If You’re An American Living Abroad Tell Me Why You Would Never Go Back? | Part 1 | TikTok Reaction

[@pittarak1]

The 'US is a third world country that wears a Gucci belt', is another well known (outside the US of course) phrase too.

[@mfrost71w]

The USA is a land of extremes - it is the richest country in the world and it is the poorest country in the world; it has the best education in the world and the worst; it has the most intelligent people in the world and the stupidest; it has the best justice system in the world and the worst;, it has the richest people in the world and the poorest; it is the most advanced country in the world and the most backward in the West...it goes on and on, the opposite extremes of everything at the same time.

[@nedludd7622]

To paraphrase a well-known quip that is certainly misattributed, -- What do you think of American culture? -- I think it would be a good idea.

[@colindebourg9012]

There's a British saying that comes to mind, " Fur coat and no knickers ", sums it up perfectly.

[@nurlindafsihotang49]

....as insult to us the 3rd world countries. We HAVE maternal and sick paid leave. Ouch...even our hyenas of politician got standard.

[@minttea4972]

@@nedludd7622 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@AncientBriton1948]

I went to the States some years ago on a training course, there was eight of us from various European countries and one lad from Singapore. We were all staying at a Holiday Inn on Long Island which was about half a mile from the company offices. It was made very clear that under no circumstances should we walk in as the police would certainly stop us and demand to know what we were doing. I said then that if they're that oppressed and suspicious I'd never go back and I never have 🇬🇧

[@nedludd7622]

There is another thing that a couple of different European friends told me about their experience when they were sent to work in the US. They found house to rent in a suburb or something and neighbors came by. One of the first questions they were asked was "What church do you go to?"

[@shadowfox009x]

@@nedludd7622 When I was working in the US I had co-workers, people I'd just met that day, invite me to go to thier church with them. I guess they were trying to be nice, but I was really taken aback.

[@scdoors4128]

Just having a US passport doesn't mean you can live in France long term - what is she talking about ? U.S. citizens with valid passports traveling for tourism or business can enter France without a visa for a period of 90 days within each six-month period Unless she really thinks 90 days is long term.

[@YouTubestolemylife]

She believed in the US propaganda

[@AudieHolland]

Most of these overseas Americans are typically expats. So they work for a US company that has offices in the rest of the world. She probably meant to say she was working for a US company. This is also the reason why many of those expats still have to return even after 10 years living abroad. Unless they can find a local job or marry someone from that country.

[@CMOT101]

They think we are going to be so grateful that a Yank wants to live in our countries. We aren't.

[@lethfuil]

Yeah, I too think she was told that an US passport is the entrance to everywhere and everything in the world. My brother in law works for the (fuck, what's the english word for the police that specifically works with legal and illegal immigration? xD) so I always get some interesting stories. Although not super common, it happens a lot more often than one would think that we have to throw Yanks out who have been living here as illegal immigrants. Without noticing it! They thought that them being US citizens meant they can live everywhere.

[@sylviasmits9275]

I think this go's for every country outside the usa. Rules fore imegration here in the Netherlands have become even more strict as of this year

[@Heisenberg-Blue]

The same thing happens with the police because the training to become a police officer is shorter than the training to become a hairdresser in the USA. In Germany the training lasts a minimum of 3 years, in the USA perhaps 3 months.

[@marianne6876]

Yes, and you also have to pass a psychological profile to be accepted to a police accademy

[@andrzej2501]

And this is also part of the gun problem in the USA - here in Europe we have to pass psych. evaluation, have decent sight and hand-eye coordination, and pass exams for quite basic gun law knowledge and gun handling. And yet we do not have mass shootings and do not have to resort to ridiculous bans on accessory grips.

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

As a Dane, our Healthcare, Universities, Fine Roads, Pensions and Schools are not at all "Free"!!! Not at all!! But when millions of people pays for it with a smaller pay in Taxes, for our Huge Privileges, it isn't a problem for the single person to find an Insurance which will be paying for the ones "Heart or Kidney Transplant"! Or any other illnesses (except part of the cost for most Dental Work, which isn't fully covered by the State!). I have got new plastic lenses in my eyes without I'm paying specially for it. Finn. Denmark

[@Yoonji9212]

Americans don't understand it, and most of them if understand, don't want this. They are not looking at a bigger picture. It's all about "me" and the rest of the country can go to hell.

[@paulgilbert1939]

The sick days thing twists my mind.. if my staff are sick they are sick! and if it is a few days I don't doc their monthly pay.. what the shit is wrong with American businesses (people get sick you budget that into your businesses running costs, you don't take away their holidays because of it)

[@AudieHolland]

Well if they suffer from burnout then the US employer can simply fire them and hire a new one.

[@lethfuil]

Depending on where you are it's even just the law. Also, a sick worker isn't working as good. If it's something like the flu a sick worker that comes to work means several sick workers that don't work as good. And if you have any kinds of costumers, it potentially means sick costumers. And that can mean a bad reputation.

[@lorrefl7072]

@@AudieHolland, here in Belgium you can't fire an employee the first 6 months of sickleave.

[@325rita]

@@lorrefl7072 I think this is everywhere in EU.

[@lorrefl7072]

@@325rita Probably but I never worked or lived outside Belgium so I don't know how it is in other EU countries.

[@paulgilbert1939]

Australia is vast and almost the same size as America, granted it is over 80% desert but we still manage public transport and general safety to walk at night without fear and our states although different are still all on the same page when it comes to public safety and public government paid for services etc

[@anderslofgren8235]

I'm Swedish. 12 years ago I had a heart attack. Ambulance, they put in a stent and I spent 4 nights in the heart ICU. It cost me about $30 which included 3 full meals and some extra per day. I did not pay for any of the actual care. That is a very large reason I could not imagine living somewhere without full healthcare. I also have a Master's degree that didn't cost me a single dollar in tuition and fees.

[@lynjones2461]

This is what I've noticed watching hundreds of reactions videos about the US I'm in the UK it's called the United States of America but in reality it's the most non united culture because each state is it's own country I just find it hugely ironic lol xx

[@stevepage5813]

@lynjones2461 Yes I agree, plus they are conditioned to believe that they are in the Land of the Free, whereas they aren't at all. Just because you can disrespect someone racially and hate filled to their face, doesn't constitute free speech. As someone mentioned on here earlier, Murica is the only third world country that can afford to pretend to be first world.

[@gillsejusbates6938]

well lets say its more united than somalia, ethiopia and ukraine

[@Hun73rdk]

USA is not a 3 world country its a 4 world country in 3 world countries you still get paid maternity leave

[@Synol]

Here in Australia they tell you to go home when sick because they don't want everyone else getting sick as well. Better to have 1 person take the day off than everyone do it.

[@squidcaps4308]

Better to have everyone sick and continue working, meeting their quota. Oh, you mean as HUMANS we should maybe not get everyone sick. Who cares, humans are #2. Profit is #1. That is something that i can't get around. Why is it radical to say humans are #1 and not profit...

[@jlk6315]

My employer did send me home once also in the Netherlands, me thinking I could work me over the ilness but that didnt worked out. With holidays its the same, couple weeks ago he just came to me because he knows I like to have a couple weeks off in januari-februari and he wanted to schedule it in a way that worked for us both.

[@chellehansen]

It is the same in Denmark

[@fionacowan2426]

In the us tho the more people who get sick its payday for the pharmacutical companies so they dont give a shit who gets sick😂

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

@@fionacowan2426And right in there there is the main problem with the US healthcare system: Everybody ie doctors, hospitals and their owners etc benefit from you only if you are sick. To make any healt care systm work be it private or publicly funded there must be at least one layer which benefits from you being healthy. In the NHS in Britain GPs (doctors) are salaried so if fewer of the people registered with them get sick the less work they have to do for their money. There are other more or less functional 'safeguards' built in but you get the idea.

[@scottneil1187]

Something I rarely if ever hear on a lot of these vids is, you still have to pay taxes to the US even if you move abroad, Evan Edinger did a good vid on it.

[@actionalex3611]

biggest problem in the US, in my opinion(loosely based), is capitalism is running rampant. That problem is currently all over most of the world but it´s like the US(and probably russia, among others) is like ground zero. Economic equality is key for human prosperity. I don´t mind people being wealthy and successful but it is getting ridiculous when the wealthy are able to dictate laws and how we live our lives. just a thought from a swede, as we are also part of the problem.

[@vitaandreyo5949]

That's not entirely true. You need to FILE taxes every year, but with Forreign Earned Income exclusion you don't have to pay anything until your earnings are above 120k.

[@JaNouWatIkVind]

😳

[@teacherl.1661]

The second girl is not holding a bottle of wine. She's holding a bottle of cider, which is typical of Asturias, a beautiful region in the north of Spain.

[@iainansell5930]

cider is something else in the US... i think it sbasically apple juice..

[@teacherl.1661]

@@iainansell5930 I'm from Asturias. I know what Asturian cider looks like. You can check it out yourself. Just search for "sidra fran".

[@teacherl.1661]

@@iainansell5930 Asturian cider is an alcoholic drink. It's low alcohol (5%) and not carbonated.

[@mijp]

@@iainansell5930 The US renamed cider during prohibition.

[@vilkoskorlich259]

When the United States was created, Native Americans were considered savages and were killed in continuous raids. Even today, the massacre of American Indians is presented in history textbooks as something normal, even though the crimes were carried out with premeditated intent and systematically until the final extermination of the American native tribes. The first legal "humane" resettlement of Indians began in 1830, and in 1859 there were no more Indians in Texas. By the end of the 19th century, whites had wiped out between 12 and 15 million Native Americans through murder and disease, of which smallpox was the deadliest. Genocide on American soil is considered the most massive genocide in the history of mankind. The Indians were exterminated by a civilization in the greatest genocide in history, a civilization that considers itself the greatest advocate of respect for human rights in the world.

[@eichzoernchen]

... and hasn't signed the UN Carta of children's rights to this day.

[@susanatinsley7136]

And by the way, they were never Indians, they're native Americans, they were called Indians because Columbus was trying to get to India and even when they realised they were not Indians, they just carried on calling them Indians forever more. Stop doing that!!!

[@SarthorS]

For one thing, the US didn't give a crap about human rights back then and barely anyone else did back then either, so comparing what it is today to it's actions centuries ago is disingenuous. Second, most Native Americans didn't have a concept of owning the land. They were mostly nomads. Third, there was already a fair amount of warfare between the tribes, which was often brutal. They were not a single people, and treating them as such is a false as considering all black people to be a single group. Forth, if Europeans had not done it, then either the Mexicans or the first few tribes to start modernising would have done it. Fifth, why did you add deaths from disease to massively pump those numbers up? And lastly, the Mongols were estimated to have killed between 30 to 70 million people. Why are so many Americans so ignorant of the rest of the world?

[@eichzoernchen]

@@SarthorS Most native americans lived in established settlements. They were forced by invaders and settlers to flee their areas. To call that "nomadic" by nature is quite a stunt.

[@SarthorS]

@@eichzoernchen Really? Because as far as I know, most of those were wiped out by the diseases brought by early explorers long before any real settlement was done. And as I said, including the unintentional introduction of disease which caused multiple pandemics as part of a genocide is deceptive. Sure, atrocities were committed against the natives. The problem I have is that is seems that woke/SJW types only seem to want to hold white peoples accountable for their history while every other race gets a free pass. Even when the atrocities committed by those people were far worse and more frequent.

[@stoissdk]

People immigrated from Europe to America looking for a better life and more freedom. Now people return to Europe for a better life and more freedom.

[@JamesSmith-ui2hv]

This guy keep missing the message , there is not free education or free health care in Europe , all that is paid by the taxpayer , by the people , you have to ask yourselves , just why there is not such thing in USA , why do you pay taxes , what they do with the money they take from you , what do you pay for

[@helenagreenwood2305]

Yes what are their politicians actually being paid for 🥴

[@Lilygirl283]

Taxes in the US go to armed forces, and politicians, definitely not to benefit people..

[@Timbothruster-fh3cw]

It's to support a military that defends the western world, at least that's what it was intended for.

[@Timbothruster-fh3cw]

​@@helenagreenwood2305 Our government hates us, & we hate them.

[@shaneo5436]

We all understand that. A relatively small levy without an overly expensive itemised fee for service is what is meant by the term. You have obviously never had the experience

[@rkw2917]

It's not easy for an American to get a work/residency visa in the EU Pretty much need to be sponsored or married to an EU citizen

[@AlbandAquino]

13:37 That "in network" "out of network" thing is crazy. It's almost like if you had... "Death Panels"... My wife is American, I'm French. She moved to France late 2016. Since she moved here, the French Pharmacists around our town got to learn how CRAZY the American healthcare system is. All the following prices are WITHOUT insurance. An ambulance trip, whether it's the firefighter medical unit or an emergency mobile ICU: 0 $. Asthma inhaler: 20 $ EpiPens (x2): 80 $ Insulin vial: 12 $ Go figure ...

[@CeiStockport-nx2qi]

Essentially the network thing is to make it as confusing as possible in (another) attempt to maximize profits and if it screws you over, well sucks to be you.

[@joycelynnelobert8779]

Canada is vast, too. And we have winter for 5 months of the year. Yet most towns and cities actively promote development that increases walkability. It’s not a matter of density or accessibility. It is a matter of belief that people are more important than corporations.

[@belindakennedy5828]

Yeah your health care sucks,why lose your house and all life savings to get treatment,never under stood this,love from scotland.

[@jagjay8033]

EU and public transport. i live in the uk and a few years ago i got a call from a friend on a Friday night that he had got some free tickets to the opening of a new night club in Ibiza Spain Saturday night did i want to come i said yes so Saturday morning i caught a bus to the train station then to the airport got a flight and then a bus to the town and arrived at 6pm at his hotel all for less than £100 and had a fantastic night and went back home on Monday

[@gillsejusbates6938]

ever considered using commas or dots in your sentences?

[@Michelle-iz5bh]

@@gillsejusbates6938dots 😂, I think they are more commonly known as full stops. Sorry not looking for a tit for tat, dots just made me chuckle.

[@helenroberts1107]

I don’t understand why having an American passport means you can move elsewhere. You can do that any time

[@nameinprogress9461]

Not really, depending on your passport you might need a visa/work visa or smth along those lines. But yeah the US passport isn't in any form special, the most visa free passport used to be Germany but i believe it changed a few years ago to some other european country. If your interrested just look it up yourself. :)

[@chriskelly9476]

Healthcare, education etc isn't free, other countries just prioritise spending of taxpayers money differently. I had an argument with my American cousin over this and his smug response to me was "have you guys been to the moon?..." I was like, "who gives a shit about going to the moon? There are better things to spend taxpayers money on. Like subsidizing healthcare and university education." He didn't have a response for that.

[@Arltratlo]

next time tell him the Germans put them on the moon!

[@Mariacristina-er6tf]

Perché, qualcuno è andato sulla luna? 😅

[@nameinprogress9461]

While i do get your point, you miss smth in my opinion. Yeah going to the moon in itself might not have the most uses for common people, the technology that gets invented to achieve such goals does. GPS just being one example of the top of my head. While yes, we could come up with them anyways, people are historicly less likely to put money into untangeables. So giving a goal like : "go to the moon" helps. Neil deGrasse Tyson has some good interviews on this topic i'd recommend. Also the ESA ( European Space Agency ) is just as good as NASA even tho less famous. So yeah they could easily go to the moon, just no point in doing it rn since we already got the benefits from it having been done.

[@XMan-tu4iu]

I was working in Chicago about 20 years ago and walked from my hotel in south Chicago to the convention centre, about half a mile. Next day the hotel concierge wouldn’t let me walk and called me a cab and inferred that I was lucky I hadn’t been mugged or shot for my back pack - even at 7.30am.

[@grahvis]

Part of the problem which makes the US less walkable isn't simply the size but the zoning laws. My daughter lives in what could be called a suburb in the UK. However, when visiting her for Christmas, we could just walk to the restaurant for Christmas dinner, no need to worry about having a drink. As for hospital networks, I've spent time in five different hospitals in the UK, I've been in A&E in London and my treatment carried on at my local hospital on the coast of mid-Wales with no problems.

[@stoferb876]

Exactly. I visited the US once, and stayed with my aunt there. And despite living in a relatively dense but still nice European style 'suburb' (with more apartments blocks than single-family homes) I was just so surprised there were no local pizzeria or grocery store or mcDonalds or whatever within walking distance. Here in Sweden you'll always find at least something, a pizzeria or grocery store or whatever within a 10 minutes walk, unless you actually live on the actual countryside of course. But in an equivalent neighborhood in the US there was nothing. The only amenities she had available within walking distance was a community pool for the neighborhood (nice) and an illegal car/bike repair shop on a nearby street (illegal because of zoning laws). But even getting basic groceries or a pint of beer or coffee or whatever required either a car or taking the bus into downtown of the city.

[@canadianclaude]

Public transport??? Try Luxembourg, busses are free, subways are free, trains are free. Who needs a car?

[@yurihuffles]

Amusingly, I'm watching this... during the 1st week of a 3 week vacation in the UK... since I have to use up my remaining holiday before the end of March, and my manager was like "You worked over Christmas for us, and if I leave it to you you wont take them... so you're on vacation for the start of Febuary!"

[@iainansell5930]

at 5:20 theres a lot of british ex-pats that live in certain parts of spain due to the nice weather..seems fairly probable she's moved to one of those area's and picked up the accent- coupled with a fair bit of british tv in theses area's aswell- i believe they can get British Tv streaming and tv channels there aswell...

[@wWvwvV]

2:29 you had public transportation back then. Car lobbying destroyed it and also destroyed your cities by building highways and huge parking lots through them. We did that too, but for a long time it's a no-go. A lot of parking capacity must be in parking blocks or underground. The point of no return for the U.S. is the sprawling of the suburbs. So much destruction of nature. You don't see that in Europe. Residents must pay for all costs to be resilient. Today they get subsidized by the poor people in downtown. In Europe downtown is the richest area.

[@grahvis]

And those suburbs don't produce enough tax income to support themselves

[@stephenlee5929]

I sort of agree but it can change back, it was good, its not past some point of no return. People like Charlie have got to stop saying and thinking USA is too big to have good transport, that's a lie, like many others Americans have been told and tell themselves. US used to have good transport, it is expensive but not you did have it. I don't know how the healthcare system can be fixed.

[@susanatinsley7136]

It could be fixed by having a national health service as well as some private for those that can afford it. The problem is that their political systems are so awful, (whoever fundraises more has more chances of winning), that's crazy. You cannot have good politicians if you're only relying on the amount of money they can raise, and with corporations/big pharma making donations for what they can get out of it for themselves, it's bound to see more corruption than in other countries with different political systems, although that doesn't stop corruption completely. The fact that if you have a national health service means that the government can negotiate much lower prices. @@stephenlee5929

[@nathanthom8176]

The major issue with American suburbs is the complete lack of mixed zoning whilst in the UK any new development whether on green belt or brown belt locations for will have sites for shops, pubs etc which will be able to service said population. American Suburbs are entirely residential meaning that families have to drive even if all they want is a pint of milk.

[@charlestaylor9424]

If you're sick on holiday in the UK you can claim the holiday back.

[@JaNouWatIkVind]

Same in the Netherlands.

[@deadzio]

Or if you dont want it as sick you can put holiday on it 😂😂

[@charlestaylor9424]

@deadzio "as sick" means nothing. If you're sick, you're sick.

[@kilsestoffel3690]

My dad died on a friday last november. I took the day off, not as vacation or sick day, but as kind of "special" pto. You get special days off for the death of very close relatives as parents, spouses, children, 1to 3 days. I was working next monday and for some reason, I suddenly sat crying at my place, my boss asked, if I have someone to have an eye on me at home and send me home and called it a sick day, which are paid and unlimited.

[@andrewprytherch]

Compassionate leave.

[@crackpot148]

Yes, compassionate leave and it isn't taken from your annual leave allowance.

[@JaNouWatIkVind]

Ow I had a colleague who was out ill for about three months after her father died. Sick leave. Paid. She had been on the job for less than two weeks. She is now permanent staff. Any time she could manage, she would come into work, but we all understood that she needed time.

[@kucnimajstor2901]

What the hell is happening with the US, all of those things mentioned in this video about other countries are not a luxury but necessity. Americans, wake up..

[@AncientBriton1948]

I've heard about this 'network' nonsense before, it's weird I've never heard of it anywhere else and it certainly doesn't exist here in the UK. Sounds like a trap to me.🇬🇧

[@PeTer-xd8nx]

In Germany, public transport is highly subsidized by the municipality. In my hometown, I can use public transportation for a month for 50 dollars.

[@johamlett27]

I tend to disagree with the lady who said there’s going to be a mass exodus. From what, admittedly little, I know of the average American it seems to be only those who are aware of how life is in other countries that become disillusioned although as a born and raised Brit I could be very wrong

[@evanflynn4680]

The argument that the country is so vast, so that's why your cities are so spread out is wrong. Before WW2, you built your cities the same way the rest of the world did - to human scale, not to car scale, and with plenty of medium density housing. After WW2, they did the suburban experiment, which was to clear parcels of land and build sprawling single family home suburbs. Then, build a highway so the people living there could go to work. And ignore city neighbourhoods because anyone who couldn't afford to live in the suburbs were obviously not worth supporting in any way. Of course, most of the people who couldn't afford to move out to the suburbs were not white. They couldn't afford to move because banks refused to give loans to people who lived in certain neighbourhoods (they called them "red line districts"). Back on topic. You used to have dense, multi-use, human scale cities. Then you decided to make everything car accessible, so you bulldozed half your cities to build parking lots for all the cars until you couldn't get anywhere without driving there. The closest thing your towns and cities have that are still like the old style of city design are your downtowns. Your older cities have more neighbourhoods that are denser, but for decades, your politicians have used R1 zoning to make it impossible to build anything other than single family homes in residential areas. Some cities have up to 90% of residential land zoned for single family homes only.

[@margaretnicol3423]

There may be stuff holding you back at the moment but that won't always be the case. Hide away a dollar here and there to save for the move even if it's when you're retired. Always good to have something to look forward to.

[@PUTDEVICE]

wonder why many Americans are so opposed to universal health care. is it selfishness, like it's my money I'm not going to help someone else get to use my money, even though you pay a much lower price than what they do today for health insurance. unfortunately, it's probably the case that the rich don't care, they can afford it, and they probably have shares in those companies, low-paid people get, as I understand it, free healthcare. but middle income earners are probably the ones who have it worst when it comes to healthcare costs. if I have understood correctly.

[@gingryu760]

Healthcare 14:29 should be a human right!... *cough cough*... OHCHR factsheet no. 31.... it is.

[@andrewh.8403]

I've wanted to visit the US for half of my life, but as an Aussie, I seriously don't want to take that risk now. "If something happens" I get sick or have a serious accident. The extremely higher risk of being shot.... dead... by cops...let alone some howdy doody shooting at some armed nutcase in a fast food venue. Then there's the road rage. It's seriously not worth the risk.

[@mennobults6464]

In The Netherlands it is not like paradise, but it is still way beter than in The USA. I am blad that I was born overhere and I am still happy here but I am worried of the new Government and how much influence teh Far Right will get. Things are already different.

[@111oooo]

Universal Healthcare is sacred in Canada. I know I shake my head at what Americans do. Scary

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

Europe has a culture, they have song, dance, architecture and food and they are proud of it. The US has, Levi's jeans, McDonalds, mass shootings, guns and bombs and you are proud of it?

[@b.debruijn51]

You're welcome if you leave the dumb ones overthere😂

[@Kie75]

In all fairness, all that free or affordable healthcare is usually paid for with a monthly premium or taxes. It's not free free more isntitutionalized collective saving up for healthcare. I've gone five years without needing to see a doctor while paying a monthly premium anyway. And that's great. You live to your income and when it's taken off the top you don't really miss it. And if you do end up in the hospital for a week with some tests and maybe some surgery, the bills you aren't paying due to your obligatory insurance or unified health service tend to be exceed whatever you 'missed out on' during the time you didn't make use of it.

[@gagada124]

Why do Americans blame their shortcomings on the size of the Country? Landwise, Europe is bigger than the US, and we all have great public transport between Countries. I think its more political, where each state is like a mini coutry, its run like a mini country, but doesn't want to share anything with anyone else.

[@drsiigabb9935]

Australia is roughly the same size, yet the public infrastructure is so much more advanced

[@YukiTheOkami]

Or at least efordable healthcare u csn depend on without worrying about doctors being in network 😅 who came up with that

[@samuelsamenstrang6069]

hope you can afford moving to Europe in the near future. You will love it over here. No doubt. It´s more free here. The land of the free is a myth.

[@arnolddavies6734]

More like “the land of the fee.” Tipping fees, hospital fees, etc, etc.

[@HappyHammer55]

You really need to see Trip Britten - How I view America after living abroad for 12 Years. Excellent and the most informative vid I have seen.

[@margaretnicol3423]

It's funny how everyone talks about immigrants in the US but no-one talks about emigrants!!! 😀

[@mariam.3224]

I guess it's because Americans (and brits) are not emmigrants, they are "expats" 🙄😂😂

[@SuperDebyO]

The woman mentioning how everyone in Europe is more onboard with the climate change issue…actually that is not true. It’s hugely debated & not agreed upon by many people. Only in the MSM will you see or hear one particular aspect, or view which makes it seem like everyone is in agreement. We do however care very much about pollution, wildlife, pesticides water quality, recycling, and other sustainable living practices. Somethings we do in Europe are excellent, others are debatable & could be destructive under the guise of “doing good”.

[@gillsejusbates6938]

we in EU grow up with propaganda as well and it shows!

[@AudieHolland]

When Frank Sinatra was in the last decade of his career, he found out that his tour in Germany wasn't sold out. He complained about this publicly, saying that 'we should turn Germany into a carpark!' He could have easily said 'we should bomb it like we did in WW2' and more Europeans would have understood him. Just shows how deeply ingrained the American car dependency is and that Americans do know how bad all those carparks are for a city.

[@lauram4168]

Canada is huge as well but we still have a decent public transportation system

[@TheElvander]

So why do so many Americans tout a benefit of their health care system being that you are free to choose your doctor? Sound like the insurance company gets to choose who you can and can't see. That's messed up. In Australia I can actually choose my doctor. OK, if I'm injured and need emergency care I will be treated by the doctors/surgeons working at that hospital at that time, bit that's fine with me. It's not like I'm going to be dying of a heart attack of life-threatening bleeding or internal injuries and refuse care because I want to choose a different doctor. That's really the only time we wouldn't be able to choose! Given that our health care professionals are highly trained I wouldn't be concerned anyway.

[@Living_the_Scottish_Dream]

It was me that called America a third world country! 😊

[@Greenwood4727]

I am british, but i lived in america, so when i came back to the UK i saw the difference, America is fast, everything is fast, and focused on money, you could build cities closer and better, you could build towns, you could do it, but the car manufacturers, push this you gotta BUY a car, you gotta BUY Insurance, heath BUY.. and who funds th parties, the uk still have that in part, but its less pressure

[@johnfrancismaglinchey4192]

I’m guessing you would love the NEDERLANDS,,,,, I lived in AMSTERDAM for a few years,,, and I have to say,,,,I loved it , I’m back in LONDON now,,, but AMSTERDAM is only Sixty minutes away by plane,,,, plus it’s possible to get a train from London to Amsterdam. ,,,,, start planning,,, and then start packing. ✌✌✌✌✌✌🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱

[@alexandersmith9499]

Why I will never go back? Guns, health care, police state, crime, christians, MAGA....

[@grannyof12kids]

Australia is car dependent too, due to huge distances between cities and towns, but the cities do have decent transport

[@Patrik6920]

Charlie west: Europe is10,180,000 sq km, United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km (96.6% the size of Europe) even Canada has a larger land mass (9,984,670 sq km) ..so no... wast distnaces r not an excuse for poor infrastructure ..Europe also have a greater populaton 740 Million vs 334 MIllion in US EU alone has 448 Million...

[@helenajrgensen3157]

I don't know what the woman with the US passport is talking about. Her passport does NOT give her special privileges in Europe. We don't care if her passport is from the US, Canada, the moon or…

[@daveofyorkshire301]

5:09 this one is suspect, yes that is a very well tuned RP English accent, her glasses are impossible to see through, no woman appears on video with her hair like that. That all together makes me think she's trolling... She's talking about living in Spain, but she's hitting every pronunciation point for RP English... As an American unless she's living amongst English expats how does she do that, even if she's there as an English teacher, it's usually American English they teach abroad. The only Americanisation she said there was "co-pay" which no Brit understands...

[@Alfadrottning86]

although many of those are very optimistic about Europe - you have to keep in mind ... Europe is not as open as one might think. Wether you can move to Europe is not just down to an Americans willingness to move - but more about the european country to take them. What that means is - it is easy to move when you are at least upper middle class ... it is harder or nearly impossible if you are a lower class citizen. Also - some places ( i would count my country to that ) are not as open as they are sometimes portrait. Iceland is VERY welcoming to .. visitors - but very conservative to those who stay. We do not adopt cultures as much as we assimilate others to do as we do. (and American culture is foreign to ours .. so you cannot keep being "American" here easily) - i do not know how other countries work in that respect .. but i dare say - Americans that move to Europe (every migrant) needs to shed some of their own culture and identity. The prouder you are on your own culture .. the harder it might be.

[@veritaspk]

The problem with public transportation in the US is that cities were built for cars...ONLY cars. No public transportation system will work well in American suburbs.

[@daveofyorkshire301]

The size of the USA is not an excuse. Try networking, small networks that link up, it's the same idea for voting regionally for national elections, country size is irrelevant unless you believe centralised control is essential. What does that make the USA if you must have centralised control? Europe has rail from country to country across national boundaries, the USA can't even do it in the same state... Come on, the country is so big excuse is an opt out.

[@riccardocoletta2398]

Minute 3:14 - First reason I'm able to live in France is because of your American passport? In Europe we have free pass between countries. I don't need a passport at all to go in any of the other 44 countries in Europe. My Italian id is enough to go and live there. And my Italian passport, when I want to go out of Europe, gives me more or less the same access to any country like your American one. I can go to any Asian, African, Center or South American or Australian country as you do... maybe It's easier for me to go to China or Russia because your governemnt put much more restrictions on such countries than ours It look like this girls still think "American things are stronger anyway" There is only one place where an US passport gives a better access than a French or German or UK passport: and it's US. For the rest of the world, you don't have any privileges that we don't have... That's the usual American indoctrination

[@geordiegeorge9041]

Having relatives living in the US and having been to the US, I would never ever want to live in the US. People talk about free health care and free education, it's not free, it's paid for by tax and affordable medical insurance.

[@conallmclaughlin4545]

2:27 yeah.... That old excuse, America is so big. Europe is bigger 🤷

[@MrGhostTube]

Strange that one woman's accent veering from English to American and back. Living in Spain. I wonder if she has a British partner. I'm English.

[@cosmicrae]

Also, makes me feel better even if I live in a developing country. Even if healthcare can be expensive here, but the medical staff ACTUALLY care.

[@bob2shred894]

I live in Oz now. Married an australian and had kids. In 2011 we looked at moving back to the US but medicare and guns Issues were why i didnt do it. So , We had a 2 friends that had a baby 6 week premature . Their situation mirrored each other. The difference was one was in the US and one was here in Oz. My friend here had their wife and baby spend 4 weeks in the hospital. This cost them some expensive hosputal parking and expensive hospital cafe food when he visited . My friend in the US works for Disney as an animator. He has the top of the line insurance . His bill for 4 weeks for just his baby was 54k. After his insurance it cost him 14k. Plus expensive parking and hospital food when visiting No wonder americans refuse to see doctors

[@bigbird2100]

Great video 👍 I think the best thing any American could do is get a passport and see other countries.

[@KnorKater]

I'm from Germany and we do absolutely have our own messed up problems, but I'm still very glad to have been born here. Not proud, but glad. When I was younger I was very enthusiastic about the US and thought it was great. Nowadays I'm of course much more aware of what's going on in the world. And all that's left is pity for the people living in the US that have to struggle with things that are a non-issue here, with things that I can take for granted. The struggle of US citizens seems so... pointless when I see every day that taking care of people is possible if the political will is there. All this unnecessary stress, fear, pressure, poverty and suffering. Just watching it get worse and worse. People instrumentalise this suffering, blaming everything under the sun just not the system itself. Getting into power, making things worse for those that have voted for them, because they don't actually care. It's very complex and I'm getting a bit ranty, so I'm gonna stop here. I wish you that your channel does well enough to support your dream of moving somewhere else and that it turns out to be as good as you hope.

[@Northerner-NotADoctor]

6:14 That guy is brilliant. Americans go home (to Europe and Africa)!

[@johnam1234]

I really enjoyed your videos and comments and learning more about the world around me

[@riccardocoletta2398]

Minute 2:38 - Transportation and Cars. It's not only because of "America is vast" but also the way you build your town and suburbs. I suggest you to look for a video that make a comparison between American suburbs and European suburbs and you'll undestand a very interesting truth. Our cities' suburbs are buitl with the "live in the suburb" in mind. There is always a grocery stor, a couple of school, some restaurants, sport chenters for kids... our 10 years old kids go to the sport center on foot, alone. There is always a bus or a tram stop at walk distance from every single house of the suburb to get to the center of the cieties, because houses and apartment and roads in the European suburbs are built with this idea in mind Your suburbs are huge, with huge and large roads, with houses so distant from each other that is nearly impossible to be served by a single bus or tram line.There is very little chance you can have a grocery store or a sport center at walk distance so parents are required to taxy the kids all day to their activities (and here you are the "soccer mums")

[@nousernamesarevalid]

Working 70 hours a week? I’m an American, and I don’t work that much, never have, and don’t know anyone who does. I think some of these people have lived in certain cities and think the whole US is like their own city. Its not. A lot of the US is not experienced by those living abroad.

[@lampjerulez]

priviliges being an US american citizen... right XD You Do realize that everyone in EU is laughing their ass off when they saw that comment right?

[@cyberneticbutterfly8506]

It's kind of unfortunate if the best and brightest leave rather than try to improve America. If you are someone who can't or won't leave but you want to make difference: Most understated thing is the judicial and legislative backlog. If you can make a difference there it's far more helpful than only voting or protesting. So many things we already know what needs to be done but not enough manpower and resources so it's a huge backlog affecting all other problems in America.

[@ChrisTaylor-dz6nk]

A hip replacement costs 3 times more in Amerika then in Holland 😢ps free no. Everybody pays. 😂abit

[@NavaSDMB]

OOoooOO do I have a black hole for you. Check out Not Just Bikes and Climate Town; lots of videos about urban design. One of the things they talk about is the history of "why cities in the US are the way they are".

[@cosmicrae]

Studied in London... Yeah, the sidewalks are as big as the road, and the buses are rad. Buses drove safely.

[@LinguaPhiliax]

7:05 Why are Americans so obsessed with blood quantum? That's kinda weird.

[@tonikaihola5408]

I think the insurance network thing is US only. Haven’t heard of any place else that has that.

[@nedludd7622]

For me there are all the practical things mentioned. However, there is maybe one thing they have not mentioned. That is that they just do not want to deal with or hang out with or listen to Americans. Oh, I don't mean with their personal friends. When I visit I have many I enjoy spending time with. But outside of that, the people you have to interact with on a daily level are annoying. They are only interested in and talk about dull uninteresting things, and they lack depth and understanding of subjects. They are also inarticulate with limited vocabulary. I can only hear the word "like" a certain number of times before my mind tunes out. That goes for other fad words such as "bro", "dude", "mate", etc which I guess makes them feel they are cool. The need to conform and to "belong" is so important. They have trouble talking in complete sentences. Why bother? Where I live in Europe, one can converse and even have strong disagreement with others without anyone getting heated and upset. The next day is another day. Enough for the short version.

[@gedeuchnixan3830]

There´s a lot of things stopping you from moving to Europe I imagine starting with that ain´t cheap for a family. Can you find a job in the country you wnat to move to, is your job qualification accepted in that country, does the language barrier matter at first? And that´s just parts of the very obvious stuff.

[@lampjerulez]

My brother in law is going to work for a company and he will be traveling to America for a few months evey year. Iam scared for him and my sister, my brother in law is from the UK but he is black. Here in EU its like so normal.. he didnt even thought about it. He accepted the job and when i pointed this issue out he was like... sjit.. you are right

[@Jens-Viper-Nobel]

The young girl talking about a huge exodus approaching is out late with that little tidbit. Denmark is already seeing a huge influx of Americans moving here permanently, to the point that an English with a distinct American accent is becoming a norm rather than an exception. So the exodus she is talking about is already happening. We even have native Americans living here now and have had for quite a number of years. And they are showing us a culture that is making us wonder why the F... you guys even started on the genocide in the first place.

[@Olga_Tkachyk_Art]

I'm from Ukraine and a friend of mine worked some time in States( Seattle, if I'm remembered wright)- he told me that the reason he didn't want to live there is because the car situation- you practically can't walk anywhere, you have to take a car- and not only because of the distance, but also because there are not so many streets you can walk- only road for the car. We here not only used to walk, but we like it. We have streets( in the big city) where no cars allowed, you can only walk there- and I think it's great.

[@nolamullen1889]

With the 'third world country comment', in some 3rd world countries people need to spend time, going out to cart their drinking water home. One of them seems to be the USA....and they don't find it odd!

[@muck8669]

In the 1920s, car manufacturers who were just starting to sell cars to people realized that public transportation was contributing to them selling fewer cars. That's why public transportation in America is so bad because they force you to buy a car. Because everything is so far away and they regulate that you have to drive a few kilometers to buy something. This is all intended so that you always buy cars and depend on them.

[@theomega616]

Of course they force you to buy a car 'cos if you own a car then you have to pay for fuel and repairing the it and taxing it and insuring it and they can fine you if you break a law (like speeding or or parking in the wrong place or at the wrong time) ... it's a way to get more money from you. It's literally all America is!

[@margaretnicol3423]

Can you explain why Americans living abroad still have to pay taxes to the US please?

[@ItsCharlieVest]

Good question.. American greed I guess

[@e.s.7272]

Unlike other nations, the United States enforces a tax system based on citizenship rather than residency.

[@nevillemason6791]

@@ItsCharlieVestThe former UK Prime Minister, Boris Jonson was born in New York because his British parents worked there for a few years. He left the US aged 4 never to return. Having never earned a cent in the USA he was still pursued for taxes. Isn't that 'taxation without representation'? I seem to remember there was a minor incident in Boston, MA where a lot of tea got ruined over that principle.

[@arnolddavies6734]

Ironic situation. In the U.S. that would be described as “extortion”. Isn’t that illegal.?

[@UnknownUser-rb9pd]

There is an assumption here that American's can just go off and live in a European country. It's not quite as simple as that and there are visa processes to go through. Sometimes only certain skills are allowed or only if the job you get has certain pay levels. Otherwise you may not be allowed to stay beyond three months. It looks like that many of these people first moved to other countries as students which might be an easier way to get your foot in the door.

[@kirathal]

sorry, but nothing is free, we receive monthly wages or benefits and all mandatory insurances are already deducted from that, plus we do not receive any bills at home. These go directly to the insurance plus the employer also pays part of it. So we get paid net every month and that is where you pay your rent, utilities, hobbies, memberships to sports clubs. and we can still save money in a separate savings account. so our lives are a lot easier. Even income tax is automated (once a year) and every year it is recalculated by the tax authorities. If you earn less, then you also pay less tax that year. If you earn a little more last year, you also pay a little more tax. there are so many reasons why life in europe is so much better for its citizens.

[@kirathal]

the only thing an american police officer learned is intimidation in 9 weeks, that is the entire training time. In the Netherlands, for example, police training takes a minimum of 2 years.

[@Shadownian]

Im 46. I spent a large portion of my life lost and not knowing what i wanted to do with my life. The past 4 years ive been making decent money and turned my life around as a truck driver. I now have decent money, my credit back, a new car, and im thinking of buying a house in the next year or so. That being said....I would kill to move overseas. But I dont think I could drive truck overseas. So then i would be lost again and trying to figure out what to do with my life. Plus I have my parents to take care of and I highly doubt they would move overseas. I dont even have a passport. Then you have choosing which country to go to, and what if you choose wrong. I cant drag my elderly parents from country to country. As much as I hate this country, and btw im former military, here I have a stable income and a decent future. Throw in that im not getting any younger and every year I wait the harder itll be to move. If i was 20 again and knew what I know now. Id be gone.

[@YukiTheOkami]

My pRtner is 39 im 29 😅 i k ow 10 years however he has a kid from a gormer relationship ut in one or 2 years he be out of there and mooving here je just does not want to leave his kid "alone" thsts not even 5 years old i mean the kid has moma and she from a wealthyer family and a steph dad 😅 but i get him he wants his son to rememver him from more than just ocational visit once a year Bit jeh his job is killing him he has an issue with kidney stones as well and i dont think american food makes it better

[@NamuBang]

Canada is vast and we have subways, streetcars/trams, trains, light rail etc