How I see the US after living in Asia for 4 years

[@Daylightfulness]

Hi everyone! I'm so grateful to have a lot of unique experiences all around the world, I hope you were able to gain some insight from my video! (= Would love to hear your thoughts and how things compare and contrast from your home country ! Thanks for watching!

[@wheres.sakinah]

Great video! I live in Korea and remember all of these shenanigans in the U.S. before I left lol. I haven’t been back in almost 2 years and I feel like when I visit again I’ll experience a lot of reverse culture shock. There are definitely some things I miss about the U.S and no place is perfect but we do the best we can with what we have. Love seeing your journey, keep shining!

[@Daylightfulness]

Thank you!! There are pros and cons to any country tbh! And I feel reverse culture shock isn't talked about enough! but I totally agree to do best with what we have! Hope you are enjoying Korea!

[@tiffanyjohnson7227]

I'm from Texas and lived in Korea 1 yr ,Japan 4, and and visited multiple Asian countries. EVERYTHING YOU said ARE FACTS!!!!

[@Daylightfulness]

I'm still trying to get used to Texas! It's so different!

[@DReid-ry9ff]

You are such a positive person! Hope that you post more!

[@Daylightfulness]

Thank you!! I definitely plan on it!!

[@faridaeintouwaterberg8541]

Excellent and eye-opening video! Loved it!

[@Daylightfulness]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@akirasuzuki9244]

Thanks for sharing! I've been thinking of living in other countries instead of the US for sure and retirement in Japan sounds awesome! I just found your channel so hopefully I can find more videos about your experience!

[@Daylightfulness]

Thank you for watching!! You totally should try living in other places! Japan is great too. (= Ofc there are pros and cons to any country, but home is where your heart is!!

[@cattime2044]

nice to see you are well. very informative video.

[@Daylightfulness]

Thank you!!!

[@WakaSantana]

Don't feel guilty about tipping. Only tip at sit down restaurants. Now, these other places want us to pay their employees for them. This is out of control. We are even being asked to tip machines now. I used to feel bad, but then I caught on that its gotten out of control.

[@Daylightfulness]

It definitely has gotten out of control! 😭 And you’re totally right about not feeling bad! I’m still working on it! Thank youuu

[@teresaflaitz3795]

I spent a little over 2 years in Korea and will be returning to the U.S. shortly. I agreed with most of what you said but I had a different point of view on a few things. Personally, I found food portions in Korea to be pretty similar to that of the U.S. In the U.S. it's pretty common to take your leftovers to go, so I'd usually get 2 meals out of going to a restaurant, but it's not very common to do that in Korea. When it comes to healthcare, it is definitely more affordable in Korea, which I'm really really going to miss. However, I did find they prescribed me a lot of pills. If I went to the doctor for cold symptoms, I'd end up with a prescription with 5 different pills. These prescriptions oftentimes included antibiotics, which aren't great for your health if you take them too often. Lastly, when it comes to privacy (not related to technology), I felt like I often had mine violated in Korea. I was surprised at how much personal information I was required to disclose at my workplace. Additionally, one time I had a doctor discuss some of my medical information with my coworker without my permission. Anyways, I really enjoyed your video and just wanted to share my own experiences. For me, the pros of living in Korea mostly outweighed the cons.

[@Daylightfulness]

Hi Teresa! Thanks for the comment! I totally agree with the pills thing too! And I do find that Koreans will go to the hospital more often for tiny things like a cold - which could be a good thing but also maybe it's good to let your body fight it. I personally feel that the portion sizes are much bigger in the states, especially the drinks, but it could be because I am in Texas which the whole "everything is bigger in Texas" rings true to me even compared to NYC. Although I agree with you with the leftovers which can be nice! Uhg! I'm so sorry about your medical information being exposed to your coworker?! That definitely isn't right, especially without your consent! I'm not too sure about privacy in terms of medical, but I did feel in terms of filming, taking pictures of strangers, social media, and even the banking system seemed much better in terms of privacy. But to give away medical info without consent is definitely not right. Thanks again for sharing your opinion and thanks for watching!

[@immaghost2109]

OH! and if you aren't aware: most restaurant server jobs off you the option of working for the $2/hr OR minimum wage,. SO maybe ask those servers if they get the tips at all.

[@Daylightfulness]

$2 is SOO low! I can't believe that's legal.

[@TheKoyn]

I'm usually a passive viewer that never comments, but I had to say something about food quality portion of this video: The US pushes fast food because of the hustle and grind culture that we're basically forced into (we don't have time to eat), and also most of our country's infrastructure makes it less accessible to walk somewhere and sit down and enjoy a relatively healthy meal. And let's not get into about how the government's actively poisoning us for their own selfish capitalist reasons. I would like to iterate that there are actually a lot of americans that know how to properly cook and season vegetables, and we do actually eat them. Daycia might have forgotten that since she's been out of the country for a couple years, but I've unfortunately never had the opportunity to leave the US, but not much had changed since she left. I don't find this video educational since it shows what a lot of Americans already know about korea. And if this is for koreans/folks in asia, it just kind of exaggerates that americans are "unhealthy and don't know what vegetables are". Which comes off as really disrepectful to me, especially since Daycia and I are born and raised americans, and shared the same friend group in high school/college, who all basically ate the same food. But I guess living in a different country for 4 years makes folks forget. 🤷🏾 which is fine. I just wanted to let the folks that watch this video know that we're not dumb Neanderthals, and we DO actually know what's good for us, but because our country is overrun by greed and capitalism, most of us don't have ACCESS to healthy foods. We buy what we can afford to live in this economy. We don't have a lot of the luxuries that korea/other asian countries have. Which I'm sure Daycia knows, but decided to leave that bit out fsr and instead, made it seem like we're eating unhealthy foods by choice. That fast food's so addictive that we can't resist. We can resist. That's just the most affordable and accessible food that we have in our country. And for Daycia please do some introspection on your privilege, or the least bit do more research or reach out to your american friends in order to obtain the truth and properly spread it through your platform. Instead of spreading insulting misinformation.

[@TheKoyn]

I would also like to remind folks that we have so many different races/ethnicities and cultures in our country, and so many different food processes and flavorings. (We even have korean food here) so I'm not sure why she's acting like all we have to eat is McDonald's. This is just simply not true.

[@percangle9897]

I love you. You are so right

[@Daylightfulness]

Appreciate it!

[@factsoverfear9771]

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[@Daylightfulness]

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[@watarikeito]

Hello Daycia. How little did you live in Asia???

[@Daylightfulness]

Hi! I was there for probably total time of 4-5 years!

[@heygraey]

not to mention I can't walk 1 mile without someone asking me for drugs or for my number even when I'm hobo status

[@Daylightfulness]

LOL yeahhhh- the amount of drugs I've been seeing in America is definitely shocking haha

[@immaghost2109]

While I am totally onboard with your worldview, I am trying to be realistic. The US was built around cars. I hate it. -signed< a wheelchair lady

[@Daylightfulness]

Omg that is SOO true! I wish we made city designs with everyone in mind! Wheelchair accessibility is usually never thought about and that breaks my heart!!