American reacts to New York City vs London - City Comparison

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[@gdok6088]

London is made of 40% public green space, including 3,000 parks and totalling 35,000 acres. New York's has 27.00% public green space, including 2,300 Parks totalling 28,000 acres. Most people think London is rainier than NY. That’s not the case! Average annual rainfall in London is 23 inches (588.49 mm), and average rainfall in NYC is 46 inches (1183 mm).

[@Warentester]

Rain amount is not a great metric. Rainfall hours is a better predictor for subjective impression of raininess.

[@JungleTunes94]

@@Warentester Either way London is very moderate on all counts compared to almost anywhere on earth id imagine, probably the driest/warmest part of the entire UK. No extremes either hot or cold, doesn't really rain or snow that often beyond a few spots(despite what people think), most of the crazy uk rain stats are skewed by the west, now Manchester or Cardiff would be a very different argument but London really doesn't get that much rain fullstop.

[@charlesunderwood6334]

By some definitions, it counts as a forest in terms of tree cover

[@gdok6088]

@@charlesunderwood6334 Indeed. London is technically a forest according to a United Nations definition that states that a forest is anywhere that’s at least 20 percent trees. London’s a respectable 21 percent with 8.6 million trees, nearly one for every person.

[@gdok6088]

@@Warentester I'm sure you're right! I admit I was using the metric purely to try and rescue London and the UK's reputation for being damp and wet!

[@vtbn53]

I have spent a fair amount of time in both London and New York in both summer and winter and I can confirm that New York weather is far far worse than London weather.

[@MISSYGful]

New York winter is terrifying! It's like that film with Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhaal.

[@vtbn53]

@@MISSYGful What film was that?

[@stumccabe]

How much confidence can one have in the information in that video when they can't even spell "billionaire" correctly.

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

That was exactly the same thought I had... And DUH! Especially considering the channel is called INFOGRAPHICS - Surely it's paramount that the 'graphics' are correct..? 🤔😂

[@Thurgosh_OG]

The infographics show is infamous for getting facts wrong, sometimes wildly wrong but now they've added bad spelling to their list of failures.

[@stevepage5813]

@stumccabe2259 Once again, it's the blind leading the blind. FFS, some North Americans are ignorant about the World outside of USA, without watching clips which are themselves ignorant, or sometimes, downright wrong and very misleading. Spellings are the least of my concerns about these so called information videos. USA is renowned for butchering the English language.

[@stevenvanhulle7242]

@@stewedfishproductions7959 Graphics: I noticed that there are at least 2 houses which are both in London and NYC.

[@ComedicRick]

Infographics show is such a bad channel, like they do videos on serious topics with incorrect facts and also make videos like 'how we would fight an alien invasion' as if anyone knows that lol

[@matthewmarshall-watson6569]

You talked about how surely the taxes in the UK are higher than in the USA and that is technically true but what Americans always forget is that our taxes include health care. You have expensive health insurance to pay after your taxes.

[@Sydneysider1310]

They never seem to factor in their astronomical health insurance costs when the subject of other countries taxes or their universal health care is discussed.

[@charlesunderwood6334]

There are some online calculations of costs of living in the UK and US. Because a lot of taxes in the UK pay for things you pay for separately in the US (healthcare and lot more), the cost of living for families is lower in the UK, but lower for singles in the US. If you added in the more hours worked in the US and the fact that some parts of the UK (London) there is no need to own a car, the costs even for singles are probably quite similar.

[@JonBroun]

they also forget to factor in State and Local taxes too which makes taxes higher in America even without the health care.

[@mats7492]

also stuff like elder care, unemployment benefit etc. americans have to pay for all that out of pocket

[@natalielang6209]

And the US still pays the most per capita in taxes on healthcare.

[@terry9325]

For someone who can’t even spell Billionaire’s I wouldn’t take much notice of his maths either 😂 .a bus driver in London must get more money than what he quoted for a average months pay .

[@enemde3025]

An American " out of touch " !? How true ! Bangkok is an 11 and a half hour flight from London and New York is only 8 and a half hours. New York to Mexico is only 5 and a half hours. London is definitely NOT the " bargain basement " !! It's expensive !! The average London salary, as of 2023, is about £40,000 a year ($48,330). £3,333 or $4027 a month.

[@lavalamp6410]

I hear that all the time from Americans, "having free healthcare your taxes are higher". But what Americans cannot grasp is that we don't have the cost of health insurance and there isn't any out of pocket expenses because the insurance doesn't cover everything 100%. If given the choice of free health care and no out of pocket expenses or having to pay insurance plus being thousands of dollars in debt through out of pocket expenses if I so much as scratch myself, I'll give you one guess which I'll choose. I live in Australia by the way.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Ryan also ignores the fact that the US spends more than double what the UK does, per capita, in taxes, for their healthcare. So that's a hidden amount to US Americans, because they only think about what they pay in insurance and additional charges for treatment.

[@irishflink7324]

A lot of people from Europe goes to Thailand for vacation, Alot of my friends have been to Bangkok

[@JustJokes-bw4fs]

A lot of Australians go to Thailand as well.

[@Sydneysider1310]

I’m from Sydney Australia, Ryan, and can assure you Bangkok is a much loved city to visit by all Australians, not only Asians. I’ve been there quite a few times this last 20 years and just returned from a visit last month. It’s a thriving, colourful metropolis with the only thing better than their delicious street food being their people. Thailand is the country of smiles and the gentle Thai people definitely deliver. #VisitThailand

[@Sebastian_from_Aachen]

Thailand is also a very popular choice by Europeans, especially by Germans and by Russians (at least before the war)

[@Madders23]

Most people in the uk I know have been there too. It’s so popular. They rarely just go the once either.

[@Sydneysider1310]

@@dib000 Thailand’s beach resort areas & islands are a huge draw card for tourists. Nothing in the US even remotely compares.

[@albin2232]

Thailand has more to offer to pedophiles than both London and New York combined.

[@MetalGuitarTimo]

yeah "sex tourism" is big there

[@sunseeker9581]

Our taxes are about the same. Your money goes on weapons ours goes on healthcare

[@LouisChang-le7xo]

weapons? I dont think you know how the second amendment works. it allows guns but doesnt buy you them.

[@grahvis]

New York has skyscrapers mainly due to being granite, no problem with foundations. Regarding healthcare costs, the total per capita cost is more important than the amount of tax. In The US, a citizen pays about double than paid in the UK. Crime recording can be very confusing, some years ago in Sheffield, it was such that it dropped dramatically when they caught the person who regularly stole milk from doorsteps.

[@charlesunderwood6334]

Also skyscrapers are very limited in London to places where they do not block the view, and light, to historical buildings and landmarks

[@ITzDaveXD]

Too bad they were wrong about its stability since the whole city is now sinking.

[@chrischarlescook]

If you live in Western Europe, NYC is much closer than Bangkok. Especially as getting to Thailand requires transfers unless you wanna pay double.

[@mskatonic7240]

13:00 income tax is based on how much you earn, so as far as that goes, if we aren't getting paid as much we're therefore not actually paying as much tax. And salaried staff don't need to do their own tax returns, only if you have multiple income sources or your own business.

[@williamwilkes9873]

I live & am a Londoner.........my girl friend wàs born in New Yórk..........& has bought a London house cos she simply likes living here.......l like your vid's ........but wé both found the NYC/London one so coñfúsíng.........& it rains twice as much in New Yórk.........àn ongoing myth abóut London being wetter..,.......blown away...........hope all is fine wíth yóúr family...........xx

[@iainsan]

London has amazing historical sites to visit which are lacking in NYC. Most tourists only visit the centre of London, which is tiny compared to NYC - most never make it out to the huge surrounding suburbs. The reason that property is expensive in London is that there is huge demand for it from abroad as well as at home. This keeps prices artificially high.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

True most actual Brits cannot afford housing in London. But there are many blocks of luxury flats sitting empty, owned by foreign powers, for questionable reasons.

[@Marli-o4g]

It’s useful to note that assaults against the police in the UK include things such as being spat at, so as I’m not sure things like that are included in statistics about assaults against the police in the US, it’s hard to do like for like comparisons about crime in the 2 cities or the 2 countries. Different things are included in the stats.

[@glastonbury4304]

Totally agree, just pushing a police officer in the UK is assault ...even verbally abusing them gets classed as assault...

[@arnodobler1096]

Did he say that everything in Asia is close?🤔🤣

[@tommay6590]

I understand he wanted to say there are more international borders in Asia, compared to the two land borders the US have, thereby explaining that there are relatively more international visitors in Europe and Asia.

[@johnhood3172]

London existed long before 43ad , the Romans did not found this city possible founded 500 years earlier by Brutus of Troy though some say he didn’t exist. One thing is for sure ancient British tribes live near the Thames for thousands of years before roman times . JH

[@Kris1964]

It is still super expensive to rent in London. Adults with an academic degree have to houseshare if they want to live in the city center unless you have a high paying job or rich parents

[@spilltea4241]

Same in New York

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Bangkok's international tourists: almost 75 percent come for other Southeast and South and East Asian countries, with China, Malaysia, Singapore, and India making up the majority. Only about four percent hail from the US. So it isn't surprising you didn't think Bangkok would top the list.

It always happens with the capitals... all planes go there, so people takes a couple of days to see them before going to the final destination...

[@bazmoules]

As usual the Infographics show misses some key facts. He says it was abandoned for centuries after the Romans left but actually it was inhabited by the Saxons before during and after the Vikings were invading England. They called it Lundenwic, wic means emporium or trading city in the Old English. The song London Bridge is Falling down, a very famous nursery rhyme in Britain, allegedly dates from this period, as St Olaf was meant to have pulled down London Bridge to stop an invasion up the river. This also led to 40 churches in London being named St Olaf’s (or St Olaves). Also on the wage statement, Londoners have a higher legal minimum wage than the rest of the UK due to higher costs of living. London is pretty renowned for its knife crime but actual murders are much lower than American murders. Also a born and bred Londoner, the weather criticism is silly as most of us love the moderate and constant year round climate.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Several studies have shown that it is not 'the cost of living' in London that is more expensive but the cost of housing. Take that out of the calculation and London enjoys cheaper good and services than the rest of the UK. Of course these studies get ignored in favour of the ones that espouse 'cost of living', which includes housing. Basically food (not so much when eating out), petrol and other staples cost a bit less in London.

[@bazmoules]

@@Thurgosh_OG Thanks for the clarification, I should have made it clear that it is the cost of housing which is way higher in London than the rest of the country.

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

We have so many green spaces in London. 7 huge Royal parks alone and so many other green spaces.

[@glastonbury4304]

44% of London is of ethnic minority , though minority is an odd word to use, however 32% are born in britain, however only 21% were born in London...however in some ways you could say New York is 99% ethnic minority if you are looking over similar time scales 🤷‍♂️

[@jamie151-d9j]

funny thing about taxes, the US pays more in taxes than us brits do, so your question was incorrect.

[@Pawel_Mrozek]

As for the size of Tokyo. There is no single universal way of counting the population of cities in the world due to different local administrative conditions and the different history of each city. Tokyo, as a city within its administrative borders, has 14 million inhabitants, but the actual area over which the city extends is 35 million inhabitants. It's the same with New York. The city itself has over 8 million inhabitants within its borders, but the agglomeration has over 18 million inhabitants. This higher value is often debatable because it is not always easy to say whether which satellite cities are Tokyo or New York. For example, Hong Kong has this problem. 7 million inhabitants, but if we look at the map, we can say that Hong Kong itself is only part of the Shenzhen agglomeration, which is basically one with the Guangzhou agglomeration, currently creating one giga-city of 50 million inhabitants.

[@rehurekj]

Funny thing about Tokyo administrative borders is that by that definition Tokyo is a city of tropical islands and reaches across the Pacific almost to the equator.

[@kevin_mitchell]

That's right - in fact the table that he brought up for Tokyo showed the two figures of 37m in the first column, and 13m in the second column, specifying whether it was the city proper with it's suburbs or just the city proper. The 13m correlated with the 14m summary that was listed on the first web page.

[@Xxx-y9d]

New York metropolitan area may have 18 Million people but as an urbanised Area Tokyo is larger with 40 Million people.

[@wanderingfool6312]

Crime went down in London during the lockdown, because people couldn’t meet up and everyone was at home, but the lockdown in New York was very much more limited.

[@ona_tzar]

Everyone in London talks about how the crime has gone up in London...

[@Madders23]

I’m from U.K. and in the south east now travelling. Bangkok is on my list. My sons come to ASia regularly as they love the place. Americans have no idea what you are missing out on by not travelling to learn of other cultures.

[@Isleofskye]

In my former London Borough of Southwark in South East London there are 200 different languages spoken according to the local police. A marked contrast to when I was born and raised there,from 1954 as I don;t remember another language being spoken on our streets until I was about 16 or 17 apart from Restauranteurs and Ice Cream sellers. Now you can travel a few miles away from Central London and not hear a word of English spoken for quite a long way.

[@kevin_mitchell]

re: ""You Americans ... by not travelling ... [need] to learn of other cultures" --> Not everyone has the means or opportunity to travel to other countries, and that goes for people from ALL countries. Stop with everyones favourite past time of jumping on the bandwagon of putting Americans down with, "You Americans ... [need] to learn of other cultures" It's so disrespectful and so tiring. You as a person are no better or worse than the average American, we, peoples of the world, are all the same with slightly or wildly different yet overlapping cultures, and WE ALL fall for our own propaganda in all its forms.

[@Madders23]

@@kevin_mitchell it was not meant as a put down though I can see that’s how it looks. I watch a lot of content and reactions from Americans who are not taught about other countries of their own admission. It’s sad that their knowledge is limited due to having it drummed into them that America is the be all and end all. I have been to the states and had an amazing stay. I’m well aware that not everyone has finances and I am far from wealthy, but have a love of different cultures. This was brought on by my sons travelling.

[@ona_tzar]

Lol. The presumption that "Americans don't travel" is humorous. As an American living in London, whose lived all over Europe, the US, and Latin America- I can assure you that most Londoners I know have only gotten so far as the Mediterranean, and it doesn't take much cajones, money, or air time to get there.

[@kevin_mitchell]

@@Madders23 Okay, fair enough, I apologise for the misunderstnding. I've also watched a lot of American react videos, and am impressed with how they praise and pick out the best of another's people, places and cultures at the expense of themselves.

[@sgchoe4806]

Ryan: Asian countries are easy to visit each others. South Korea, North Korea, Japan: 😮😮😮

[@Austtube]

I have lived and worked in London as an adult, and went to school in the USA as a kid and I am from and live in Australia. I really didn't know that London had grown larger than NYC. It is much easier for us to get work Visas in the UK. As close as the USA and Australia get closer, that doesn't seem to include the ability to move, live and work in each other's countries. Also, for Australians and British living in each other's countries, we have what the call reciprocal deals. That is, because we have a free health system in Australia, comparable to the NHS in the UK, the free health is extended to each other's countries on most Visas. So if the USA got free health, it could reciprocate that to those traveling and working between the USA and Canada, the UK and Australia / NZ. Americans are only just starting to think that way, that there are opportunities in other countries, and there are pros and cos wherever you go, and there is no such thing as a perfect place to live. Even in Australia, our cities are far from perfect. It all depends on what job you have and what each country pays for each vocation, and what the perks are.

[@Austtube]

@@rebeccat94 Yeah, my GP is moving there at the end of the year to retire. His daugher got into Oxford. He's danced the discos, done the beaches and so on, and would like the peace and quite of just reading books in front of a fireplace, perhaps go to a local pub to have a few pints, and just live the simple life. If that exists. So he'd be going to the country. He might work as a relief GP if he gets bored. I'm sure there is work for that.

[@leec6707]

I worked with an older Aussie who moved to the UK as he felt he'd seen everything in Australia.

[@1215298]

16:07 Because violent crime is not comparable in the stats. American violent crimes only include stuff (generally) like murder, grevious harm and sexual crimes. UK stats often lump in stuff like common assault (which can simply include threatening or intimidating verbal insult) in the same violent categories sociologically. So when you see American stats on violent crime being 18x higher or other numbers, remember it is likely even higher if they had comparable metrics.

[@stevepage5813]

@1215298 I don't think Ryan reads the comments to his reactions, if he did, he would be a bit more informed about these often repeated statistics.

[@1215298]

@@stevepage5813 To be fair, it's useful more for everyone rather than just Ryan.

[@Sydneysider1310]

I’m from Australia and always enjoy Ryan’s reactions but this is my first time watching this channel. Did I just hear Ryan suggest the reason why no American city was on the list of the top 20 cities to visit was because the US is remote?? 😮 Then implied south east Asia, which sits just above us, is closer?😂 Love you Ryan but your American centric take on the world has taken me by surprise. I would have enjoyed you looking at a map of the globe to see just where London UK and NY city sit from one another then compared that to the rest of the world especially Asia and Australia.

[@may_68]

London was important enough for King Edward the Confessor to start building his cathedral in Westminster prior to the Norman invasion. And for William the Bastard to be crowned therein. Some would say that Westminster wasn't in London as it isn't in the City of London but there's a reason why it was built near. Also the City of London was important enough for William to grant it dispensations for it's support.

[@KoiR2Y2]

Dude u paused over 30 individual times in this voided and it doesn’t even have 20 minutes that’s almost 2 pauses a minute. PLS DONT PAUSE SO MUCH, u can just talk with the video or keep it to urself and talk about it after the video.

[@lorrainemoynehan6791]

it's a reaction video. He is reacting to the information. You are free to go to the original source if you feel you will learn something/anything from that

[@zaphodbeeblebrox6627]

New York is named after the Duke of York NOT the city of York? BUT the Duke of York is a title bestowed on the second son of a British reigning monarch (later to be come James II, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland) and IS given in honour of the City of York. So surely it would have been called Jamestown if it had been named after him.

[@araptorofnote5938]

And New Jersey is named after the sweater, not the island. Infographics has 13million subscribers who now believe this. No wonder he's a bilionar. Part of the fun of watching these reaction videos is that you get two layers of dumb.

[@kevin_mitchell]

@@araptorofnote5938 I see so many "10 things about [insert my country]" and many similar titles of videos about my country produced in another country, and they get so many things wrong. It's a bit like Chinese whispers when the reviewer also doesn't quite understand the nuance and comes to very strange and incorrect assumptions. What's worse is when something is actually correct in the video, but the reviewer mis-hears or misunderstands something and reaches a wrong conclusion, normally because they're understanding it in the context of their own country and not what was actually said.

[@seansmith445]

If NYC is named after a person then why does it have "New" is front of it. It doesn't make sense.

[@ushiefreebird7470]

My daughter lives in London, and I absolutely LOVE London!!!!!! It is just a 2 hour flight from Nice, and thanks to easy Jet VERY cheap. I have never been to NY. Actually never been to North America, but been to South America, Africa, Asia and New Zealand. Apart from Europe of course. I think one day I should hop over perhaps. I would love to see Hawaii and Alaska.

[@JoannDavi]

Ryan: "I was born in NY." Obviously you were there for a hot second, because your twin Tyler is unaware of basics like the Staten Island ferry.

[@GB-nu6ow]

Tyler Rumple ?

[@vjaska]

@@GB-nu6owI stopped watching Tyler as I seriously don't think he pays attention to anything he watches

[@GB-nu6ow]

​@vjaska I stopped too as this guy is better.

[@vjaska]

@@GB-nu6ow yeah, I like Ryan among a few others

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@vjaska I also stopped because watching Tyler, as doesn't learn from the videos he watches and doesn't read his comments either. Though I have doubts that Ryan reads any too.

[@charlestaylor3027]

Because of the way crime is counted in the UK all the murders for a mass killer are counted in the year the murderer is caught, so Fred West who was killing over many years had all of the murders counted in the year he was caught.

[@caw25sha]

By that principle if a murderer is never caught the murders they commit are never included in crime figures. Example: Jack the Ripper never murdered anyone.

[@charlestaylor3027]

@@caw25sha different times. Harold Shipman murdered about 250 patients over 30 years but until his conviction they weren't counted so 2000 had a spike in deaths.

[@glastonbury4304]

When you look at American taxes in its entirety including health insurance , state, local taxes etc they are similar its just theres no real transparency to American taxes and very confusing and time consuming with tax returns plus employing an accountant in many cases to do your taxes for you...

[@Somerandomguy7623]

National Insurance, which covers healthcare and state pension payments, is on average, about 10% of income

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Australia only has a 2% Medicare levy, which is based on annual gross salary above a certain level - it may need to go up to 2.5% soon! The only other additional tax cost may be a HECS debt, also based on reaching a certain level of income!

[@johnhood3172]

Hi, I wonder if they will keep National insurance going when the nhs and state pension are gone ? .

[@Thurgosh_OG]

National Insurance is not used for the NHS. It is entirely funded by taxes. NI is used for pensions and benefits.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@johnhood3172 Any government attempting to either, fully privatise or end the NHS will see a real revolution in the streets.Iit would literally end any political party trying that.

[@Somerandomguy7623]

@@Thurgosh_OG The nhs is partially funded from National Insurance contributions. Source: office for budget responsibility

[@sameebah]

Bangkok counts its visitor figures as including everyone who lands at the airport(s), even those transiting - which I would do twice on each of my trips to the north of the country. So you can trim that 21.47 million by quite a chunk.

[@DougBrown-h1n]

"Why Chiang Mai?" you ask. I used to live in Chiang Mai. It's a pretty chilled city - people are lovely, more relaxed than in Bangkok (where I get off the plane and get the hell out), there's lots of Buddhist culture, excellent food and it's surrounded by gorgeous hills, valleys and waterfalls. Kinda wish I was still there - but I'm in London - and that's pretty cool too.

[@Sydneysider1310]

It's definitely more traditional up there.

[@sherlockrobin597]

Actually, Americans pay about the same per capita for Medicare and Medicaid as British people pay for the NHS, and for the average person in the UK (median income) the percentage tax paid is less than in America. Comparisons brought by US politicians usually purposely miss out US property tax which massively increases the tax rate. The wealthy people in the UK pay more than the wealthy in the US, which skews figures in favour of the US being an overall lower-tax society.

[@WookieWarriorz]

The us actually spends over 2.5x on healthcare per capita compared to the UK

[@glastonbury4304]

It's an urban myth America pay less taxes ...they just get duped easily with all the extras

[@Thurgosh_OG]

No, the US pays over double what the UK does in taxes for healthcare per capita. Where did you find such an odd stat?

[@glastonbury4304]

@Thurgosh_OG ...we are talking about all taxes ...they don't pay double as such, the proportion allocated is double in the US, plus they pay health insurance on top of that...the US has probably one of the least efficient healthcare systems in the world ...most of their budget goes on unnecessary admin and hopeless procurement of drugs ...the US is so disjointed everybody has an opinion and now with social media they are facing a firestorm that will sadly break America in two...

[@Maedhros0Bajar]

13:20 Ryan, I suspect those wages are the net wage. As in what is left AFTER taxes

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Probably not, given that the Average wage for London this year is about £40k gross.

[@MISSYGful]

Yeah, I was like. Pension, NI and taxes are deducted at source in the UK so would have liked some clarification as to whether those figures are from advertised job salaries or actual take home pay.

[@anotherthez7598]

Well, a landlord in London is something to be; and yeah, the vast majority of houses in London do have a back garden thankfully.

[@stephenlee5929]

Hi Ryan, As you say, its really difficult to compare crime, you need to consider, what do you count, the easy answer is reported crime, but that will miss many crimes, what is a crime, since the laws differ considerably. Its probably possible to agree murders/unlawful killings, except traffic deaths (UK/US have very different views/stats on cause of accidents involving pedestrians). From a white, male, Londoner perspective, I always felt safe in (all parts of ) London, there were no parts I would not go (as in, felt unsafe in).

[@adrianboardman162]

I think we also need to look at the method. The US you're far more likely to be shot dead, but the UK currently has an unhealthy obsession with blades. The true tally I think would be if all crimes in both countries relating to guns/knives/IED's etc were combined, and then the mean averages found, we'd get very different results.

[@dianeshelton9592]

Actually knife deaths and Injuries per capita are much higher in all of the US than in all of the UK. Then obviously on top of that you have gun deaths and injuries being in a class of its own with Yemen and Ukraine being the only place close to the US in numbers. It’s important to note that those later 2 countries are at war. Not saying there are not huge problems with knife crime is parts of the Uk there obviously are but just because gun statistics in the US are so shockingly appalling don’t assume that the US doesn’t also have huge problems with knife crime. Honestly there is a fatality about the problem with gun crime that the rest of the world find shocking and bewildering. The same as the fundamental right to Universal Health care , get it together US currently a wealthy third world country certainly not a developed country where the government represents the wishes of the people and works to protect them. Their social contract is broken.

[@Londronable]

I think it's important to remember that the comparison of income are often just wages. Not all income. Here in Belgium if you make 2K/month net you're likely not making too much. But if you make 2.5K/month you'll likely not just get 500 euros extra but also free pc/cellphone/car/internet/gas/etc. So I got X on my bank account but also a free laptop to use, free cellphone, gas card, free car, 160 for food(it's only possible to spend it on food --> basically you don't get taxed on that income), etc. etc. etc. My income of X did not at all tell the whole story when I save 160 on food, 60 on internet, 30 on phone, 200 on gas, free car, etc. etc.

[@Marli-o4g]

The way this video shows the growth of London makes it seem as though there is a “downtown” to use an American expression but what happened was there there were hundreds of settlements that already had their own “downtowns” and suburbs which over the centuries were included into London. So there is no one “downtown” in London and no massive suburban sprawl out from the City of London. London is made up of hundreds of villages (although now some hundreds of years later some of them are towns). The City of London is not just a city but also a ceremonial county so it has its own police service (City of London Police), whereas the 32 London boroughs (Greater London) are served by the Metropolitan Police Service (the Met Police / Scotland Yard) whose HQ is in the City of Westminster (New Scotland Yard). The London Fire Brigade and the London Ambulance Service (a part of NHS London) and the London Air Ambulance serve both the City of London and Greater London.

[@gaynorhead2325]

We pay National Insurance which pays for the NHS amongst other things but we average with paying less NI than Americans will pay for their Health Insurance, and we don’t have to pay anything extra unlike those with Insurance in the US. Would argue that London is not cold, grey and damp fir much of the year! Weather in the UK is actually mild because of the trade winds.

[@almostyummymummy]

550,000 for New York was a lot back then. Seeing as the world's population hit a mere 1 billion in 1804.

[@brianfallon2607]

I'm a New York City native who has livec just outside of London for 36 years. Actually, the cities have a lot in common. Both are int'l business centers, diverse, cultural centers and have beautiful architecture. It would be more difficult moving from NY to Houston or Charlotte from a similarity point of view than to London. I love both cities.

[@productjoe4069]

9:18 there are three different widely accepted definitions of what is and isn’t counted as part of a city so you get very different population and area figures depending on which the source uses. The first is administrative area (the area the government of the city directly controls), the second is urban area (the area of continuously built up land), and the third is metropolitan area (the area that is economically entirely dependent on the city). The three largest cities in Europe (by population) under all definitions are London, Paris, and Moscow. Moscow has the largest population under administrative area, Paris under urban area, and London under metropolitan area.

[@productjoe4069]

Just looked up the figures for London. Administrative population: 8.8m (over 607 sq mi, 2022 estimate) Urban population: 9.8m (2011 census) Metropolitan population: 14.3m (over nearly 2000 sq mi, 2021 census)

[@llamagirl2679]

Ryan it's very common for British people to travel all over the world, we love travelling long haul. I don't believe it's because we are close to Europe as you suggested or because the" US is kind of isolated" The rest of the world travels far more than Americans do, I was shocked to realise that many Americans haven't visited the UK or even been further than Mexico or Canada when most, if not all of my UK friends have visited the US not just once but many times. My brother goes every yr to the US for a min of a month ,often 2 and he and his wife travel throughout the US, he just returned from another visit 3 weeks ago.I think also having Mandatory paid vacation time and a min of 5.6 weeks here plays a huge part. I also have found that many of my Americans friends seemed to be nervous to travel outside the US. It does not surprise me that Bangkok was top of the list, it's a very popular destination for British people to travel to as well.

[@chrisshelley3027]

For someone who "enjoys" videos like this he is certainly incredibly ignorant of what he is looking at.

[@JoannDavi]

@@chrisshelley3027 - Ryan is ignorant, and so are both of you. The UK is tiny. It doesn't run the gamut from ski resorts to warm water sandy beaches to desert canyons. The US is akin to 50 European countries. (FYI: Canadians aren't known or traveling overseas either.)

[@claregale9011]

More holiday time is one reason why we travel abroad more often too .

[@llamagirl2679]

@@JoannDavi I can’t speak for everyone but I have always travelled to experience different cultures. I lived in the US for 10 yrs amongst other countries and I have travelled throughout the US. Although it has a variety of scenery etc like you mentioned,you do not get to experience all the different cultures that you do when travelling all over the world. I love learning things from different cultures, something you can only do by leaving your own country. However I am not sure if you are aware that UK has sandy beaches and skiing and although we don’t have desert in the UK we do have it in Europe.

[@llamagirl2679]

@@claregale9011 That’s a huge factor, many Americans do not get paid vacation time.

[@gonzalotorre-marin9691]

Hi Ryan. Greetings from Barcelona (Spain). A comparative video of the standards of moral permissiveness between Europe and the USA would be interesting.

[@kitsumisfits2974]

About healthcare, the social security contribution it's a part of the wages. So concretely, the wages his higher in London than the number given here, because this number it's the wages actually received by the person on their bank account, after the social security contribution. It' automatic, at the contrary of United States, you don't received the money and pay taxes later, the social security contribution is taken before you received your wages. Taxes work like in United States, you pay it after, but social security contribution came before and male the average wage contribution quite tricky, because you don't compare the same number.

[@Marli-o4g]

As others have said this video has inaccuracies. Since the boundaries of what legally, politically and geographically constitutes London was changed (with a couple of minor movements afterwards where a village or two moved to the other side of the new boundary) London has since 1st April 1965 consisted of the City of London (1.12 square miles) and the 32 London boroughs (made up of one city, 3 royal boroughs and 28 other London boroughs) totalling some 606 square miles. So it’s about twice the size of the 5 boroughs of New York City but with slightly less population. Yes London has less annual rainfall than New York. London was already a major city before William the Conqueror was crowned King William of England by the Archbishop of Canterbury in Westminster Abbey on 25 December 1066. It had been reestablished within the old Roman walls (covering an area of some 350 acres) back in 886 by King Alfred the Great of Wessex (his grandson was the first King of the English). Alfred made his son-in-law the governor. It was because the City of London was so powerful that William did not feel able to secure the English throne until he had the backing of the City’s wealthy and powerful merchants. Even so he made sure to build what is now the White Tower in the Tower of London castle complex to keep an eye on the City, but crucially it had to be built outside the City, he wasn’t allowed by the City to put a fortress inside their City walls. Today it and Tower Bridge are outside the City (the Tower in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the bridge, although owned and maintained by the City, in Tower Hamlets and the London Borough of Southwark). Many of the most well known tourist places in London are not located in the City (such as Trafalgar Square, the West End, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, the Palace of Westminster housing the Houses of Parliament and the Elizabeth Tower whose great bell is nicknamed “Big Ben”, Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square to name a few).

[@nolasyeila6261]

Having been totally overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of people in the airport at Bangkok, that doesn't surprise me at all! (I'm West Aussie)

[@gamingtonight1526]

Ryan, don't forget tourists can be from outside the city but in the same country, so if it's easy for Asians to visit Bangkok and Europeans to visit London, it's also easy for American's to visit New York!

[@MetalGuitarTimo]

the average wage threw me off a bit. i have like 3000 dollars a month after taxes in germany and could never afford to pay rent in either london or new york city

[@Ugapiku]

If you want to go into semantics then the biggest pop city is Chongqing... Just depends how you name/categorize it, that's why you saw different data on google.

[@Etswe]

Thailand and Bangkok is a very popular destination in Europe.

[@DemetrisRus]

Someone said London and NY are basically the same city divided by the runways at Heathrow and JFK

[@leec6707]

London is blessed with beautiful, fascinating historical places.

[@Anarchiusz]

You are isolated by politics not geography. Bangkok is further from Europe than USA. Yet Asian come to London and European come to Bangkok etc. We all don't go to USA not because we don't want to, but because your government don't want us to.

[@ahsenserhat9270]

At the beginning of 1900's, let's say between 1900-1910, London was 3 times bigger than 2nd place with 5 millions of population. Insane numbers

[@MISSYGful]

You're surprised Paris is up there? There's a strong argument to be had that it is THE most iconic city. Ps. I can't speak for other Europeans but as a Brit we don't just travel in Europe. For example I've been more times to the U.S than I have Germany. More times to Australia than Italy. I've never even been to Croatia but i have been to Morocco more times than i can count. Proximity is not an indicator for travel as an adult.

[@AMetalPotato]

the reason why you were having trouble with the numbers is because different organisms measure the population of cities in different ways (with or without metro area basically, because each city has hugely different boundary systems)

[@aoneill]

Bangkok gets a lot of chinese visitors, it is so close.Tokyo is really about 7 cities merged into one so original Tokyo city is about 14 million but greater Tokyo is about 35 million.

[@MrsStrawhatberry]

The 4.5k in NYC are quite surprising, I would have thought it was more like 6k or so. 4.5k is not much where I live and I don't even live in NYC.

[@paulknox999]

London to Bangkok about 12 hours, London to New York about 8 hours

[@jameslewis2635]

In terms of crime the majority you will find in London will be based on drugs, drinking and purse snatching. The latter has gone a bit crazy in recent years with a growing number of youths on scooters snatching phones and handbags off pedestrians as they pass. Most crime in the UK is not deadly which comes down to the difference in laws surrounding gun ownership between the UK and the USA.

[@nobbynobbynoob]

Homicide rate in the UK has been far lower than that of the US for a long, long time - 100+ years - either with or without the strict gun laws (only UK gun law pre 1920 was concealed carry permits).

[@ahsenserhat9270]

12:16 Make the connection: London has 2 times cheaper land price, but 2 times bigger city area. City density affects land prices.

[@brendahuxtable8767]

It sounds as if you do not want to know the truth Britain is a more caring society ie Health care , and very little killing with guns compared with America , I love the weather in Britain just take a fold up umbrella we are out most days taking lovely walks in the beautiful Countryside side when free .

[@renavaleh576]

Vienna is stunningly beautiful, one of my favourites.

[@msr2289]

He watches one video and his whole image of the world is falling apart😂😂 Still like your stuff bro

[@stevepage5813]

@msr2289 Yes Ryan is confused in this instance, but I still regard him as the exception to the general ignorant, Merica centric, North American reacter.

[@JoannDavi]

London is the UK's largest city *and* the UK's capital, so the comparison with NYC is a bit like apples and oranges. OTOH, NYC hosts the United Nations, has the world's *two* largest stock exchanges (and much higher total GDP and per capita GDP).

[@GB-nu6ow]

It's not the capital. Capital of England

[@Thurgosh_OG]

As usual 'The Infographics' channel gets several details wrong, including the spelling of a word Billionaire, used in their graphics. London is not wetter than New York. - London has an average annual rainfall of only 690 mm or 27.2 inches per year. The rainfall is spread out throughout the year. New York City has much more precipitation than its British counterpart. It gets around double that of London getting drenched in about 1,267 mm or 49.9 inches of water per year. - While New York City enjoys an average of around 2,535 hours of sunshine per year, London languishes with only 1,633 sunshine hours per year. Much much less than the Big Apple. In short, New York City is warmer, colder, snowier, sunnier, and wetter than London.

[@ScottMcLure]

Defining the most populated city in the world is actually rather difficult, since different countries define a city in different ways. The Metropolitan area of Tokio is the most populated in the world, but if you only take the city into account it isn't even in the Top 10.

[@grahamsmith9541]

The Video refers to Greater London. NOT the City of London. City of London is only 1.12 sq. Miles and a population of less than 10,000 people. Greater London is the City of London, plus City of Westminster and 31 Boroughs that are not City.

[@marycarver1542]

It is quite irritating listen to Ryans comments while there is still a commentary on the subject!

[@JoannDavi]

International visitors go in droves to London and huge gap down to any other UK city. International visitors go in droves to NY, LA, Miami....

[@Dogsbody6162]

Thanks for your video which is an interesting comparison. You were surprised at the size of ethnic mix in London. This mix started to ramp up in WW2 when there was a huge influx of foreigners from allied countries because the UK was the springboard into Europe. Post war the numbers reduced as many returned to their native countries, then the European Union was formed which allowed citizens from member countries to move freely between them. Because English is very much an international language, it’s not surprising that many people headed to the UK.

[@davidhyams2769]

Plus a huge influx of immigrants from the late 1940s onward from many parts of the old British Empire - India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, the Caribbean and West Indies, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, etc

[@dianeshelton9592]

That’s not even right. It’s 44% of migrants, most of whom are not ethnic minorities. The “ fact” is utter rubbish.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

The more recent influx of foreigners, who don't speak English and have no wish to learn or integreate is why we as a nation, have some of the current problems.

[@katyroseable]

@@Thurgosh_OG Your current problems are more to do with the appalling Conservative governments over the past twelve years.

[@JohanHultin]

Population used in the video and the smaller number for Tokyo is "city proper", aka not including (all) suburbs and such. Tokyo is vast, gigantic, uncomprehensibly large in both population, but even more notable in sheer size. If using Metropolitan area new york is alot larger

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

Simply not true about being cheaper after Brexishit. Property and rents are insane in 2023.

[@nobbynobbynoob]

International comparisons have to apply a fixed exchange rate, usually based on US$. The UK has become cheaper from an _international_ perspective due to the fall in the pound.

[@JoannDavi]

The money gap is getting bigger. London/the UK as a whole: hurting economically (FYI: San Diego, California has the world's "ideal" weather, not San Francisco.)

[@Thurgosh_OG]

The UK's economy is still growing, slower because of Covid and the Ukraine war but Growing. Germany on the other hand has a shrinking economy. I say it in this order because, some, like the Infographics idiots, will say that Brexit is the cause of the UK's financial problems but if that was the case why is our economy growing and Germany's shrinking?

[@raatroc]

Funny when you consider that the two biggest English speaking cities in the world were founded by foreigners, New York by the Dutch and London by the French.

[@edilee5909]

There are many different way to define the borders of a city (CSA, MSA, etc). That's why you see Tokyo 14 million vs 37 million (includes surrounding "cities"/suburbs)

[@The.Android]

"BILIONARS".

[@черепахаестклубничку]

Would love to see a couple of your reactions on videos about Moscow!

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

WHY? Better to have a reaction about Kyiv (before it was bombed and Ukraine invaded).

[@черепахаестклубничку]

@@stewedfishproductions7959 Nah, Kiev is a good city, but not that interesting

[@edikind3347]

301 likes in one hour congratulations!

[@adriancarlton-oatley9736]

I wouldn't lose any sleep over the poor landlords in London.

[@cireenasimcox1081]

This is the most America-centric I've ever seen you! You were just sooo disturbed that Bangkok was the most visited city.After all this time doing reactions you still seem to have the idea that America is the biggest, the best, the most important. And the "melting pot" cliche? The phrase refers to miscegenation...i.e. people from different races marrying and having children. You may indeed have people from all over living in the USA - but racism is still alive & well, as we see constantly from KZbin vids and memes, & reactors. So each group still lives in small enclaves, rather than, as in other countries, intermingling. So many of my friends & acquaintances have, maybe, a Chinese Grandma, a Polish Grandpa, A Caribbean father, a Scottish mother.THAT's a 'melting pot'. The original song from which the idea of a "melting pot" came about has, as it's chorus: " What we need is a great big melting pot Big enough, big enough, big enough to take The world and all its got We'll keep it stirring for a hundred years or more And turn out coffee coloured people by the score. Not 'living side by side' with other ethnicities, but integrating with each other. From what we see daily in the USA it's gonna take the US longer than a hundred years to become a melting pot!!🤣 😂😂

[@rasmusn.e.m1064]

I just looked up San Miguel de Allende because of this video. Gorgeous town! It was founded by the local people there and would eventually be at the centre of the Chichimeca war (1550-1590). You gotta check out the city centre; I hate this comparison but it looks like a European capital, probably because the buildings are from the early 1600s (also a Unesco Heritage Site). It also has a low crime rate and vibrant art scene. I would definitely want to visit if not for the whole half-a-globe away thing.

[@GB-nu6ow]

It's stunning isn't it - I did the same 😊

[@roykliffen9674]

If you want to feed a population you'll better locate it in a lush, fertile environment. You'll need rain for that

[@johnfrancismaglinchey4192]

The largest. MEXCIO CITY.

[@martinbynion1589]

Remember that the Normans invaded from France and spoke French..but they were..Normans...Norsemen..VIKINGS! who had invaded northern France 200 years before.

[@sunseeker9581]

London hasnt got cheaper and thats not how you spell billionaires. Good old youtube producing quality content as always

[@sarahealey1780]

New york is only about 6 hrs from the uk so your not that far away

[@Madders23]

Get rid of your guns and I might come over to the states.

[@gerdpapenburg7050]

America so far away?? Flight time from Frankfurt, Germany on direct flights: ▬ to New York - 8 h 30 min ▬ to Bangkok, Thailand - 10 h 40 min Flight time to Frankfurt, Germany on direct flights: ▬ from New York - 7 h 20 min ▬ from Bangkok, Thailand - 12 h 15 min

[@stevenvanhulle7242]

"International visitors" explains it at least partly. When you're German and visit Paris in neighboring France, you're an international visitor, as most Europeans will be. When you're visiting New York City from a neighboring state like New Jersey you're not. So most of the US' 340 million population doesn't count as international, while most of Europe's 740 million do.

[@tonyh1731]

Better if you didn't stop the video you're watching so often as it tends to confuse what you're saying. Doesn't stop me watching your channel though

[@Roz-y2d]

Ryan.... Please let the commentator finish a sentence, then you won’t have to ask so many questions. Stopping and starting just confuses things.❤️