American Reacts to 10 Reasons You Will Never Leave Germany

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[@geordiegeorge9041]

I'm English I was in the army and I was posted to Germany in 1976. I left the army in 1980 and I am still here 47 years later. In 95 and 98 I was visiting family in a small town outside of LA, every single day at least one person was shot. And the weapons are not the problem, the culture is the problem.

[@danilopapais1464]

Culture as well as a great surge of mental health cases.

[@nomaam9077]

Genauso ist es, es gibt ja viele Länder, die auch so lockere Waffengesetze haben wie es sie in den USA gibt und trotzdem werden da nicht so viele Menschen erschossen. Kanada zum Beispiel oder die Schweiz. In der Schweiz dürfen die Reservisten sogar ihre Sturmgewehre mit nach Hause nehmen. Es ist also, genau wie sie schreiben, ein kulturelles Problem.

[@SC4NTR4XX92]

@@nomaam9077 In der Schweiz ist es aber verboten Munition zuhause zu haben.

[@Hirnknaker]

​@@SC4NTR4XX92 Es ist erlaubt. Dir wird die Munition nicht mehr vom Militär abgegeben. Du kannst aber kaufen gehen und zuhause haben.

[@SC4NTR4XX92]

@@Hirnknaker Hast recht, ich liege falsch. Danke für die Korrektur. 🙂Englisch: You're right, thanks for correction

[@paulozavala3232]

I can only say that if you think Germany has a lot to offer, then you can apply that to all (almost) of Europe. Most of the things he talks about are universal here. Free school, culture everywhere, healthy food, nature everywhere (best in Sweden due to the free to roam law here), free health care, 1 month of paid vacation (in most situations), maternal leave and so on. So just pick the one you like the most.

[@schattensand]

Your right! Almost! Germany has the advantage of a bigger market for jobs and being central, but the language is more difficult than any other germanic one, but again more valuable than Dutch or Danish or you name it, cause spoken by far more people in Europe. All those smaller countries are though better governed, make better money to you, if you manage to get a foot in the door. That gets more n' more difficult over the years. At the end "Just pick the one you like the most" and you have the best prerogative, chances and skills.

[@pheluma2394]

Norway also has a free-to-roam law, so we'd have to be tied

[@tuikku22]

Finland has the same free-to-roam law 👍

[@derotto95]

There is no free healthcare in Germany. You have to pay for it.

[@mza197834]

​@@derotto95 was erzählst du da. Was ein blödsinn

[@froopy9521]

Dude your videos are a cure for every german i think. From my perspective everyone in germany is always hating the country, the government, the people, everything....But hearing about germany from a foreign perspective shows me how great the country actually is and that we all should be more thankful to live here. Thanks for your reactions! Maybe you'll visit germany one day and i wish you a lot of fun. There is a lot to see and to try here (especially the beer...if you like beer, you'll love it!) :)

[@Shiroikage98]

his videos made me appreciate what we've got here so much more

[@dannyesse3043]

In my time in Germany I didn’t get that at all, Germans really overrate themselves, thinking everything is better in their country. They sell themselves really well.

[@frank-michaelhohler3147]

The German people have been brainwashed by the US-occupation since 1945, not openly, but slow slow in and by their controlled medias. Schoolbooks can be published only with permission of our transatlantic friends, our history is told in according to the victorious allies. The worst time started with the green party, which was founded with the help of a wellknown US threeletter institution, which could in public shout "Gemany, you piece of shit", "Germany croak" or for the angloamerican bombing of Dresden in february 1945, "Harris, do it again". Not to speak, what happened and happens to revisionists, which tell the events between 1933 and 1945 as they were and not as they are painted since 1945 and since the so called reunification 1990. With the green party is in the German governement and the Ex-communist CDU-chanceller Merkel our country was brought to his knees. - So your videos about Germany give hope, that more people like you, become friends of the real Germans, their culture and history and of the many German integrated asylumseekers and migrants from all over the world.

[@wunwun9974]

Agree 100%

[@michajozwiak5557]

Same in Poland, friend. I'm 41, and over the last 25 years the country has changed to the point where it almost feels like a miracle, like someone teleported a different version of reality from some parallel dimension. Yet people are always hating on things... particularly the more "enlightened" people from cities. Now, I understand why - our governments have always been quite unlikeable, there's a lot of political polarisation, and our economy IS troubled, but still, compared to my childhood, life here atm is orders of magnitude more comfortable.

[@Paradise-on-Earth]

You are making me proud to be a German with this clip!

[@alegramonticelli6038]

I thought the same while watching it. I guess we're just too spoiled and don't see so many really good things anymore. However, as for the government taking care of its citizens.... That's not the case lately.

[@Winona493]

​@@alegramonticelli6038 Yes. The people in Germany are even complaining a lot. I know a bunch of drug-addicts who are crying everyday because of too less money from the government. Although some of these never worked a single day. They have everything for free, their rent, their electricity etc. and still are complaining. I'd like to send them to the US.

[@andrajurubitamarin5379]

​@@Winona493 🙃 well I was complaining a lot due to kindergarten anmeldung chaos🤭 sorry to bring that up...was the only thing that gave me headaches in Deutschland 🙃 now we passed the border to your cousins -Osterreich 😀!And now I hv another problem- I miss German ppl😅 This only to show what kind of "problems" ppl can find in these countries 😊- almost nothing,we have to look for some! Very beautiful green both and I love the system ... ❤

[@celined6918]

Same for me

[@MrMBSonic]

I agree

[@edwinf4524]

We would be happy having you in Germany. 25100 fans look forward seeing you coming 😊

[@antimatter7683]

come and experience germany for yourself. i'm sure you'll love it.

[@Jespher1]

All country’s in Europe really take care about their people . :) ❤

[@watch-Dominion-2018]

hence the millions of homeless Europeans their governments abandon, while letting in infinite brain-damaged child raypist muslims, and imprisoning any European who objects?

[@janp4881]

and still we have stupid idiots, who complain.... I will leave Europe only for vacation :)

[@pyrosalathd6492]

Are you delusional? Germany fucks up the Germans every day and destroys Culture, Language and the peoples safety

[@Miristzuheiss]

He is a young funny Dude, with a bittersweat background. I Love him

[@mlee6050]

I do that in UK, I left door open for 11 hours as at cinema watching 4 films and the delivery guys put each delivery inside my door

[@florianmanz8040]

Man, i love this video. It’s quite touching actually to see how his praise of Germany makes you think about and question your life choices. Thanks for being so open, and i am sure Germany will receive you with open arms (and a TON of paperwork) IF you should decide that you want to live here.

[@awo166]

Hey Joe, thanks a lot for your reactions. As a German you usually see the bad things in your own country and Germany has many of them. It often helps to live abroad for a longer time (I was living in china, nz, uk and the us). That changed my perspective on many things and how I see Germany, the culture and the people now. I am a parent now and wouldn’t want to raise my children anywhere else than Germany but wouldn’t mind to retire somewhere more laidback

[@maneshipocrates2264]

You get the point! If you leave Germany, you always want to return though no matter how it feels to live there at times.

[@hellemarc4767]

I've lived in Trier in the 1980s, before the German reunification. There were several American military bases, like Bitburg, Spangdahlem, and Baumholder among others, in that area, and I knew several soldiers because we would go to the same clubs on the weekends. I was even smuggled into the Baumholder base in the trunk of a car several times to party there. There were quite a few soldiers who decided to stay in Germany when they should have returned to the US, especially black guys. I don't know exactly how it happened, if they had to leave the military or what (probably, I guess), but they didn't want to go back. I think one of the biggest problems in the USA is the way they deal with their past, which is barely, from what I could gather; I saw some videos about Gen Z people being asked some simple questions about US history even high school students in Europe could have answered, yet these US citizens didn't even have a clue. But they know everything about the Kardashians. Now, they almost make it sound like the slaves back then chose to come to the US to get a chance at a better life, much like refugees today who try to escape persecution, war or extreme poverty, when of course, it wasn't like that at all; and they hardly ever mention the amount of Native Americans they killed or the way those who weren't killed were treated. There are big chunks of the American history that are hardly ever mentioned. You have to pay for your education, and then they teach you a lot of BS. Seriously, when I hear or read some people who spent two years in a US college, I'm surprised at how ignorant they are. In France or Germany, high school students are way more educated than these US college graduates. You are very young, you could easily come to Germany in order to study, for instance. The language is not a big issue, you can learn it quickly. German and English are very close, you can try Babbel or Duolingo, it works. And in Germany, you can take classes anyway. If I was your age, I'd do it. You have nothing to lose, and you can go back to visit, just hop on a plane.

[@Ati-MarcusS]

Baumholder is just 18km away from my Place Idar-Oberstein they had a Little Base here in the City too

[@Blackmerlin666]

​@@Ati-MarcusS dachte dort war immer nur die Bundeswehr mit ihrer Schule

[@helgaioannidis9365]

I migrated twice within EU. While I think it's nice that you try to encourage him to migrate, I'd like to point out that migration isn't easy. Learning German isn't easy at all for English speakers, because of our random gender assignment and our case system. Also living far from your family and friends in a foreign country where you know nobody is really difficult when the cultural shock hits. So he really might like living in Germany and could give it a try, but it's not as easy as you seem to think. Learning Italian would be far easier for an English speaker than learning German.

[@wiebkke]

I agree with most of what you say, but the language is indeed difficult to learn. Related to English, yes, but not really easy for a native English speaker to learn. But it’s definitely doable and German, though sounding a bit harsh at times, is a very diverse language. Plus, the culture is rich and nature wise it has a lot to offer.

[@Whats-a-Chidi]

Jeez, I moved to Hamburg for work and I miss Trier every day!

[@muddy1337]

great video!! thank you for uploading, much love from austria

[@lachlanmain6004]

It's a great advantage in life to know what options are out there Joel. That there are other ways of doing things, other ways to live your life, asking questions is the best way to get answers, like you are doing with your reaction videos .

[@TheAxel65]

You do not need much in life to be happy: A roof over your head, a warm place to sleep and eat, good friends to rely on and enough time to spend it with them 😃

[@thomashovgaard3134]

Youd would fit in, in pretty much any western european country. Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, France etc

[@michaelmcginn7260]

Excellent vid. Great you are considering your journey. In reality, it is all we have. Some people are happy with one journey a thousand times, others prefer a thousand journeys.

[@torstenheling3830]

The best and only way to really realize and appreciate Germany and living there, is to learn the German language to perfection, accent free (as I did). You’ll find that that will connect you to the culture and make the people more welcoming to you (especially as an American) more than anything else. But, appearing in Germany for 2 weeks and expecting everyone to speak your language (English) to you just isn’t going to get you a great reception. I’m 65 and I spent 5 years studying German at University in the late 1970’s to early 1980s, spent time working for months in Northern Germany on a work/study program, and never spoke a word of English the whole time over there, and found Germans to be extremely accepting. That’s probably true in France too. Show the people you really have a passion for their language and culture and they’ll respond very positively to it. I have friends and relatives in Germany and I visit the country every year for a month, and when I go, no one knows or suspects I’m American. You can’t interview 5 people in Germany and ask them what they think of Americans (in English no less, giving away your American identity in doing so) and learn anything useful about what the other 80,000,000 think. You’ll find Germans who hate America (you’ll find just as many Americans who hate America too by the way), some who love it and some who are indifferent. And get over the 21 year old US drinking age. That didn’t come into law throughout the US until as late as 1984 and was an anti-DUI federal statute that mandated the States with 18 year old drinking ages in the 1970s up their drinking age to 21 or lose 15% of their highway funding. So, they all did, except Puerto Rico, which stayed with 18. New York State had a drinking age of 18 from 1933 -1984. Most of New England lowered their drinking ages to 18 in the 1970s, as did several other States, Hawaii included. Wyoming and Montana were 19 back then. It was highly variable State-State. Besides, once you turn 21 you’ll forget all about it. Time moves a lot faster than you think. Avoid generalizations about Germany and the US. It really serves no purpose. I plan on retiring in Germany, so yes I love the place. But, like I said, master the language first and forget about English. The experience will pay off for you in ways you’d never imagined.

[@Silvie-nt8bu]

Greetings from Germany: first of all - sending lots of love :) Come to Europe - its a great place - of course Germany is but so are all the other countries here. Italy is my favourite country in the world - closely followed by the UK. But make sure to also see beautiful Austria and Switzerland and all the other places. All of us here are a lovely bunch :D Enjoy and thanks for your great videos !! MWAH from Frankfurt/Main Germany

[@rydrakeesperanza5370]

2: maybe it's university dependent but there's some kind of tuition (I'd say about 300-400€/semester) at many universities, but compared to the US that's probably nothing

[@M0ralAp0stel]

14:25 It would be a big challenge and the step is not easy. At the same time, there is the rest of the culture shock and, among other things, perhaps some rejection of some behaviors. Nevertheless, I can well imagine you in Germany. You would definitely be happy here and have a lot of fun. You would be very welcome in Germany

[@k4ndypaint]

Jps come over man :) very welcome brotherman. its for ur own growth

[@ronni2664]

You should look up studying in Europa. There is a lot of options to take a semester in Germany, Holland, Denmark and places like that. Sadly most of the KZbin i follow that studied in Europa has deleted there channels. But I am sure there are a lot of channls on this theme

[@perryrhodan2009]

You are getting more Open from Video to Video. 😂

[@Taco]

Diggin your shorts man!Now you know why i never left Germany!

[@nikolaimikuszeit3204]

There are quite nice "micro breweries" in the USA. Had decent beer in the Denver area.

[@WahidahCherazade]

You're welcome to Europe if you want to come here! As others have said, all countries are safe, have good and almost free health care, have free education and so on. The biggest differences are the climate and the food, and how hard it is to learn the language. If you move to far up in the north of Norway/Sweden/Finland, it's extremly cold, dark and snowy during the long winters and sunlight 24/7 in the summertime, in the south of the same countries it's already a lot difference with a bit of darkness even during summertime and not as cold during the winters. If you go further south, it will get warmer and the nature will look a lot different. That also effects how cities are built, what type of houses people have, how they're dressed and what to eat. Things that are normal to eat from your garden in Spain isn't even possible to grow in Sweden, and things that's common in Finland is just wierd for someone from Italy. Look at some more videos about different contries, try to find your favourite and then learn what you need to move there. And the best thing is, that if you then find another country that feels even better, well, you can move again :)

[@FredColon]

Nice video! If you are interested in german stand up comedy and its sometimes rather glaring differences to american comedy, i would strongly advise to take a look at "Volker Pispers - The History of America and Terrorism". It's more political satire than "normal" comedy and it's of course in german but comes with rather good captions. It also provides a glimpse into how parts of german society view the USA. Otherwise, keep up the good work and keep learning about the world! 🤘🏼

[@humasimbsen7981]

Hey you’re so kind and I hope you don’t find it weird but I want you to know that you’re Always welcome if you are in Germany. I know that you have better things to do but my girl friend who find you cute btw ;) love your content.

[@sternenhimmelfotografierende]

3 days in the USA from cost to coast? Europe: From Lisboa (Portugal/Westcost) to Moskow (not quite the the most eastern border of europe): 4700 km = 3000 miles. (on roads quite straight way) = 47 hours according to google maps USA: San Fransico to NewYork: 2600 miles (staight) or 2800 by car. = 41 hours according to google maps Or San Diego (pacific) to Jacksonville (atlantic): 2090 miles (straight) So yes: It tooks longer in Europe and there is a longer distance to travel in Europe to get from cost to 'cost' (while there is no eastcoast, but a geografical border)

[@thedoctor359]

In Europe we always think about u Bros and hope your System gets better. No child should killed in puplic like school.

[@heinv.frohnau505]

At around 8:20 min. he says that he can leave his door open in Germany. I have lived in Frankfurt/Main for a good sixteen years in a house with three apartments on the ground floor. My apartment door only has a door handle like the one for a living room. That means that the door is not locked when it closes. Anyone could push the door handle and enter my apartment. Believe me or not, in all those sixteen years I have only locked my apartment door when I went to visit my parents in Berlin! Not when I go shopping or to work. Even when I sleep in the apartment the door is not locked. In all that time (as far as I know) the door only opened from the outside once, when some people left a party on the second floor and thought my apartment door was the front door. They apologized, we all laughed and they closed the apartment door and left the house,... ...now through the real door,... ...which by the way is never locked either. However, the front door leads into the garden at the back. The actual entrance to the garden and thus to the house is towards the street, which snaps shut when closed and can then only be opened with a key.

[@n00dzable]

Why is no one talking about our healthcare system? Does america has improved so much that it is no longer that great? I have expected that going to the doctor anytime “for free” to be in the top 3 of the list. Especially for americans.

[@sabinebluhmentahl9275]

The guy from the video is in the army. They pay for everything. So he doesn't have to worry about it. Literally everyone from the U.S. studying or living in Germany or in any European country praises European/German healthcare. There are hundreds of videos to prove that.

[@erdmuthehoppe7248]

3 days from Coast to Coast. Yes, but you are driving just 55/65 mph. That takes time.

[@Fritzi1982]

I'm pretty sure one or two followers will be found to facilitate a meeting with you and the channel's community. Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne or Munich would definitely be the best places for this (in my opinion). Just let us all know in time to prepare! ;)

[@GryLi]

In Europe we eat reel food nothing as processed as US food

[@babygirl04201982]

There is a laundry list of American food that is banned in Europe! . My husband is retired from the Army and is working now as a civilian for the military, here in Germany. I was born and raised in Germany. My husband loves Germany, he would like to stay here for good ! And he's right the quality of the food is so much better than in the states!! And you don't have to worry about school shootings! I do miss the states though! Not everything is bad in the states!

[@anjapeelman9334]

If you like beer you have to come to Belgium. We have more than 1150 kinds of beers.

[@andreasmann2602]

I am German and I am mostly ashamed of being German because I was brought up that way. I always have to watch what I say so that I behave in a politically correct way. I don't want to be called a Nazi! Then when I talk to my American friends, I am proud to be a German again. I think we live in one of the most beautiful and politically correct countries in the world. Here no one starves, here no one dies because they are not treated in the hospital, here even the last drunk, crappy homeless person in an emergency situation is helped, after all they are only human. And yes, my colored friends also tell me that there is almost no racism here! I don't need to talk about our beer, but what we also have is our bread, which Americans don't believe there are so many varieties of. And sausage, not hot dogs, but real sausage. And what sets us apart from everyone.... is our cars and the highways that go with them. You want to drive 400km/h? No problem, if you have the right car!

[@psychedelostrance73]

You have to check out Austria (not Australia) next to Germany (for example Salzburg, Gmunden, Salzkammergut, Tirol, etc etc) 🔥

[@mk6022]

I've been in the US 23 years and never came across of any violence except on TV. I stay away from shady neighborhoods, I don't associated with shady people, I neither use or sell drugs, I don't date deadbeat people, I don't confront strangers, I follow the law and I mind my own business and so far it worked for me- never witnessed shooting never been assaulted.

[@alexanderwahl7902]

I was leaving in the US and i was shocked as i was told i will not getting any Vaction and no health insurance from the company. When you start employment in Germany you will be having around 25 days of leave a year and sick leave are saprad as will and you will not loose any od your Vacation days. Woman getting 12 month paid maternaty leave and the houseband can take time off as well. Employment benefice if you loose your job

[@PokhrajRoy.]

15:54 I mean, there’s Colonial Williamsburg.

[@chrischnaification]

Greetings from Austria (Vienna). Austria is next to Germany.

[@ACTravelme]

i'm sorry for americans living in america

[@Marvboy1982]

Du bist jeder Zeit willkommen, hier bei uns in Deutschland 😊

[@OrkarIsberEstar]

sure come over you are welcome XD To gun violence - germans actually have a lot of guns / capita, second or third world wide. heres the catch - we dont carry them in public, they are savely stored at home. We do have gunclubs in most towns, but we dont shoot with live ammo. If you want a gun you have to pass a mental health test and complete gun safety courses, then you can have guns - basicly as many as you like but nothing that would be considered for military use like machine guns, sniper rifles etc. If you want to carry your gun in public you need a permit and a valid reason you basicly need to convince a judge that you have reason to fear someone is coming for you.

[@weilwegenisso79]

I really enjoyed this video. Your reaction is so authentic. I would love to answer any question you have about my home country Germany

[@haho6638]

Gegen Hansa Rostock ist der Volkspark mit 57 000 Zuschauern ausverkauft. Und alle dürfen sich wieder auf ein Spektakel freuen. Denn der HSV begeistert mit Spaß-Fußball!

[@lg_believe333]

Joel, incase you don’t know the U.K. went through the same sh*t as Germany during WW2, all British cities were destroyed by German bombers, Doodlebugs and the V2 Rocket, especially London. During the eight months of attacks, some 43,000 civilians were killed. This amounted to nearly half of Britain's total civilian deaths for the whole war. One of every six Londoners was made homeless at some point during the Blitz, and at least 1.1 million houses and flats were damaged or destroyed. Everything in the streets of London was turned into rubble, with most of our infrastructure destroyed. And at the end of WW2 Britain was bankrupt and so was Germany… But America loaned money to Germany and Britain under the Marshall plan to rebuild their countries and industries. But unlike Britain, who paid its loan back to America in full by March 2006, America completely wrote off Germanys debt, so Germany was debt free. So yes, it’s remarkable to see how Germany turned things around from WW2, but they weren’t the only country that did, and I thinks it’s fair to acknowledge that fact.

[@lg_believe333]

@@Michael_from_EU_Germany They may be references but my mum was born in 1929, and was 10 yrs old during the war. Like many youngsters her age she was eventually evacuated to the countryside for safety, until the war came to an end. But my mum shared stories with me growing up about what it was like, back then, when she came home from school, and she said, You never knew if your house was still standing or destroyed by the constant air raids. She described to me that eerie sound a Doodlebug made when it flew in the skies above, and that dreaded moment it’s engines would cut out and the doodlebug would suddenly nosedive and destroy the infrastructure below, killing civilians as well. My mum said, that’s how it was back then, but we just got on with it and lived our life’s… I just feel a lot of people talk about how hard it was for Germany to rebuild but fail to realise because Germany started two world wars, thats why Germany, unlike Britain received more support and investment for rebuilding its country, including its industries because the rest of the world feared if Germany was poor it would start another war again.

[@juttaweise]

@@lg_believe333 you are going back 80 years, so you don't mind me talking about history. Shall I tell you some of your history? What your forfathers did in allmost all of Africa, SE-Asia, Middle-east? I read great books about all that by some of your great writers, who were not afraid telling it as it was. Britain is also responsible for millions of dead and that was not even in wars! So please spare me your lecturing!

[@lg_believe333]

@@juttaweise Joel made a statement in this video when he implied he’s impressed how Germany rebuilt itself from ruins, but I felt when Joel said that he wasn’t aware of all the facts behind Germany’s regeneration and rebuild, and how Britain went through the same destruction during WW2, the blitz and rebuilt itself from ruins. It’s not a lecture, it’s a fact. You seem bitter to me when you can’t see that, and use a comparison with Britain’s imperial past, which has nothing to do with WW2.

[@juttaweise]

@@lg_believe333 thx fpr replying. I wrote more, but in the end I did not want to make a novel of it, as discussion the subject is useless. Only this, I find it always preposterous when people imply that G did never pay anything after the war. The country was stripped naked to the last screw, all industry, even small businesses, incl. all patents ever registered, everything in Peenemünde incl. everything about the rockets and 6000t of gold of the federal reserve, which was never restituted. They forced all scientists stationed at Peenemünde to go to the US to work for them, only von Braun went of his free will. They did not see their family incl children for years. The US not only boomed economically after that but the space program would never have been possible without the theft of all plans and patents. 80y since the US has still more than 20 bases installed here, Ramstein being the biggest, from where they send their planes and drones to foreign countries to kill people. And what you say about Britains past, you might not find it important, but I have travelled extensively for years in Africa and there the people did not forget. I could write a lot more from the time more than 80y ago, but I leave it at that! Have a good night.

[@lg_believe333]

@@juttaweise When you word it like that I can understand Germany paid back its debt in other ways but that still doesn’t change the fact that Germany, after it was stripped bare from its advancements in science and technology, which was so ahead of its time still received more money compared to Britain to help rebuild their country and their broken industries. Having said that, not just America but Britain too took Germany’s rocket technology after WW2 which paved the way for Britain’s independent space program which almost put a British man on the moon first before America and Russia but due to lack of money, after WW2 and the pressures to create a National Health Service NHS and a Welfare system to support vulnerable people in Britain, the british government was forced in 1958 to cancel its space program and withdraw from the race to the moon. Although, alongside German scientists helping the Americans reach for the moon, British scientists played a crucial part as well, when British scientists leftover from Britain’s cancelled space program migrated to America and helped design and engineer the fuel cells on the Apollo mission which helped American astronauts reach for the moon. And according to President Nixon, he said if it wasn’t for the British scientists we wouldn’t of reached for the moon when we had. So Britain played its part too… Let’s not forget, Britain was and still is a scientific superpower, and was responsible in WW2 for designing Radar which helped Britain win the Battle of Britain, putting an end to the threat of German invasion. And the meticulous work of code breakers, like Alan Turing at Britain's Bletchley Park cracked the secrets of German wartime communication, communication the Germans thought was indecipherable until it wasn’t, alongside radar gave Britain the edge to help win the war. And let’s not forget, although Germany was ahead in Rocket technology it was Great Britain, a Royal Air Force officer, Frank Whittle, who invented the gas-turbine engine that would power the first British jet, the Gloster E. 28/39, which made its first flight on May 15, 1941… And Sir Alexander Flemings Penicillin invention, which was distributed to Britain’s wounded soldiers and our allies during WW2, the worlds first antibiotic. These are just some examples of Britain’s contribution in WW2, alongside Germanys. And the irony, Britain no longer has an independent car industry anymore due neglect and mismanagement, and failures to invest in new models and infrastructure to keep up with competition, but did you know it was a British Army officer and engineer after WW2 who was instrumental in reviving the Volkswagen factory from the ashes, who began turning out Beetles again in December 1945 but after it was successful the British military handed it back to the Germans in 1949. So you see both countries were advanced in different ways. And America didn’t just take advantage of Germany after WW2, it took advantage of the British because we handed them a lot of technology as well, including some of the inventions I mentioned. As well as being the first country in the world that pioneered the atom bomb, which led the Americans to developing the first nuclear bomb. Something I’m not proud of when you think the destruction it can cause in our world. And a delegation of British scientists travelled to America, alongside Canadian scientists and helped the Americans build the first nuclear bomb because they were further behind developing it. Ultimately, when the major powers in Europe, Britain, Germany and France and Italy fought each other, all our countries were destroyed economically after WW2. And on top of that many of our citizens travelled to America to live a better life, instead of rebuilding European countries, which caused a brain drain for sometime. And America was the First Nation at that time to adopt emerging technologies which helped it become a superpower it is today. But now the rest of the world is catching up, and America is no longer the power it once was, with the greatest respect. Thank you for your insight though, I learned a lot.

[@katydaniels508]

This is a great video 😁

[@FriesyRider]

For me as a German, life here was never less attractive. Taxes are as crazy high as almost all other costs for living expenses and the corrupt government is acting completely against peoples interests. Other countries have good beer and bread too plus peoples mentality in many other countries is much more relaxed

[@Alex.The.Lionnnnn]

Gotta be honest, as a Sydney sider my first reaction was "ewww brown water? Laaaaaame" 😂😂😂😂

[@atconnys8786]

Yeah, that wasn`t even a picture from Germany. Somewhere UK, I guess.

[@strange4you]

I come from the netherlands but.... If it comes from germany it's good. Beer, wine food it is good...

[@franciscoangeles1571]

As a european i have to say, the USA have amazing amazing National an State Parks. That is something you shoul value more. I have done a few camper roadtrips in the U.S. and for that it is one of the best countrys because you will allways find a campground to stay at. On the more negative side is materialism and consumerism in the U.S. i actually think that is the culprit of all the gun violence and high crime rates.

[@carlisophie]

I had to check the number of murders in my German state when I saw your reaction: it’s 12 people the whole year including car crashes. It’s terrible to read that you all have murderers every single day on the news. 😞

[@tmgm_music]

well good for him that he only knows the good sides :D Iam german and i can agree, *BIG* BUT the government does not care anymore. everthing went down. legit.

[@Detlef-p3j]

At 12:58 he proves to like "girls" looking 3 times at the passing lady. LOL.

[@i.sodeikat8397]

Most Americans go to or settle im the south of Germany like Bavaria or Baden-Württemberg. From there it really isn't to far or long to travel to southern European countries. But from north Germany (Hamurg or Kiel for instance) it takes at least a 8 - 10 hours drive on the autobahn to cross a south border.

[@sabinebluhmentahl9275]

The north is closer to the UK, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands, though.

[@vaterunser3879]

- everything else he said is quite accurate, beer is better in Czech though - food safety is above all - most good clubs just open at 11pm, techno clubs might open from 3am to open end (talking big cities) - if 5 people get shot in one year, we (unsuccessfully) tighten gun laws... it's important to say that most of those "murder" weapons are illegally purchased or weren't stored correctly - Germans really dont care much about social status and yes, we love to use things for decades, repair recycle upcycle whatever but the bureaucracy is everything but simple - Biggest problem for immigrants is the language, the language and the language... as an indo-germanic language (our language siblings are in Finland, Hungary and Latvia) its one of the most complex languages on earth but no worries even a lot of Germans dont get it right side note: we invented Martin Luther, the rocket, Jets (the airplane, not the team), first computer, fertilizer, mass book printing (sorry for the bible copies though), fascism AND communism, nuclear bombs AND plants, thousands of thingys important for whatever doctors do, huge contributions to philosophy, psychology, poetry, classical music, arts with colors on that thing with a towel on a wooden frame, more military stuff and most importantly suuuuuper-loooong words

[@wtsalive8210]

He forgot one important point: We(I am German) have health insurance. If you got a job you are automatically covered by insurance. Also the same if you lost your job.

[@carked5707]

You should do an exchange year

[@andreashofer4442]

have a look at Austria, bro.. It's the beautiful and friendly alternative to germany, where 10% are german weather-, nature- or mentality- refugies :)

[@LexusLFA554]

I recently saw two KZbinrs eating a version of Mettbrötchen with beef instead of pork, and it was packaged store-bought beef. While one only ate a bite, the other one ate an entire half of a roll. After eating that much he actually got sick very badly and had to stay at home. This would not have happened with fresh pork, and I bet the "quality" of that packaged meat was just garbage.

[@schattensand]

Not possible if you eat fresh beef from a metzgerei in Germany, it is as problem free as Mett. That stuff is called Tartar(e) and pretty expensive.

[@LexusLFA554]

@@schattensand Yep, the fresh beef is also pretty good.

[@veronikasinn]

You should react to Austria 😮

[@Funhubble]

The problem with us Germans is that we can never enjoy, we prefer to see a thousand times whether we can optimize and improve anything. We think about it and are often unhappy when it doesn't work the way we want it to 😐

[@karabulut2563]

I drove with car from germany to Turkey in 1 Day and change 5 countries

[@michamcv.1846]

Do you mean : money-slavery ;or the human Traffic at your southern Border ? For abreql discussion you should specify .

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

I’m going mad but that footage at beginning was London. Shard, millennial centre etc 🤷‍♀️

[@blackchecker2009]

Germany have the Oldest City of Europe & one of the oldest city‘s around the globe (this city its 2500 years older as the Roman Empire) this City its Ceated aroung 6500 Years in the past (Trier near the same age are 2 more City‘s Straßburg and Worms)

[@Scooterboi60]

Takes 4-5 days to drive east coast to west coast here in Oz and people take longer because there’s so much to see along the way.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

And EVERYONE is friendly! 🤗

[@randys47]

Try some videos from NotJustBikes. I also recomend learning something about Czech Republic, its an interesting country because it economically, politically and culturaly between east and west Europe. We got the best from both =)

[@holysherbert6498]

hey Joel, if you need a place to crash in germany let me know, i am near Heidelberg, near Mannheim, in the area of the OdenWald (forest of Oden), love your videos. i came to gemany 10 years ago from San diego, CA.

[@kidgforce1]

In 3 days I drove from Germany to Spain

[@asmrfriendships8761]

Germany is not as nice as it is described in the video but it is quite ok to live here. Greetings

[@floso820]

2:35 We do NOT have them at gunpoint😂 the average german doesn't own a gun but I understand the confusion✌️😅

[@zoppozcore]

One more comment - Don't travel to often to Germany - I know a lot of people (3) who moved to Germany. BTW -> We have 10,000 things in Germany that I don't like! But when I compare GER / USA, I prefer to stay in old Germany.

[@Lost68er_SYNTH_PUNK]

I live in Germany, I was born here. I've never been to the US, but we get a lot of a sense of how things are in the US here. The USA is the country of choice if you have great business ideas and enough self-confidence to implement your ideas. Starting a business is nowhere easier than in the United States. But that's almost the only thing that works "better" in my opinion in the USA. Just the idea that basically EVERYONE you meet in the USA could have a gun in their pocket gives me goosebumps....

[@lilywal8715]

About the history in Germany you mentioned that you do have some but haven't overcome it (slavery). I only know this from Videos that compare countries but I heard an American shocked about young children going on school excursions to really dark places like where the Nazi killed countless of people. I think that is the difference. Because we haven't overcome it. But we are accepting that it happened and try to face it and prevent repeating past mistakes by teaching children about it in great detail. I remember that I was 12 when I read a book in school on the topic of racism where a school class with kids my age on a class trip where histages to So called Neonazi. We had to write reports how the children might have felt but also how the attacker might have felt or what might drive them. It is a mistake to say we aren't over it so let's burry it. If a person suffers a trauma a psychologist would try to make them talk about it. How they felt and such things. Keeping silent about it will not help to overcome the trauma. On the contrary it usually gets worse. I am sure the same is with a country. Trying to not go to places that make people think about it often or to face such problems won't let it get better. Saying we are not over it is a poor excuse to claim that as a reason you don't 'show' that history more openly. And he is still right. We do have more history in germany, Germany, at least in some way though birders did change and such, was here long before the first 'white' people came to America. Sure, you have older history from native American but in my experience most Americans don't count that because their country wasn't there before. Also, the slow development we had here from a more tribal communities of the natives to bigger city's belonging to one country is completely missing. The slow development of cities too. I've seen buildings here that are older than the United States. So no, not being 'over something' is not the reason. It I'd the age of your country and the, in my opinion, unhealthy way you deal with darker history. On the upside, you do have interesting history we don't have with how your country was colonised. Like with slavery it is hard to find landmarks or signs of it but the history of driving natives away or how things were done is interesting and I would love to learn more about it. And such I really hope that Americans in general, especially political figures that can change something on how you deal with it, learn to admit to mistakes made in the past. We germans do. Voting for Hitler and how many did as he said and went along with those terrible thing was wrong. I'm a lucky person however. I can honestly say that my Grandfather refused to support it twice. My grandmother terrified he'd get killed for it but luckily what they wanted was never that important and towards the end of the war where they had bigger problems than a stubborn rebellious farmer. But he did not dare to fight them harder than that either. I think it is kind of good because if he had he probably would have died before my father died and really, where would that leave me? Anyway. I think I once again proved that I can never get to a point and ramble too much even in writing. So just let me point out that I do generally love your videos. And I love how you are open minded about many things and don't just judge things that are different but try to see why it is the way it is elsewhere. (Otherwise I wouldn't have written what I think about your comment with not beeing over things) Keep making videos and have a wonderful day

[@alvarTV1991]

Yeah before u even say it. I was like damn he really looks "sad/overwhelmed". I can tell u we all have our Problems, even as a German. Not everything is perfect but I'm happy that I live in Germany with my Depression because I know in other countries I would be F*****. Just try to appreciate what u have, it could be better but it also could be worse (i.e. 3rd world countries)

[@achimschroter8046]

I love this dude. Unfortunately and ironically he had to move back to the us because he couldn't find a job after his contract ended. ( Well, as far as I know )

[@aw3s0me12]

About the size & travel time,... Well Europe is a bit *bigger* as the US in Size: Europe has a bigger land area (3,910,680 sq miles) than the U.S. (3,531,905 sq miles). And the EU population in total is *447 million.*

[@aw3s0me12]

And as a german, i tell you, *in SPAIN* we in the EU have also a huuuge *Grand Canyon !!* > Which is located to the France/Spain border, beginning from the ocean all the way of the border!

[@Raintrop82]

Europapark! 🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@Jan-ci6tb]

This is the same people who want to tell me how great america is. different time

[@clarakam3858]

Yes in Europe school is Free, we have some private schools & university and if they are private you pay ,but if you go to a public school is Free. ❤

[@stefanbender2584]

it´s paid by taxes! like the healt care. working people pay for it.

[@sobelou]

👍👍👍👍

[@jolinalee3887]

I’m so surprised how he talks about MCDonals, most Germans find MCDonalds disgusting and low quality food😂

[@maxxie84]

Move to France! Hard to learn the language and the biggest culture shock, but honestly, with your personality from what I see in the videos (maybe except when you’re with your bros, ahah) you would really fit in and love. Food is the best, landscapes are the best, work perks are the best (though it’s harder to find a job) etc. Well I am a bit biased, french here, but I lived in Ireland and the UK. The UK is SHIT compared to France, Germany, etc. Especially right now, not a good idea. But on the continent, yeah plenty of places. I always wanted to move to Canada or Australia but with how things are going and after having a taste of the US culture in the UK, which is deffo not as bad as it, but I have a feeling CA and AUS are pretty much closer to the US than the UK, or maybe me getting old, but I’m starting to see it as more and more difficult to move there, compared to Europe.

[@DioBrando_Sama]

For allot of us Germans, our Country is already close to a failed state. And now imagine how our views are on America.

[@andydeakin7914]

We are not held at gunpoint, as we don’t have guns here.

[@Dwza23]

Im from germany and if you say it like this guy, ok... seem to be good but in reality, there are a lot downsides as well but you need to live here to See them. So Scholl is not always free. German people dont Trailer a lot trough Europa because of friends nur if they go to USA, than its no Problem to drive 6 hours or a day. Guess thats because the sieht while traveling is New. Germany is very expemsiv and gov sucks very Bad atm

[@terjoe6643]

As a European, l can honestly and happily say that America is the last country on earth that l would ever wish to visit. If it was still owned by the Native Americans, I'd happily visit.

[@matthewrandom4523]

He's very handsome and attractive, isn't he?!

[@RustyDust101]

Food: The EU may be a bureaucratic hell, but it does have it's advantages. If you are in the largest protected market on the planet, no one ignores your standards. It's easier to adhere to them for the majority of your products if you want to export to the EU. That includes foods. That's also the major beef (pun fully intentional) between the USA and the EU. The FDA gives recommended limits, but actually has no regulatory power over food or drug admissions. That still has to be put into place by the US legislative powers. Whereas the EU commission DOES have regulatory power over what is and isn't allowed in the EU borders. While countries may go above and beyond what these EU regulations state as acceptable, they can't undercut them. With EU regulations you basically have to prove that something is safe, whereas the FSA basically allows anything until it is proven as harmful. That's what Chris was alluding to when he spoke about the quality of food.

[@Rusty_Gold85]

Cause the Corporations are in power. You "think" you are but what I see they have the upper hand controlling what happens to your consumerism rights

[@sabinebluhmentahl9275]

Food is more processed in the US, too. So the natural taste of things are thrown under the bus.

[@toomflussiggrillanzunderfu8828]

@@sabinebluhmentahl9275 The vegetables you get today at the supermarket are nowhere natural. How can every tomato look the same? Ive eaten self-grown tomato's a couple of times and they definitely tasted differently from those you get in the supermarket.

[@Pedgo1986]

@@toomflussiggrillanzunderfu8828 Vegetables are natural, every tomato come to existence from soil. If you are talking about method how produce is grown well still in EU is most "natural" you can get because every chemical that is used is strictly regulated. For a taste yes there is difference between tomato grown on sun and grown under lamp in greenhouse but both are natural. And for why they look same? Where there is EU regulation "about food waste", they figured out that people don't buy misshaped produce and while perfectly fine for consumption people left it rot in shelfs. So nice tomatoes goes to shops and "weird" tomato's go to cans and purees etc.

[@juttaweise]

@pegamini der war gut hahahahahaaha

[@cornishmaid9138]

Also, and generally speaking, a black person in Europe can feel more comfortable in their own skin than in America.

[@geoffos42]

An example: The Battle of Bamber Bridge - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aammnKaNaa2dbZo

[@cornishmaid9138]

@@geoffos42 - Yes, I’d forgotten about this, it’s is a wonderful account and well worth a watch by all who see your link. 👍

[@hurtigheinz3790]

There isnt really racism in Germany towards black people. I mean if you meat a neo-nazi he'd probably hate everyone who's foreign, but black people in Germany are such a minority, there's nobody who's racist against black people specificaly. The people Germans might be racist against are "brown people/muslims"(Arabs, Turks and so on), since there is a significant number or more significant than Africans.

[@franciscoangeles1571]

There are also ignorant racist people in europe, but yes generally you are correct.

[@X33dbv]

@@franciscoangeles1571 Yeah. U don’t get shot. Or killed by the police normally.

[@yvochen]

As a german i can see that some ppl are overwhelmed with this kind of things. If you born here you don't see it because for us it's normal. But it's in most countries in Europe like this :3

[@petrlorenc7230]

My grandma exiled from Czechoslovakia to Germany in 1968 (after the her involvement in the Prague spring). I love Germany since I found out, how she's been handled there as a refugee from Czechoslovakia. Amazing country indeed, I even learned the beatiful language because of it.

[@speedyreedy4878]

Start taking German lessons!

[@autistandcat6804]

I think you would do great in Germany, the Netherlands or Denmark.

[@paulozavala3232]

Or Sweden…

[@rinkelk]

@@paulozavala3232 Or Norway

[@chipdale490]

The Netherlands are full, it's the most densely populated country on earth and it is starting to show. Please stay away. Highly educated or not.

[@lbergen001]

So North Europe basically...

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Joel wants to stay up all night at a German club for research purposes. We’re waiting for the findings and the subsequent report.