft under". :) *However, 2.20 m is not approved as the minimum living space height Paper plates/cups-> private only for parties that exceed the domestic crockery stock. Restaurants/bars-> perhaps if they have a major event in the immediate vicinity once or twice a year, to prevent guests from getting drinks and then disappearing with their glasses in the crowd. (The use of glass bottles or glasses is often prohibited at such events)

[@Sampler19]

I sometimes drink out of a plastic cup to feel like being on vacation in a US bar.

[@jerrihadding2534]

Haley, I’m an American woman originally from San Diego, California who lived in Northern Germany (Husum) for nearly 10 years before moving to Sweden with my Swedish husband. We are planning our first visit to California since 2006 for November 2024. One of my early German memories was attending an elementary school recital, with refreshments served after the concert. I was absolutely overcome with astonishment when we were seated at tables decked with white linen tablecloths and served (!) on glass plates with “real” cutlery. I was even more astonished when I discovered this was “simply ordinary”. For our November visit this year I have chosen to celebrate Thanksgiving with my brother in the sincere hope that we will be celebrating using actual, non-paper tableware, rather than with my friend of over sixty years (I knew her before my brother was born 🤩!) whose children’s family use disposable everything. Yuck! For several years my husband and I owned a relatively small sailboat with limited access to water. But even there we used re-usable plastic wear which I use to this day for our fishing, camping and picnic excursions.

[@Julia-lk8jn]

Speaking as a European: "easy access to affordable health care is a luxury" is a sentence I would expect to hear in France's _Ancien Regime_ . (For non history nerds: that's France, couple of weeks before the revolution and the guillotine.)

[@normanstewart7130]

"Haribo macht Kinder froh, und den Zahnarzt ebenso"😀

[@19800910]

Cube Libre is the original name for a rum and cola, it all stared in Cuba around 1900. But since the USA hates anything coming from Cube you now call it rum and cola. A point in case of hating Cuba was the fact that world maps printed in the USA after Castro, showed a very small Cuba then it really was. As to say that it is irrelevant. I am a US citizen living in Germany for the last 44 years.

[@helmutkrebs4049]

Auch in Deutschland kostet jeder Arztbesuch. Der Unterschied zu den USA ist der Umweg über die Versicherung. Die Beiträge werden jeden Monat eingezogen. Der Besuch wird vom Arzt bei der Krankenkasse in Rechnung gestellt. Steuern und Sozialabgaben zusammen betragen 50 % des GDP. Das Wirtschaftswachstum stagniert. Weil der Besuch von den Patienten nicht direkt bezahlt wird, gibt es viele Besuche wegen Bagatellen. Das treibt die Kosten unnötg in die Höhe. Dennoch finde ich Krankenkassen für alle richtig. Jedes System hat Stärken und Schwächen.

[@cillyede]

I just like what I see. ❤ You are looking great. 🇩🇪🌺🎶🇩🇪😅

[@wallycamp909]

ACHTUNG PLEASE! ...what U call "Denglish", I (Ami aus Hawaii) named "Deutlish" back in the mid-1960s, & what WE (deutche Frau und Kinder) zu Hause spoke: = SourKraut (note sp.) ... would like to share some stories, aber ... I don't play "Cyber Soap Operas"!

[@manuelarose6866]

The luxury of US is to make depth in their own currency. Slowly Brix states install CNBC systems to become independent from the dollar.

[@ReinholdMessner-k1j]

No one is disputing that there are e.g. top-notch wines from California, Europeans know this. Whether you appreciate a certain style of winemaking is a matter of personal taste and preference.

[@CARambolagen]

The city/country devide in the US surely is more crass in the US. And it's also a matter of (lacking) culture. I would imagine that for most americans "culture" means going to the opera, theatre or perhaps museum. Whereas food, drink, architecture, urban design etc etc don't reach into that category in the US...

[@realulli]

Starting a long(ish) comment... 5:30 rum&coke are *not* Cuba Libre. Yes, Cuba Libre contains rum and Coke, but it also contains a dash of lime juice. About those gummy bears that didn't look nice - they don't look nice because it's hard (if not impossible) to make them look nice without additives that would lower the rest of their quality. I don't know which brand you got (possibly even something small and local), but they tasted like fruit because they probably contained extracts (or simply the juice) of the actual fruit. Hm... much shorter than I expected. 🙂

[@HayleyAlexis]

In the USA you get a lime with your rum and coke that you are supposed to squeeze into the drink.

[@bjorndehoust5768]

... little funfact...my two sons and me been on a 2500 miles roadtrip from LA to the Canadian Border, visiting no bigger cities...and it was impossible to find only one restaurant where we could get a plate of spaghetti... 😢 🍝😅 ps....the vacation was a fuckin' whole lot of fun !!! ❤

[@almanyc]

I am German and my boyfriend is American and works for a company in New York. Today is 4th of July, the most important national holiday, and he told me he has to do a little bit of work from home. Really being off on holidays is another luxury they have here in Europe it seems 🥲🥲🥲

[@annamc3947]

There are tons of “mom and pop” ethnic restaurants in the Western US, mostly operated by immigrants from China, Mexico, Vietnam, India, etc. You don’t see them as much in Europe. The worst Chinese food I’ve ever had was in France!

[@derjoghurtmitderecke]

I love conspiracy Hayley and her rant! 😅 Just want to add that Coca Cola doesn't taste the same as it did 15 years ago. It's just a over sweetened unidentified black liquid. The actual Coca Cola aroma is almost completely gone. Pepsi can't use the name giving pepsin in its drinks anymore so now Pepsi has become the same as Coca Cola. And I better not mention the German Dr Pepper. 🤢

[@alexamurawski4524]

your right. i feel everytime they come with a "new Recipe" it's in fact a new way to cheat konsumers by replacing whats good and healthy to something cheap disgusting and what makes you sick in eating it for longer

[@ronny-lb1cr]

Dr Pfeffer

[@derjoghurtmitderecke]

@@ronny-lb1cr Capri Sun 🙄

[@ronny-lb1cr]

@@derjoghurtmitderecke Capri Sun makes the eyes roll ?

[@derjoghurtmitderecke]

@@ronny-lb1cr Yep. Because it should be Capri Sonne.

[@Boris-w7m]

Good points presented, which actually represent the quality of good german dining. I have many clients, which have established their businesses over 70 years by now. Generations. It is long, but not as long compared to family leaded businesses which are established since 1200 years. But this is an other story. The point is, it is simple, but when you meassure it through, it is essential. You love and live for your business. Their is no day greater, then being at 5am the first opening and 1am the last going. There is no other space inbetween which you can touch an other private roleplay. If you want to be one of the best of the bests in your Domain, sacred Yard. You are 24h in presence. Your brain has no Single second go elsewhere. And after this, employee! 🎉

[@Boris-w7m]

My clients run one of the best restaurants in germany, since the 1950s. If you aproach the doors, getting down at their chairs and tables, you leave with a smile and the ? gosh what was this ? The concept is a win/win time.

[@cdnest]

Stimmt es, dass in den USA die Keller bei der Weinauswahl nur „rot oder weiß“ fragen? 😅😅

[@HayleyAlexis]

hmmm gute Frage... Ja und nein... Zuerst fragen wir: rot oder weiss und then unterscheiden/fragen wir zwischen Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot, etc...

[@nikolausmarggraf5507]

War früher in Norddeutschland nicht anders.

[@cdnest]

@@nikolausmarggraf5507 Also ich lebe seit fast 60 Jahren in Norddeutschland, in welchem Restaurant wurdest Du bei einer Weinbestellung nur nach "rot" oder "weiß" gefragt ? 😯😯

[@alcapone9550]

❤

[@juyjuka]

Hi, hair!? I was supprised, because I did not recognice her! It is not negativ or anything, she just looks so very different! Greetings Juy Juka

[@RolandEbsen]

Well, I overheard the statement "damn, even McDonalds tastes better in Germany than back home in the US" ...

[@dennisnielsen8030]

Technically healthcare is not a human right, since you were not born with the right that people should spend their money and time, on helping you at all.. Healthcare is an invention, and the drugs and equipment they create and use, were invented because of the profit you can make on keeping people alive, who really should have died.. So its a luxury, but morally speaking it is a luxury everyone should be given.

[@geraldmenclik1145]

US peope are so used to that immense amount of sugar in every food and drink, that they are "shocked" of other more natural tastes ... and the table cloth is the "Tischtuch" ;)

[@CSI_tuning_solutions]

Link?

[@CARambolagen]

Oh no, new viewers! 🤣

[@HayleyAlexis]

They scare me.... 🤣🤣

[@450sel3]

ein Daumen - ein Kommentar

[@andromedus4029]

Es heißt nicht umsonst "Das Auge isst mit.", though if the food only looks good, that's obviously of no bloody service to the customer. What I truly can't understand is this seemingly usurious pricing practice that has been going on in (only parts of?) the USA for many years now...

[@Bigalinjapan]

11 mins video that could have been 2 abstracts. OK, I grant you 4.

[@christiancurec3574]

Hello Hayley, I am from Romania, one of the poorest country from EU. All those things are normal for us. I will by from a local market more often than from a supermarket. It's cheaper and it's fresh. I am hunting for the best bread, and that comes from small local companies and not from a supermarket. This is normal for us, and it should be normal for you. You are more developed than Romania on two digit scale, and I do not understand what is keeping you back.

[@JAloja-um8nn]

Typical German reaction: you talk about the quality of food and bring up gummy bears...?! I wouldn't consider gummy bears (artificial flavouring and other additives or not) to be FOOD at all! 😂😂😂 Reminds me of the time I realized as a teenager that Americans consider a bag of chips to be a healthy side dish to their subway sandwich because it's potatoes... 🫣

[@Meowlein]

The plastic cups and plates really are bizarre to me ... just ... feels so cheap? Are they the disposable kind or do they still get washed and reused? Plastic plates always make me think of cutlery sets for babies and toddlers. So that they dont break if they decide to yeet it across the room. I would assume that precaution is not needed in an actual restaurant 😂

[@anitapenkert389]

It seems to be a convenience thing, not considering any other aspects like style or sustainability. I have read of multiple US citizens (mostly mums) who say they have to work so hard, harder than Europeans can imagine (which might be true, sadly) and then with several kids how in the world could they be expeted to additionally DO THE DISHES?? So disposable all the way, every day...

[@juricarmichael2534]

I always believed you are a person used to P1 or 🐞 and nothing lower than that....🤔😉 ✌️Freundschaft 😂👋

[@t44WD]

wow ,here in Australia we have universal health care ,Free !!!!!!! pension 1064$ fortnightly for free .best country in the wold ,Germany is not a social country

[@maddinar6727]

The thing with the small restaurants often comes down to (a) zoning laws and (b) minimum parking requirements...

[@michaelschmidt9645]

Hi there! I'm a German who knows the US quite well, and so I love your video rants about US/German differences and have been following for a couple of years now. To this episode however I'd like to add some remarks: 1) Our health care system is more accessible for people with low or no income than in the US, that's right, but on the lower level the system is very basic, and some things can be difficult here too, such as getting a doctor's appointment. To get the full benefit from our system you have to live in or near a major city and you have to pay a hefty premium (and have access to private insurance to which not everybody is entitled automatically). 2) Food and restaurants in the US: I think you simply live in an unfavorable region as far as these things are concerned. In the north-east, I've had better food everywhere, even in the countryside. There are a lot more mom and pop restaurants, farmers markets and smaller stores with healthy food.

[@HayleyAlexis]

I think that is subjective. I lived in Germany for 8 years and never had to wait too long for any appointment (1 week). I was usually able to go to the doctor the next day and even when I had major issues I wouldnt have to wait too long (1-2 weeks max). I also lived in a smaller town outside of Munich for 3+ years and never had to travel to the city to get a decent doctor. I had surgeries, hospital stays, and normal doctor appointments, and I never had to be inconvenienced due to being publicly insured. The only time I really had to pay more was when I opted for a more expensive sedation option when I got my wisdom teeth pulled which I probably didn't need to do but 90€ to not feel any pain was worth every penny. regarding mom and pop restaurants- they make up about 1/4ish (maybe 1/5) of the restaurant population in the USA if I am not mistaken. I am talking about sitdown, full-service mom and pop shops. There is a big difference between a locally owned coffee shop vs a full service restaurant that has an actual 20+ piece menu. Most mom and pop restaurants are limited service "faster food" options which is the main difference I was pointing out.

[@arnodobler1096]

USA has 2.59 doctors per 1,000 inhabitants, Germany 4.33. For hospital beds: US 2.8 Germany 8.22. Switzerland, the Netherlands and Germany have the shortest waiting times for medical appointments in the world.

[@ppckrtt]

Why should the USA improve their healthcare system? Everybody gets the common knowledge drummed into his brain that the US (by its own grace) is the best country on earth. Consequentially, everybody will still keep believing this narrative, even if healthcare there would be nonexistent and with all other nations having full care for free. The current level of ignorance versus the outside world is already unshakeable. So why should anybody invest some effort to change the system?

[@danny80867]

Hailey…. bängeräng 😎🌷😛😅

[@kneekoo]

1:17 A lot of people don't even know who the current president of the USA is. So you're shocked and confused that most people don't know you and your previous videos? Why?

[@ghana1823]

I don’t agree with the US having some of the best alcohol, that’s simply Not True. I’ve been living in Germany for more than 15 years. Been all over Europe and love Scotch, and both Irish Whiskeys and Scotch the US can’t even come into the game because it has nothing that can compare . We have stuff here that US has never heard of even if you love and know about Scotch. Here we have a MUCH larger variety of alcohol than the US.. US Wines can’t compare to German, French and Italian wines. But the US thinks it’s the Best at everything. I’ve be to 25 Countries and I’m a professional musician & I’m almost 70 years old from the US. I love this young lady but I have to say that “A Lack Of Information Leads To An Inaccurate Estimation Of Things.🙏🏾❤️🤷🏾‍♂️ By the way, I DONT like German Pastries at all. 😂 Then again, my German Wife hates the taste of Twinkies, she thinks they taste Horrible 😂

[@HayleyAlexis]

Just because you disagree does not make your statement true... Nor does it invalidate what I say.... Plus you insulting me and saying I have a lack of information because you disagree... Really does not bring your point any further. I have been to a lot of places in the world (just as many countries as you and I am younger than half your age) and I can say with my full chest that alcohol in the USA is very good... You are just drinking the wrong things and have been to the wrong places in the USA. You are basing your opinion on your love for scoth and Irish whiskey.... Which is very particular to your taste and preferences...

[@ghana1823]

@HayleyAlexis which drinks r u talking about❓️ It's an opinion as to what drinks I'm basing my statement on. Again, a lack of information leads to an in accurate Estimation of things. You're assuming that you know my experience with alcohol becausei mentioned TWO. How do you know❓️And how could you know what my experience is❓️Please me, and I'll tell you if it's correct❗️Not mad at you Beautiful young lady 🙏🏾♥️

[@cadeeja.]

Algo-Kommi ^^

[@HayleyAlexis]

Thank you thank you!!