Living in Romania 6. Comparison between aspects of life in Romania and the U.K.

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Correction to road fatalities statistic. In 2020 Romania had 85 fatalities per million population. UK had 23. They were respectively the highest and third lowest in Europe. (source: statistica.com) #ComparingUKandRomania

[@nannunbgd]

Sper sa ramai aici,observ ca esti un om bun,iar noi avem nevoie de oameni buni! :) Sper sa iei si cetatenia Romana.

[@livinginromania]

Multumesc frumos.

[@nannunbgd]

@@livinginromania - Cu plăcere,boss! Sper să te simți împlinit! Avem multe defecte,dar sper că încă mai suntem oameni buni,iar asta contează cel mai mult!

[@alinutza23anii]

Hope you fell good in Romania,yes you right in Romania if you have monny you can do all more fast,stay safe im new Romanian fallower !

[@livinginromania]

Hi Alina. Yes, I love living in Romania and hope to take dual nationality in a couple of years. Thanks for watching.

[@TomaELPatronHOMIE]

i love your videos sir, really interesting, fun and helpful! looking forward seeing more 👏

[@livinginromania]

Thank you very much. More to come from different locations.

[@mirceastancu7129]

Great video, I am glad to took the time to address this topic. There are a lot of things I would comment on that would probably be more suitable for a conversation than a comment. For the sake of the algorithm which would promote your video if you have more comments, I would just touch point on 2 aspects. First, be careful when you say affordable to any prices. If you think about British income, that’s probably true. However, if you think about Romanian income, things change. The cost of living has increased in the past years and the pandemic made things worse. The other thing I would comment on is the private medical services. Some specialists are harder to find than others. On the other hand, I don’t know how things are in UK, but most doctors in the private clinics won’t follow up on you after a consultation. They will prescribe some medication and give some advice but won’t follow up to see if they really solved your issue. Sometimes you have to wait for weeks to find a free slot for a follow up consultation or just to have some blood tests results looked into. I don’t mean they should call to see if you’ re ok, you just don’t get any way of contacting them again unless you find another free slot for a consultation, which can prove difficult and time consuming at times. Look forward to more videos and seeing your perspective on things.

[@livinginromania]

Interesting and insightful comments Domn. Mircea. Thank you for them. Things are really bad at the moment in the UK, which is why I could be so positive about my experience of health care in Ro. But I agree, no system is without its faults.

[@takethew6124]

Great video Mr. David, hope the'll be more soon :) i have some question for another Q&A when you have the time! - Why Romania? - In what other countries have you travelled? - Did you find any cool places that you weren't expecting? (In Romania) - Have you met any other british persons that lives in Romania? That's all :)

[@livinginromania]

Thank you for your comment. 1 I am married to a Romanian lady, so I chose to retire here. 2 Yes I have travelled extensively in Africa, South America, USA, India and most of Europe. 3 Many, which I hope to feature in future vlogs. Ocnele mari and Baile Herculane were very interesting. 4 There are 1000 Brits living in Romania. I have only met 2 in Craiova. Most Brits live in the capital or in Brasov or Sibiu. Will address you questions in a future vlog at greater length.

[@BogyB0G]

I am Romanian and I appreciate the correctness you demonstrate. Everything you say is very correct. I hope you have a wonderful stay in Romania. Thank you for the truth and only the truth. English people use to exaggerate sometimes saying only bad things about Romania.

[@livinginromania]

I love it here Bogdan (?) I live here permanently and hope to get citizenship next year. Thanks for watching.

[@nannunbgd]

Wellcome! Hristos a inviat!

[@livinginromania]

Adeverat a inviat

[@codrindinuvasiliu7810]

Very good observations. For example, I never thought that our weddings are like a Ponzi scheme.

[@livinginromania]

I hadn't thought of it like that, but you are right.

[@ionelghiorghita688]

It isn't, it's a way of mutual help. Same as in the villages people use to come to the neighbours building a new house and so on as to build a house take a few days instead of months.

[@moviemoments7923]

I'm in Caracal, 40 km from you, feel free to visit anytime. Love your videos

[@livinginromania]

Thank you so much. I know and like Caracal. Lovely park there too

[@moviemoments7923]

Write me when you are in the area, my house is open anytime

[@livinginromania]

@@moviemoments7923 cheers. Same for me if you are in Craiova.

[@DavidCeiriog]

@@moviemoments7923 Many thanks. Will do.

[@livinginromania]

Eu vin la Caracal asta sambata (12.03.22)

[@nigelwatson2750]

All things considered, the quality of living is now higher in Romania than in most of the UK.

[@livinginromania]

Agreed. We have food!

[@nigelwatson2750]

National pride & cultural identity@@livinginromania

[@opreaadi2208]

U live in my town Craiova. I am in Barnsley. 😅😅

[@livinginromania]

Never been to Barnsley My UK family lives in Durham

[@bigdwag7875]

Amazing video

[@livinginromania]

Thanks for watching

[@pauldumitrescu1955]

To live in Romania must love Italia 🇷🇴🇮🇹

[@livinginromania]

I do

[@nannunbgd]

On wedding,that gived of mony,is called gift! And help young couple to start they life! Is a not an obligation.

[@livinginromania]

It's a great way to get a deposit for an apartment.

[@nannunbgd]

@@livinginromania - Is not enough for appartment or house. Belive me. But is a tradition to help new couple with some mony on wedding. And dances in circle are called hore(Horă sârbească,oltenească,moldovenească,etc.).

[@IoanAlexandruTatarunet]

The guy is well integrated. Stop the bull. It IS an obligation.

[@ionelghiorghita688]

​@@IoanAlexandruTatarunetyou have right but just think about the cost for food and drink it's all most the money you are paying many times especially for the family members without possibilities.

[@mihaelafilipescu5818]

It is an obligation to give generous gift at the wedding, a friend of mine went recently to a wedding in Bucharest at her cousin, they told her clear to be generous with the wedding gift money in the envelope.

[@EmilNicolaiePerhinschi]

red in the South, blue in the North ... more like the reds have a slight advantage in the South and the blues have a slight advantage in the North Nepotism is mostly an illusion: in Romania we count relatives up to 4th degree cousins, that is you have a common ancestors 5 generations in the past, so in the town where your family comes from almost everybody is a cousin :-) and you'll be hard pressed to find somebody who is not related ... the other side of the coin is marriage is banned between people who have common ancestors 5 generations in the past so moving away from home to find a mate is very common, which explains why Romanians took so well to moving around Europe. Drinking out/in: in UK I think serving drinks was a privilege/manor monopoly which was sold to entrepreneurs, in Romania making your own alcohol is regarded as a human right, and would be placed below life and liberty but very likely it is regarded as more important that the pursuit of happiness.

[@livinginromania]

Re drinking maybe. Both are nations of hard drinkers!

[@fly2skyirl162]

If you enjoyed Compact - fata din vis, maybe you give it a listen to Talisman - Atat de singur, or Iris - Baby (and many more good songs by the band Iris)

[@fly2skyirl162]

Iris - Strada ta also very famous song

[@livinginromania]

Will try them out. Thanks for your recommendations.

[@mihaitudor8924]

Btw I think you can also apply for citizenship if you wish.

[@livinginromania]

Only after 5 years and after a language/culture test. Believe me. Abia astept!

[@mihaitudor8924]

@@livinginromania I do want to mention one thing though about the job market. I think your assessment of Oltenia is spot on, but not applicable to the rest of the country. There are counties in Transilvania where the unemployment rate is almost zero, less than 1%. I think anyone could get a job here in under a week, because it takes a week to file all the government paperwork. Anyways you made me want to visit the parc in Craiova.

[@livinginromania]

@@mihaitudor8924 Nationally the rate is currently 5%, but I believe you for Transylvania. Lucky you!

[@mihaiviteazu1886]

In the UK is EXACTLY the same is not what you know is who you know.

[@livinginromania]

This is indeed increasingly the case. However there are many professions where a meritocracy still operates: medicine, the law, the civil service for example.

[@abygorsonabor7982]

In Oltenia the unemployment is higher, maybe that's why you have the job nepotism issue. It's not a problem in other regions.

[@livinginromania]

Poorest region in Romania apart from the North East. Great comment. Thanks for watching.

[@TheShibangelist]

15 minutes per pacient at the dentist ?? last time i visited was 6 hours

[@livinginromania]

Wow, must have been a major treatment!

[@ionelghiorghita688]

Let me guess, you stepped wrong and you bite the stairs rail..... 🙂 Joking, I also needed few two hours visits. But 6 hours was anyway a challenge for both...you and the dentist.

[@PopescuSorin]

i hate bureaucracy!

[@livinginromania]

Si eu!

[@befreetv354]

IF...you have money enohgh( more than average in Romania- I dont ask you how do you get it) ITS MUCH BETTER TO LIVE in Romania ! I never lived in UK, but its similar to all Big countries I ve been to - USA , Italy, Spain, Germany, etc- IT IS CROWDED with lots and lots of people with money....so youre going to WAIT ! Cheers PS - Romania nowadays allready started to have almost same level - almost- as West Europe has BUT AT A fraction of the price! SO ! In the future prices will get biiger ofcourse...but for these years ....it better !

[@livinginromania]

Quite right my friend. Quality of life here is fantastic, but even if you are not on a western salary it is good. Thanks for watching.

[@befreetv354]

@@livinginromania quality of life is touched by the level of money do you own each month...at some point....of course MONEY ARENT THE MOST IMPORTANT aspect...but you all ready know that since you re not a kid...but also money are v important at some point...and MUST take in consideration...anyways...the level in Romania is rising quick...but never the less will take mabe another 30 years to get a decent level ! mabe more...hahaha! Cheers

[@befreetv354]

@@livinginromania you can get the train now and in few hours you re in Constanta / Mamaia ! summer is coming! wish you Best life! or...go to Eforie North os South - its cheaper! or other turistic places we got on the Black Sea Coast! Cheers

[@livinginromania]

@@befreetv354 I'm a big fan of Neptun/Olimp and Venus. I've been to every resort on the Romanian Black Sea Coast. Wonderful.

[@befreetv354]

@@livinginromania Olimp and Neptun...20 years ago...even 25 to be more precise ,were the crown of the romanian coast...nothing what is today unfortunately...

[@IoanAlexandruTatarunet]

You’re a bit too kind to Romania on both the positive and the negative. Only note is that nepotism very much depends on area and industry. There is mostly a workforce defficit since so many left for the uk so finding a job should not be a problem in many places.

[@ionelghiorghita688]

Nepotism suppose to be a good think we learned from the Jews. The of leading the world....if you are involved in the great things.... Look at Hollywood!

[@befreetv354]

I didnt mentioned - unfortunately first- THE ENVIROMENT ! THE WEATHER would be 1st EVER reason! Romania has THE BEST weather you can get in the whole world ! PLUS you get all the landforms you would want! Cheers! PS. I WOULD NEVER live in UK EVEN if they make me billionaire!

[@ashvoj]

Best weather? 😂 I take it you've never lived in Southern California.

[@arseniuarsn6841]

i leaved in uk 8 years as a romanian,,and yes,,,nhs is going bad

[@livinginromania]

It's a great shame. The NHS is one of our great innovations, but is currently starved of nurses, doctors and cash.

[@arseniuarsn6841]

happy to see english people enjoying romania..because in uk they have wrong opion about us..u know that for sure