American reacts to Average American vs Average European - How Do They Compare

[@daveofyorkshire301]

He's using EU and European interchangeably - that is wrong... There are 27 EU countries and 44 European countries (according to the United Nations)...

[@neuralwarp]

It's 54. I counted. Though not all of them are UN members, and some have limited recognition.

[@daveofyorkshire301]

@@neuralwarp You counted using what criteria? Who are the extra 10?

[@neuralwarp]

▪︎Iceland ▪Liechtenstein ▪Norway ▪Switzerland ▪Andorra ▪Monaco ▪San Marino ▪Vatican ▪Albania ▪Armenia ▪Azerbaijan ▪Bosnia Herzegovina ▪Georgia ▪Moldova ▪Montenegro ▪North Macedonia ▪Russia ▪Serbia ▪Turkey ▪Ukraine ▪United Kingdom ▪Belarus ▪Kazakhstan ▪Kosovo ▪Nagorno Karabakh ▪Sealand ▪Sovereign Military Order of Malta

[@daveofyorkshire301]

@@neuralwarp What you've listed there are part of the 44... Russia, Lichtenstein, Malta, Norway etc... But what is your criteria for your list?

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@neuralwarp There's 44 countries in Europe, not 54. try again.

[@mouse9727]

I can’t believe that guy said Scotch-Irish. Scotch is a whiskey, not a person.

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

I have seen this before and made a similar comment. My father was Scottish, along with many relatives and the Scots don't like being called 'Scotch'. Scotch is used for objects (like Scotch pancakes or Scotch eggs), but more often used for one of their best known exports; Scotch Whisky (DO note the spelling, with no 'E' - Whereas Irish Whiskey is spelt with an 'E' ! - to easily differentiate the country of distilling and origin).

[@G0Lg0Th4N]

To be fair he might think he's an egg.

[@holgerlinke98]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch-Irish_Americans The word "Scotch" was the favored adjective for things "of Scotland", including people, until the early 19th century, when it was replaced by the word "Scottish".

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

@@holgerlinke98 - A little 'out of date' since the early 1800's. Plus, one of the main 'reason's' it fell out of favour was because of the English using it as a derogatory term; during 'The Highland Clearances' when the landowners evicted a significant number of tenants (workers) in the Scottish Highlands and Islands (mostly in two phases from 1750 to 1860). So a SORE subject to be discussing for many still...

[@supermaximglitchy1]

there’s a thing called scotch tape so there exists wiskey tape

[@seanthiar]

7:30 unfair comparison - In Europe you pay the income tax, but that pays for health care, unemployment, education, etc. and it doesn't do that in the USA, too. I read once an article that showed that if you add the average cost for those things like education, health care etc., the USA has an average 'tax' of about 45-50% of their income. Housesize - It's no wonder houses in the EU are smaller. The population density is much higher. For most EU-countries it's three or more times higher than in the USA. We just don't have the space for big houses. It's 35 people per square kilometer in the USA and over a hundred or more people per square kilometer in the EU. Cars - we don't need that much cars. We can walk or use public transport something that doesn't really exist in the US. I lived in the US for a time for work and where I lived they had no sidewalks and no public transport available at all. And BTW - UK is not in the EU.

[@CBOANDALUCIA]

My sister was also there bc her job, only a month and a half. She hated It bc she loves running in parks, trekking, etc, and she had a lot of problems there bc that city, a capital in the MidWest, don't have a real good public transport, and she can't visit the near National Park bc they only can reach it with a car.

[@petergaskin1811]

To your last point, more's the pity.

[@cadeeja.]

UK was in the EU when the original video was made though.

[@stampandscrap7494]

​@@cadeeja. UK is always in Europe

[@kroche90]

​@@stampandscrap7494 EU and Europe are different things...

[@Dreaded-Flower]

10:54 well the US builds paper houses were you can punch in walls and you need to be afraid of wind

[@tihomirrasperic]

you start to sneeze, and there you are in the USA a tornado alarm 😂

[@Iflie]

Yeah as a kid I thought the people punching in walls must be superstrong, now I know you can just trip and your wall will have a dent you have to fix. This does not seem like a sustainable way to build but they keep on doing it.

[@Dreaded-Flower]

@@Iflie true this wont happen in a common european house. before you brake a wall or make a dent. you would break your hand

[@Iflie]

@@Dreaded-Flower Yeah I have always had concrete or brick walls, your house will be there when you are gone, haha Also it seems a bad choice to build out of wood when there is dangerous mold or termites in your environment.

[@timothyreel716]

I'm in the US, and every house except for one that I lived in, were all brick!!!

[@uhjeen]

yup, in Luxembourg, we are rich. So rich that we cannot even afford a own house or apartment anymore ... High income doesn't mean that everything is a gift, nearly anything is way more expensive than anywhere else!! Greets from Luxembourg!

[@carlottaa_08]

omygaush smame here in liechtenstein😂😂 we small counties have to stand together

[@bencze465]

I have the same in Germany, houses are 800k-1m in the small villages around here. However if we manage to save up we can move to Thailand or eastern europe for retirement and not starve to death.

[@MrMajsterixx]

use your economic might, make money at home, spend it abroad.

[@IntyMichael]

Thats why you Luxembourgers are moving to the surrounding countries.

[@verrezen]

Then move 10km west and buy a house and live the life of the wealthy. ;)

[@xenotypos]

Regarding alcohol be careful when you interpret the data: a lot of Europeans don't drink the same "way" as in the US, as it's also often consumed in moderation but more regularly while having dinner for example, not just to "get drunk" (even if in some countries, especially the "beer countries" like Germany or Czechia, it really is biggest part). Drinking alcohol such as wine while having a meal is totally normal in Europe. Data regarding who get the most drunk in average would be interesting, along with the rate of alcoholism. Also, I believe there are far less car accident involving alcohol in most European countries, even while adjusting the data to car owners only.

[@carlottaa_08]

why do ppl always forget to mention austria when it comes to austria??? its the second country after russia to consume the most alcohol😢

[@oskarprotzer3000]

​@@carlottaa_08 when it comes to austria, everybody mentions austria :P

[@minefoxc4015]

Come on we all remember the sips of red wine we were allowed to have at 7 or 8 after dinner events, in Italy I was allowed a sip of wine at least a dozen times between 7 and 11 years old alone, nevermind after that. Apparently red wine helps digestion or something. I imagine Portugal, Spain and France to have similar nonchalance to underage drinking when your parents offer you a sip. And I believe I heard that in the UK as long as a parent is supervising, and at home on private property, there is no legal limit for alcohol. Might have misheard though.

[@DaweSlayer]

@@carlottaa_08 I don't know, im from Czechia and Austria is like country u barely hear about... u have to be louder i guess.

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

@@minefoxc4015 - In case you may not know?: In the UK it is OK (in law), to give alcohol to a child at home, over the age of 5 (being supervised by adults). Also, in the UK, supervising adults can buy alcoholic drinks for 16+ year olds in a pub or restaurant that is also serving meals at the time... Strangely, the French (who had always seemed more free with giving 'wine' to their kids), have actually tightened their laws regarding alcohol consumption for children!

[@MrsClarissa3112]

Love how the European side in these illustration are wearing Lederhosen and Dirndl, traditional clothing. While the americans don`t have traditional clothes (not talking about natives obviously) and therefore are in t-shirt and everyday wear 😂😂

[@neuralwarp]

How old do costumes have to be before they become traditional? The US man is wearing cowboy jeans.

[@teastan95]

@@neuralwarp jeans, invented by Levi Strauss, german guy.

[@Patrick-on2ty]

Indianer werden einfach verschwiegen

[@robynmurray7421]

@@teastan95 Using a fabric developed in Nimes, France, known as serge di Nimes (serge from Nimes) which became commonly known as denim. So the French should get some credit.

[@SieggurtzuSpeyer]

As a German I'd like to point out: Dirndl and Lederhosen are BAVARIAN "traditional" clothing. It is kind of unfair to all the other very beautiful traditional clothing styles all over europe. I personally can think of seven completely different looking styles on the top of my head, and I don't even have been to many places in the EU (what a shame actually) The average european (EU and non-EU) inkuding Bavarians wear pretty much the same as Americans ...

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

He said ENGLAND for student fees, NOT the UK (because Scotland has NO fees and Wales / Northern Ireland pay less / different contributions).

[@Thurgosh_OG]

But infographics still had 'UK' on display, despite the script.

[@ac1455]

@@Thurgosh_OG it’s infographics, don’t take it too seriously

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

@@Thurgosh_OG - Two wrongs don't make a right and all that, old chap...Just saying LOL!

[@magmalin]

Well, in Germany university is also free - no tution fees! You only have to pay a very small fee to the Studentenwerk = students society per semester = about 6 months, and this includes the ticket for public transport. If students would have to buy a regular ticket for the bus or tram, they would have to pay the same every single month. This person seems to be rather poorly informed.

[@Flowerofearth]

University 'debt' isn't the same here in the UK. We only have to pay back a small percentage once we reach a wage cap. For example, I have an undergraduate and masters degrees so I pay 15% of my income above 22,000 (not sure about the exact number). This also isn't classed as debt by banks etc and anything remaining will be written off when we reach retirement - it essentially functions as a tax on graduates. [I don't think it's a good system but I think it's better than the US]. I don't even think about my 'debt' even though it's probably some huge number now with compound interest.

[@gabrielcoventry4586]

Not to mentioned they just clear it if it goes on too long

[@Thurgosh_OG]

And it's free in Scotland.

[@t.a.yeah.]

I'm from Germany and will have to pay 10.000 € back. But I think if I didn't earn enough I wouldn't have to - I'm not sure because I think I will have enough to pay it back. (It's called BAföG. And I got way more than 10.000, btw, but nobody has to pay more than 10.000 € back.)

[@gabrielcoventry4586]

@@Thurgosh_OG Scotland does it right

[@kaneworsnop1007]

@@gabrielcoventry4586 unfortunately it's not viable for the whole GB, Scotland can only afford to do it as their government is given more money per person than England and Wales, although Wales does get more than England as well.

[@stefanpajung113]

Ryan calls American "beer", beer. Good one. 😄

[@dnkyhntr]

Ba-Dum-Tzzz

[@sabines6500]

😂👍

[@roguebanshee]

There are supposedly some decent local breweries in the US.

[@dnkyhntr]

@@roguebanshee no.greets from germany

[@CabinFever52]

LOL I don't even like beer and I still find this funny 🤣

[@AleaumeAnders]

I wouldn't call those oversized cardbord boxes you have in the USA "houses". More like deathtraps.

[@minefoxc4015]

So funny, you can punch a hole through the wall over there, last time I was drunk at home I punched the wall hard, and almost broke my knuckles. I trust my house to remain standing after some high wind, not get swept away. There was a day in 2020 we were warned about 30kmh winds with possible 80kmh gusts. My old ass 1980s wooden framed windows broke, chairs outside were swept into the fields, the old fig tree in front of the house snapped in half where the two main branches divided. You couldn't walk against the wind at times. House is still here, only 2 sections of the gutters got blown away, never seen em since.

[@AleaumeAnders]

@@minefoxc4015 ^^ I think you forget a 1 or 2, as 30-80 kmh will not blow away your gutter. Yeah, the quality of the buildings in the USA is ... weird. It's not even the quality of the woodwork, mind you. I've built my garden shed in the (old style) european equivalent to what they do. Though of course I used wooden posts (5"x5" and 2.5"x5") instead of boards. But if you use enough 2"x4"s they will do the trick just fine. Still, what's placed to fill in the gaps in the woodwork makes all the difference. The combination of OSB, insulation and cheap plaster could be considered fine on a secondary building (like, well a garden shed) in Germany, but for a living space? That's expected to stand up for a minimum of 80-100 years? Heck, even for my own garden shed I used a modern take on wattle and daub, as I'm a stupid eco-maniac. If you'd try to punch through that 21cm / 8" hemp-loam wall, you'd probably make a decent dent... in the loam plaster as well as your hand. But no way you'd get in deeper than an inch with one hit. I was stupid and had my bicycle fall over and strike the wall hard with the tip of the handle. Took me about a teaspoon full of loam to fix the hole it pocked. And that is for a 24m² / 250+ sqft garden shed in a rented micro-garden, that's unlikely to be there for longer than 30-50 years.

[@minefoxc4015]

@@AleaumeAnders when you have a 50 year old house, in the middle of the farm fields, you can expect a lot of things to fall off, gutters were so cheap I could have probably bent them with my hands. And 50 is a conservative estimate, might be prewar for all I know. Still rent is cheap and it's away from the traffic.

[@AleaumeAnders]

@@minefoxc4015 Uff, I wouldn't be comfortable with gutters THAT weak. :D But again, I'm so used to (over)engineering that this is to be expected. :D

[@michellemorrison9663]

I come from a third world country and the infrastructure of the houses and buildings is what bothered me the most about a “developed” country. I took some architecture classes before and I knew about the build of the houses here in the US but living in them and seeing them was different. In my country, we have horrific hurricanes, 7+ earthquakes, extreme heat temperatures. Houses do not fall apart, they don’t crack, they don’t catch on fire so easily, etc. houses and buildings keep getting renovated as much as possible. For example for us, a 30 years old house, is old already. Here, it’s alright cause rn I have an 100+ yrs house 🤦🏻‍♀️. Pretty weak I’ll say, and I think it’s just so they take more insurance money and they are easier to build and still rob you from fees🤷🏻‍♀️

[@scrappedlives]

I am a dutch woman of 1.74m (60 kg) and my husband is 1.86 (82 kg), and our sons are even taller. And we are not even the longest people. I think we have grown so tall because of the good food and great health care.

[@mrlolkar6229]

No you grown so hight becouse you are getting prepated for ocean level rise, so you would have heads above water :)

[@F_Reduction]

Height is about how wealthy a family is, according to study’s ofcourse I don’t believe it.

[@naraseth]

@@F_Reduction Well, yes and no. Your genes determine a range of height for you and your environment (food, stress, activity, hormones etc.) determine your actual height within that range. That means that on average a wealthy person would get bigger than a poor person with the same genetics, as wealth often means better conditions like high quality food and lower stress levels. But if your genetically short, no money in the world can buy you the food to grow tall.

[@norielsylvire4516]

​@@F_Reductionmy family is dirt poor. Some of my family members stole stuff from us. There's been points in our loves when we couldn't afford food. I'm 1.90m tall and everyone else in my family is both tall and big (not necessarily muscular, just big) Height isn't just money, it's also genetics. Btw we're Romanian.

[@MrMegamansx]

Good quality drinking water also adds to this

[@Al69BfR]

11:06 The US is a country where the vast majority of the land is empty space. So when you look how the suburbs of an average British city look like compared to an average US suburb, than you see lots of small semidetached houses with almost no backyard or lawn. And new ground to build a house is relatively rare and therefore also expensive. Probably houses in Europe are also more expensive which also reduces the size people can afford.

[@spugelo359]

Well, buildings in Europe are built to last. Pretty sure there are buildings older than the USA. With a quick search the oldest house that has been and still is in use would be from 12th century in England. But there are also buildings all over that have reached the 3 digits. Not as many as there could be, as many got taken down during the wars.

[@mari.be.86]

Because 99% of European houses are made of bricks and concrete, while American houses are made of boards and plasterboard, which are blown away by the wind, washed away by a stronger storm, and when they catch fire, they burn to ashes. By European standards, American houses are only cottages of larger dimensions. If you shoot a wall in an American house, you shoot the neighbor 2 houses away because they have paper walls.

[@tinalettieri]

The thing is, in the US, the vast majority of houses are all the same basic construction. 2x6 "green" wood joists spaced 16" on center, tyvek wrap outside with chip board sheathing (brick/ stone are strictly cosmetic) and synthetic siding and roofing, insulation and quarter inch plaster board inside walls and ceilings.Doors are hollow, thin plywood. Windows are wood framed, usually double hung with no shutters. They only open one way althought they do have screens. Plumbing is PVC throughout. Floors are plywood with carpet, occasionally wood look laminate, and tile in baths. The extra costs are in things like fully tiled baths, upgraded kitchen cabinets, flooring, appliances, hardware and landscaping. There is nothing added to the structural integrity of the building itself. And everything is about location, location, location.

[@skillspronto3401]

In the uk and i think for most of europe you don’t necessarily need to rely on personal transport like cars and bikes etc… our public transport networks are interlinked making us able to travel anywhere and not necessarily needing a car to get around.

[@Faeyeful]

As 178cm german woman, the further you get towards denmark the taller everyone is. i consider men below my height small already, cause 90% of the men i know are taller, some are by quite a bit (i know a bunch of 190cm+ men and even 180+ women) Also house sizes: compare the people / km or mile from Europe and America and you know why the houses are on average smaller. Many houses are in or near large cities and therefor are way smaller than ones in the country side.

[@alessandrom7181]

Actually the tallest people are in the balkans.

[@gang3r978]

Yes actually, I as a Bosnian can say that men are pretty tall over here, and I would say they average around 185 cm.

[@eddavanleemputten9232]

Belgian here. We might pay a lot of taxes, but the quality of life we get in exchange is massively better compared to the US. Paid vacation, no student debt, great healthcare that’s actually affordable (I pay 4€ for a doctor’s visit and a lot of prescription medications are free or VERY cheap), great work-life balance… I did the math at a certain point in my life. Factoring cost of living, healthcare etc, the apparently stellar offer I’d received for a job in the US would actually mean I’d be able to save less. And that was not factoring in what it would cost me to pay for my daughter’s education. Or our safety, because the are we’d have to move to was, compared to where I am living, a lot less safe. Needless to say, I declined.

[@FuFightersStudio]

Regarding drinking in Czechia: We have a law which requires at least one non-aloholic drink cheaper than beer on the menu (We even have a joke about it where a young boy comes into a pub and asks for a beer, the waiter offers him a soda and the boy refuses stating he doesnt have that much money :D ) The beer here is not only cheap but also one of the best beers in the world (I will avoid the arguments with Germans :P ). We drink so much beer that the second place is 50% lower consuption on us (beer is so common here that it is completely reasonable to have a small beer with your lunch during work day :P - unless you are driving as we have 0 tolerance) The official drinking age is lower but the reality is that unlike US in Europe nobody generally cares - by 12 years old you have nearly for sure got your hands on at least a beer (hell I had my first taste of beer when I was 5). You can even often just walk into a pub, order a beer and they will serve you a beer no questions asked - adult or not.

[@AleaumeAnders]

Don't worry, most germans wont argue with, you, as long as we can agree that the best beer in the world is brewed somewhere between Brügge and Bratislava. Which single one of the thousands of beers that are brewed in Belgium, Czech Rep and Germany is the best? The one you prefer, thus usually one brewed in your home region. It's helped a lot to avoid this argument, if we start by agreeing that horse piss is NOT to be called beer, and should never be named after a czech city. ;).

[@mikefraser4513]

Everyone talks about German beer...but you Czechs have the best of the best.

[@Murmilone]

I prefer British and Irish beer.

[@tysej4]

Danish beer wets my tongue.. Though not all, honestly the biggest brands I consider sub-par to even the worst Czech beer I've had. But damm some of the less widespread brands are top for me xD

[@norielsylvire4516]

Dude send me some of your beer or name a couple of brands! Gonna find a Czech store somewhere and buy it if I can't find it on my Romanian local store

[@lauralopez4447]

I think the drinking part is just a difference in culture. Since our cities are walkable and we don't work that many hours in spain is common to meet almost every day and have a beer with friends after work. It's almost daily so the average goes up but the goal is not to get drunk. From the outside it seems like you guys spend a month without drinking and then get completely wasted. The results are radical but the average is small.

[@lobavulcana]

Yo añadiría a Ingleses y Alemanes como gente que bebe alcohol hasta que no pueden ni a dar un paso, por lo menos cuando vienen a España

[@norielsylvire4516]

Also drinking wine with the food. Un vino tinto con la cena a veces entra muy bien :)

[@MichalStangl]

I am from Czech republic. We have health insurance, free education, 4 weeks of paid vacation (in my work 5), the mother can stay at home with the child for up to 4 years and receives money from the state and has paid health and social insurance. A beer costs $1.50 in a restaurant and $0.70 in a store. We have the largest beer consumption per capita in the world. I have many friends who drink 15 beers (0.5 l) in an evening. I already have a young family, so it's a little less. 😁 The average house size should be 95m2 (1022 sq ft). But it will be quite different from big city and village. I'm from a smaller town and I have an apartment twice as big. And the houses are roughly three times larger and more generations live in them (for example, grandparents on the ground floor and parents with children upstairs).. I think one of the worst things about America is the credit score. A person has to borrow money, incur credit card debt to prove that he can repay his obligations. And a person who has never had debts, is responsible and has a decent job will not get a loan. That's stupidity. In the EU, financially literate people take out a loan only once in their life for their own housing, or for a car if they need it for work. Money is being saved for the rest. Have a good time man 🙂🤙

[@mskatonic7240]

12:41 it's a continent with Finland, Ireland, Germany, the UK, and all the Slavic nations in Eastern Europe for starters. Then there's all those Mediterranean resorts where we're spending all our paid vacation time. Major men's football ⚽️ tournaments every two years, and the women's ones rising in prominence. Eurovision every year, no one's watching that sober. It all adds up!

[@CabinFever52]

lol

[@CarlosLopez58]

I live in Spain and the price of can of beer in the shop is 50 cents or less. And it is cold too!

[@MsJakobsen]

I was so surprized how short the people were when I visited Boston. Most people were shorter than me (5"10) and I'm only slightly taller than an eaverage woman here in Denmark. My daughters are 6 feet and 6"1

[@theRAV4000]

12:30 that beer for 1,50$ in Czech Republic is about the bars, not supermarkets, in a supermarket you can get a beer for less than a dollar Also, beer in Czech restaurants is often cheaper than water (which is not free in most of Europe)

[@petergaskin1811]

And mostly better than anywhere else in Europe (or the World).

[@irgendeinname9256]

In Germany you can also get beer for less than a dollar in the supermarket but but paying less than $3 in a bar is already considered very cheap

[@theRAV4000]

@@irgendeinname9256 yeah in Germany it's usually 4-5 euros

[@flops1792]

they don't serve you water for free? i'm french and in here it's illegal to charge for water at a restaurant (some might not charge for sparkling water too)

[@irgendeinname9256]

@@flops1792 here in Germany they usually only offer you bottled water that you have to pay for. They might give you free tap water if you ask for it but they aren't obligated to do that and it's considered kinda bold to ask that.

[@westerwald78]

Based on the collective agreement, I have 35 days of paid vacation per year plus public holidays :) Greetings from Germany

[@homeork1534]

And Ryan doesnt know about state holidays, mandatory sick leaves, parents care sick leaves, wedding and funeral free days etc.... :)but he has right. It s nice. Work hard. Relax harder.

[@PM-ld4nn]

Bill Gates works very hard. I'd rather drink a beer and eat tapas sometimes.

[@michaelap8563]

Meanwhile me, growing up with 3-4 kids sharing one room (and usually one closet for all of us) And yep, In the beer countries, Germany and Czechia, the beer is cheaper than water, but you don't drink it to get drunk, it just goes well with some foods, bbqs or just to have one in the evening

[@timglennon6814]

University students get ripped off big time in just England. Scotland and Wales have different rules.

[@neuralwarp]

Yes. They get their education subsidised by English taxpayers.

[@chrischarlescook]

How many of the videos you gonna watch before you realise you need to come join the civilised world? 😅

[@CabinFever52]

Yeppers. A nice guy like that just doesn't belong there.

[@grash4435]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tboi112]

Hi Ryan, My Taxes are around 42% (see split up below) but the biggest difference to the USA is: that most European citizens don't mind to pay higher taxes (especially in northern Europe) since they know the get a good return for the taxes (Universal health care, social coverage (unemployment benefits and more), tuition free Universities, good public transport, good roads etc.). Also I guess that it its more engraved in us that we want the goverment to take care of things in order for a fair and balanced Society in which everybody has the chance to succeed and get the help they need for this. As an example if you would earn a monthly salary of 3975 € gross and you are single with no kids and live in North Rhine Westphalia (best state ;) in Germany), you had to pay monthly (roughly) 1.447,28 € from your salary as tax and social insurance etc.That leaves 2.527,72 € at your disposal. The taxes and social insurances divides as followed: 582,93 € Income Tax/ 52,46 € Church Tax (if belong to a church) / Health Insurance 316,01 € / 74,53 € Long-term care Insuarnce (Pflegeversicherung) / 369,68 € Retirement Insurance / 51,58 € Unenployment Insurance. All this except for the church tax is mandatory. All of these with the except for the income and church tax your employer has to pay too (in addition to your salary)

[@JeroenJA]

was really eye opening to hear him state that gov still 'runs off' with a quarter of his money.. really states something about the fixation in USA on 'gov interventionist' as being bad.. .. Good roads, health care, school, safety, fireprotection, ... all have to be payed some way :) . we have good social security , and with way lower barriers to access good health care Europe pays far less % of GDP on health care then the USA.. So you pay way more, for way worse health care that is way less accessible ...

[@sindibadage]

The catch is in the last sentence. Deadly for small businesses..

[@tboi112]

@@sindibadage not really just calculate your prices right. Done that for years is not an issue.

[@ralfhtg1056]

For many Europeans (like me) the most famous american beer brands are not beer at all. I once tried Bud light and Fosters. Oh and not to forget: Corona. For me who is used to german beer, these 3 taste like water. Coloured water. Not beer.

[@danytalloen]

Corona is of course Mexican, and I think when muricans use the word "American", they tend NOT to include Mexico or Mexican... and tbh I really thought Fosters was Australian. I myself, being Belgian I tend to stick to Belgian beer, including my homebrewn Triple, Pale Ale and Weizen.

[@ralfhtg1056]

@@danytalloen Of course you are right. Thanks for correcting my error.

[@davidpickford5422]

Scottish university courses are free to Scottish residence. You have to pay for accommodation and food etc

[@lindaandersen5723]

Same in Sweden, courses are free but the materials, food and accommodations are not supplied by the universities.

[@PM-ld4nn]

The only big difference is the homicide's rate. 4.7 homicides per 100,000 people a year in USA, 1.3 in UE- The rate is only 0.5 in countries such as Italy, Spain, Germany...

[@blondkatze3547]

In southern Europe many men and women are shorter than 1.85 meters. In Germany many young couples live in a marriage - like community and are not married. There are also many young men and women who like to live alone , because they don`t want a partnership. Everyone earn their own money and has their own apartment.😍

[@bencze465]

in eastern europe we're also short, i assume our women were raped many times by mongolians and turkish invaders

[@blondkatze3547]

It is a crime and disgrace that violence against women by raping them is used again and again as a weapon of war.@@bencze465

[@emps8992]

What are you talking about Southern Europe. Southern Europeans are the tallest Europeans(Bosnians,Serbians and Montenegrins)

[@tomast9034]

marriage is overrated in these days...has no purpose other then some legal benefits?....for the wife and another headaches+ for the husband with the state looking over their shoulder :D.

[@blondkatze3547]

@@tomast9034 That`s the good thing nowadays that everyone can live as they want even if you`re not married and nobody says anything against it.

[@palantir135]

Life expectancy in the EU, before COVID was 78,5 for men and 84 for woman. After COVID it was 77,7 and 83,2. Don’t forget that taxes in the eu benefit the citizens.

[@PM-ld4nn]

It depends on your point of view.

[@palantir135]

@@PM-ld4nn the amount of profit depends more on the country and the government ruling there

[@m0t0b33]

Not everywhere... definitely not in my country. Ever since we joined EU, we became their bitches and they depleted our economy and pretty much everything else.

[@DenUitvreter]

In terms of economic model, the UK and especially England is more like the US than like continental Europe. The continental model is to invest in every kid to make it reach it's full potential, the Anglo-Saxon model is to let them compete and take the ones that come out on top. It's more about selection than about teaching, and because of the perspective, they just take the loss of kids not being able to afford to study.

[@justhair17]

Tbf, the Anglo-American model is far superior. Life is a competition and the sooner the kids realize it and adapt to it, the better for them

[@DenUitvreter]

@@justhair17 Life is also a competition, not only a competition. Otherwise you get an awful lot of losers like in the US, while in Western-Europe we have more winners and the rest has mostly settled for a draw.

[@justhair17]

@@DenUitvreter Western Europe certainly doesnt have even remotely as much winners as the US. Sure, it has more losers as well, but being average is not much better

[@DenUitvreter]

@@justhair17 In the US being average is indeed not much better, while the average European would be considered a winner everywhere else. The average American works very hard and still struggles to pay the bills. Just because the few winners have to win so big.

[@justhair17]

@@DenUitvreter nah, average European is much worse than being average in US. An average in most Europeam countries would be below poverty line in the US

[@johnmartin7599]

In the UK, students used to have free university education, they also got a grant That all changed in 1998, when Tony Blairs government introduced a max £1000 tuition fee for university education. That rose significantly with successive governments, universities got cart blanche to raise tution fees. I think tuition fees are £9000 per year. But do raise in line with inflation. When the devolved governments came in Scotland got rid of tuition fees and went back to a grant

[@gameto]

1:08 The Castillian crown (one of the two kingdoms that founded Spain) sent the first expedition looking for an alternative route to India using the opposite side. Christopher Columbus with the expedition discovered American for the Europeans (no matter what some people claim about vikings...) and end up conquering the majority of the Americas, hence most of the continent still speaks Spanish. France, England and other civilizations such as the Dutch couldn't defeat the Castillian kingdom (Spain) at the time so they had to conquer other colder and not so -initially- interesting lands like Canada and the east coast of the US. The western part of the US was conquered by Castille and Florida too, and that is the reason why most of their names come from Spanish or are heavily influenced, like "Florida, Arizona, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Mesa, Colorado" and the list goes on and on. Happy for you Ryan to have discovered that interesting topic. Keep releasing videos mate, they are very interesting!

[@ncoppens]

I'm a Dutch 47 year old woman and I am 6' tall. In The Netherlands I regularly see women my length, but here in Austria where I have been living for over a decade I rarely see women as tall as me.

[@lolololol7573]

And they're getting taller in the Netherlands still. I'm confident about it.

[@ncoppens]

@@lolololol7573 Absolutely true they are getting taller at least more women are getting this tall.

[@wimthuis4741]

I'm a Dutch 69 year old man and also 6' tall, my daughter (29) is 5'11'' and my son (27) 6'3'' and the rest of the man in the family are between 6'2'' and 6'9''

[@Jin.Sensei]

1:14 heh Leif and Thorfinn Karlsefni would like a word about this. North America was discovered around 1010 - the VINLAND stories. They tried some colonisation but it didnt work. The real "deal" started - as stated with Portuguese and Spanish explorers.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Except that the Native Americans were already there thousands of years before the Vikings went over, so the land had already long been discovered.

[@tinalettieri]

He said OFFICIAL. The Vikings never did anything with their knowledge to illuminate the rest of Europe.

[@rytterl]

I have five weeks of vacation time. I can use those as I please. The Christmas time is always a stressful time at work, so right now I'm on vacation. So, this whole week I'll spend at home relaxing and catching my breath, with full pay. Pretty nice to have this opportunity.

[@fionagregory9147]

Holidays not vacations.

[@rytterl]

@@fionagregory9147 well, I use the word vacation because of the way the Norwegian language works. It just feels more right, even if it isn't grammatically correct.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@rytterl We know what you meant Rune, Fiona is just being pedantic.

[@rytterl]

@@Thurgosh_OG I know. Does'nt mean she's not a bitch.

[@jordi95]

2$ for a beer in the supermarket ??? That's way to expensive, here in Spain 2$ is the price on the bar, in the supermarket you can buy for as low as 50cents for a cheap beer and a litlte less than 1$ for a good one

[@PM-ld4nn]

Cómprate una Steinburg o una Edimbrau y verás que es más barato aún.

[@andrijanaginin1168]

So funny how 74m2 seems small to Americans, we fit 4 member family in it 😁 there's a saying in my country: if the children are not spoiled, the house is not small 😊 also, way more apartments than houses in Europe, so it's hard to have each apartment over 150m2.....

[@HereIAm247]

From a Danish perspective, 74 m2 seems a bit tight for 4 family members, though definitely not impossible! 🙂 I think it depends a lot on the floorplan though. A good floorpan can really maximise the use you get of your space, but a lot of modern houses are not very efficient at this point.

[@sjakiedevuilnisman]

consider that the weight isnt even normalized with height. Americans are shorter and still weight more than taller people.

[@RoyalDudeness]

I am working for a US company in germany in my 5th year and have 30 days payed vacation this year + 5 days left over from last year

[@CabinFever52]

I know....crazy, isn't it? Even here in Austria, McDs workers get the same benefits as other Austrians, even though the company tells USA workers that they never could afford to give them the same pay/benefits.

[@Phantom-kf6bp]

The taxes are much higher in the EU but in those percentages are included healthcare(which may be universal or partial, meaning that sometimes you have to pay for some meds, but most of the time is a very small amount, lower than 10-20euros), and also the pension fund(when people reach the age of retirement they aren't left without income), education(people don't have to pay for their kids when they go to schools up to highschool)

[@petebeatminister]

There are a few misunderstangings about some things in Germany, or the EU in general. For one, health care is not "free" in Germany. We have a system of health insurance, divided into 2 classes. One is the public health insurance. People who are employed pay a certain amount of their wages into this insurance, and this amount is doubled by the employer paying in the same amount (based on the monthly salary of the employee). Unemployed people or disabled people who cannot work, spouses and children are also covered by this insurance without paying in themself. So its not really "free healthcare" we just dont get hit by ridiculous medical bills that ruin you for the rest of your life, like it happens in the US. The other health insurance is the private kind. This is for people who are self employed or employed above a certain income bracket. A pretty high one. Those have to pay a higher monthly amount - but still not crazy high - but they get a better service for that. It depends on what kind of insurance quality they have booked. The other thing is, also here students (at university) can take loans from the government, which they have to pay back later once they earn money. But those loans are meant to cover the cost of living during the studying time, not the university fees. The studying is free, apart of a relativly small signing up fee, like 400 Euros or so per semester. How much money someone needs for living is of course a matter of what life style he is used to. Often times students take up small jobs to keep the loan small, or even manage without one.

[@almostyummymummy]

As of very late 2022, The average height in the US is 5'4" inches (162.56 centimeters) for women and 5'9" inches (175.26 centimeters) for men. In NZ, as of mid-2019, the average Kiwi male is 178cm (5'10" inches) tall, while the average woman is 165cm (5'5" inches) tall. I'm 5'10". Wife is a touch under 5'11". Our son (15), once he finishes growing will most likely tower over us by some distance. Our daughter is 19, and is already 5'9". Our house here when first purchased was 163sqm (1755 square feet). Now, 13 years later it's 205sqm (2205 square feet). Section (lot) size has 714sqm to 948. A lot of hoops to jump through, but worth it.

[@petertrabaris1629]

Ryan, I can't believe you actually cheered when you heard that students in the UK had more student debt than US students. Anyway, hope you are doing good today. Very interesting and fun video. Peace

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Except that in reality, they don't. English students have the biggest debts but they only have to replay them gradually after they have a job paying a high enough wage and they are written off after a period. In Wales and N.Ireland, the amounts are less, due to lower fees and in Scotland, it's free, so no debts. For those with Student debts, they do not count against anything financial in day to day life, so no issues arise from applying for loans or mortgages from student debts.

[@bencze465]

@@Thurgosh_OG i was actually surprised at that 29000$ for US, i would assume most people don't buy a house in their twenties anyway, and that doesn't take a long time to repay, so it seems US student loan is not that big of a deal anyway, with thm earning one of highest salaries... (in my profession 30-50% more for example, i live in Germany)

[@firnagon7395]

This makes me triggered, they only show the worst example and not the avarage... In my country students study for free and the highest quality schools are between them. Also avarage tax is 25%, healthcare is included in the tax, and many more things...

[@RiBeel7]

In Greece you can study in the best university, the best career,as long as you have good grades in the final exams. Its the same exams in the whole Greece. At the same time you write the same subject like the rest. If you succed, free education in the university you desire. Free food and for weak families free shelter. If you don't attend a uni and go to an other like school where you have to pay or go abroad in Europe and pay then it's because the exams didn't go as planned

[@Patrikch100]

Yeah Its pretty to do not worry about healthcare and enjoying my 5 weeks of paid vacation and free university even for foreigners. BTW I even do not own a car and I do not plan to own a car. And I do not own a passport. ID is all I need. Hello from the Czech Republic. The country which drink the most beer on the world and produce the most gay adut tapes in the world.

[@the_magiar3906]

When I saw the 42,8% in Belgium and I was like "yeah, nice, I love my country"

[@aikslakt]

Fun fact about University in Sweden, we even get PAID to go to university. We get a contribution from the government and on top of that can take loans with a really low interest rate. But those loans are for living expenses and not at all for tuition fees

[@Jamie_D]

In many instances the UK is more like the states than Europe on some aspects

[@KingPOTB]

Fun Fact: In Pubs, 15 year olds can drink alcohol as long as it's ordered alongside a meal (And I think a parent has to be there but not 100 sure about that)

[@scarba]

Luxembourg is so rich that it’s the first country in the world to offer free public transport nationwide!!!!!

[@CabinFever52]

😯😳

[@walkir2662]

(Germany) That 4 weeks is kind of deceiving, I never had a job offer below 30 days vacation. As for drinking... yeah. US exchange students indeed always went crazy with the beer because they considered it aspecial thing they had to use of as much as possible before going back.

[@andreanecchi5930]

3:37 bs for americans is lower , in many videos that channel glorifies the USA a little too much

[@alicetwain]

Most European countries have as many or even more public holidays as the US (we are having one in Italy today), but we most commonly don't move the day off to the closest Monday or Friday. Suppose a public holiday occurs on a Thursday: we have a day off on Thursday, then we are supposed to go back to work on Friday before the week end. But a lot of people make good use of our higher number of paid vacation day and "bridge" the days off with one vacation day. Also, I have lived with other three people in 60 square meters (do the conversion). it's not that tight.

[@johnveerkamp1501]

YOU DON'T HAVE AN BIG HOUSE TO BE HAPPY. !

[@flitsertheo]

Especially if you think about heating and maintenance costs for all that space.

[@zaphodbeeblebrox6627]

In the UK, students are only expected to pay back the Dept once you leave your course and when your income is above the repayment threshold. The current UK threshold is £27,295 a year, £2,274 a month, or £524 a week

[@tinalettieri]

In the EU and elsewhere, kids share rooms. you don't need a separate bedroom for each kid. Bedrooms are for sleeping and other activities are done in a common area. The parents' bedroom is also smaller. the average double bed is 2 meters by 2 meters and often bedrooms are only 3x 3.5 meters, just enough to include an armoire.

[@williamhansen9456]

This is a good point! Also, many American homes have a walk-in closet for each bedroom and some bedrooms have dedicated bathrooms. In Europe it's only 1 bathroom per house(sometimes 2) and people just use a small wooden wardrobe or dresser for their clothes. Living rooms, dining rooms and kitchens are often one and the same.

[@linda3482]

average Dutch men are now up to 184 cm. Don't even know where my son is going to end. He just turned 14 and is already 175,5 cm and still growing in top speed. He was for years one of the shorter ones in his class. Both his father and me are Dutch average according to the Infographic show and are really not at all considered tall here. Wonder what our next generations are going to bring. Really funny to see the comparisons. Maybe it's because we have more holiday time, because he always grows faster during holidays :-)

[@johnfrancismaglinchey4192]

LUXEMBOURG is the size of a postage stamp ,,,,, very Beautiful,,,,, I’ve lived there temporarily some time ago. In my estimation it’s an ideal place for elder citizens.

[@flitsertheo]

It's rather hilly though. Could be a problem for elder citizens with mobility issues. And except if Luxembourg benefits from some sort of micro-climate it must be rather chilly in winter.

[@VVlktor]

6:05 how in the world 194.7 lbs = 88.3kg and 185 lbs = 84kg, like... what?

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Our kids in Europe aren't less than kids in US. They're just as good, but fewer.

[@DenUitvreter]

We loose less of them to school shootings too, so we don't need to make that many to have some left.

[@CabinFever52]

@@DenUitvreter , then there's also all those parents not getting sent to prison to work for free like in the USA. They gotta keep those prisons filled for all that free labor.

[@deadNightwatchman]

I know, right?! But so many people can't differentiate between countables and uncountables.

[@slake9727]

​@@DenUitvreter*lose

[@NoctLightCloud]

Here in Austria, I've lived with my parents and sister on 65square meters for 27yrs, so basically 4 adults on that space.😅

[@SerenitySoonish]

I'm surprised Australian houses are bigger on average, everytime I see a video of an American's house it looks like they live in a mansion in terms of room size, and I don't mean rich youtubers just middle class people in general. But maybe because you guys have a lot more people living in apartments etc? Almost everyone lives in houses here, even in cities I think 🤔

[@gevorgvanarmenie9788]

Their houses are made of cardboard

[@roguebanshee]

The US has a lot of free space to build houses on. They also use mostly preconstructed "wooden" parts so it's cheaper for them to knock down whatever house was on a lot and put up your own "dream" house, or reconstruct your old house when it inevitably gets smashed by an earthquake/tornado or is fried in one of the annual brush fires.

[@CabinFever52]

Well, I grew up in a big house in the states, but I spent my high school years with a ceiling that was constantly falling on my face while I slept. Size does not matter. Quality does. You have very little recourse, outside of suing to try to get compensation for shoddy workmanship. I had one whole wall that had been wired with reverse polarization and all our electronics kept going out, until we finally found an electrician (the 3rd one we hired) who could figure out the problem. We had to try 5 different roofers and live with a giant hole for over a year that the second one put in our roof before we found a roofer who knew what he was doing. Quality matters, but the workers there don't know or care.

[@jonhane5241]

@@gevorgvanarmenie9788 is this supposed to be a joke or you just an hater?

[@gevorgvanarmenie9788]

@@jonhane5241 no, it was an exaggerated fact. American houses are often made out of wood, while the most nations use bricks and concrete.

[@TotalRookie_LV]

As far as I know, my country - Latviia, is currently on the very top of Europe for alcohol consumption per capita, *but* the caviar there is - our taxes and thus the prices on booze are not the highest around, which means a noticeable portion of that is not consumed by locals, but by people from countries where drinks cost a lot more.

[@dwayenway]

the life expectancy figures are completely wrong

[@CarlosTeixeiraCosta]

It's even funny because for example in Portugal the minimum age to drink is 18 and to get a car license too and to be able to vote so we can say that we can get in our car drunk and go vote all at the same time hahaha (note: I have friends who have done this)

[@CuziCod]

I am 1,76m and feel short in Germany 😂

[@Mike8827]

Dude, I’m 1,69m what can I say!? 😝

[@evalier1151]

Guys… delis are always small😉

[@njordholm]

I am 1,76m and feel very fine.

[@Treinbouwer]

12:40 It's expensive when you buy it in restaurants and normal bars (€3< per glass), but there is a student run bar on campus where it's way cheaper. I don't drink beer, but I believe it's €1,20 for one glass and €10 for a meter*. That is extremely cheap. The price heavily depends on where you buy it. *A meter also is a Dutch measurement for the amount of beer: 11 glasses that fit on a meter long plank with 11 holes in it.

[@MrsClarissa3112]

Seriously Ryan when are you finally moving to Germany, where it´s save and you can drink better beer?

[@CabinFever52]

Yes, I think he would be a very nice addition to beautiful Germany :)

[@lobavulcana]

You didn't know the kingdom of Spain have an important role in the then called the New World? I mean that's why hispanoamericanos speak Spanish. Why so many places in US have Spanish names. There is even New Madrid, a city in New Madrid County, Missouri, that's why horses arrived to the continent. Also the Kingdom of Spain was crucial to the American Independence. Between SXVI and SXVIII/ SXIX the Kingdom of Spain had Viceroyalty of New Spain (1535-1821) which include present-day Mexico, California, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, Florida, Utah, Louisiana, and part of Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas and Oklahoma. Also Alaska and the Yukon Territory, as well as the Antilles (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico) and the current territories of Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Belize, Honduras and Costa Rica. The Viceroyalty of Peru (1542-1824) included the current territories of Peru, Colombia, Argentina, Ecuador, Panama, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, the Galapagos, part of Brazil and Venezuela. Although, its territory was diminished from the 18th century with the emergence of two new South American viceroyalties. The Viceroyalty of New Granada (1739-1819). It controlled the territories of present-day Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, the Galapagos Islands and northern Brazil and western Guyana. It included Trinidad and Tobago. The Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (1776-1811) controlled the current territories of Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, Paraguay and part of Brazil. It included the Falkland Islands. Island territories in the Caribbean Sea such as Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Montserrat, Saint Martin, Anguilla, Bonaire, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Curacao, Aruba, Jamaica, Virgin Islands, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Barbados, Bermuda, Saint Barthelemy, Turks and Caicos, Saint Lucia , Cayman Islands and the archipelago of San Andrés and Providencia.

[@liammcintosh8466]

Not sure how old this video that you're reacting to is.... But the UK is not technically an EU country anymore. Also, I'm from down under and I mean no offence by this.... But American beer is sub-par at best. I'm sure the Brits would agree with me for different reasons. :P

[@Thurgosh_OG]

No technically about it, we are out but still fumbling with the EU paperwork and red tape.

[@HelerifiKtion]

In fact, people in the Balkan are one of the tallest, besides the Duch.

[@lovelyisabelle2028]

Even my South Italian husband is taller than the US standard 😮

[@tinalettieri]

Thank the Norman invaders. that's pretty unusual although I have some tall cousins and uncles.

[@AmirSatt]

​@@tinalettieribruh, height depends on good nutrition, not normans lol

[@tinalettieri]

@@AmirSatt No, it's DNA.

[@AmirSatt]

​@@tinalettieri not only. Even if someone is genetically predisposed to be tall, child malnutrition will make him small and weak

[@tinalettieri]

@AmirSatt of course also early puberty

[@justtevieee]

i work full time at Starbucks in Spain and i have 7 weeks/annual paid vacation. Private Healthcare free, Sick Leaves, etc.. pretty normal things here that almost everyone has.

[@fionagregory9147]

Penchant is pronounced ponshon. It is French dear yank.

[@Meixi247]

Here in Germany we may have one of the lowest grade of national pride but we can't complain about our salary for work. As an example I have a gross income of around 43.000€ per year which results in a net income of 28.000€ (that is pretty much the average in Germany) and in addition to that I'm getting 7 weeks of paid vacation per year. So... yeah as I said before most germans don't really can't complain about their life here.

[@timglennon6814]

Christopher Columbus NEVER stepped foot on American soil.

[@stefanpajung113]

He set foot on American soil, just not on US soil. Remember, America does not only consist of the USA.

[@andreanecchi5930]

Continent or USA?

[@gevorgvanarmenie9788]

Neither was he the first to discover it

[@flitsertheo]

@@gevorgvanarmenie9788 Indeed, probably some vikings lost their way and ended up on American soil. But as they couldn't find a Mcdonalds they turned back to their country.

[@bepvanberne8650]

It's not Holland it's the Netherlands! Holland is parts in the Netherlands.

[@FacelessJanus]

Ryan be a bit more aware. There are not a ton of people that have a certain ancestry, they only claim it to be so. Claiming something does not make it so. Huge difference. Loooooool Americans and Alcohol, I sometimes wonder if they even know what it is. Beer containing 0.000000001% is called regular beer, come get real. Americans have no clue about alcohol in general, thus consumption outside the US s logically higher.

[@Mike8827]

In Europe it’s considered Prestige to have all European ancestry at least 10 generations back . In the US it’s the opposite , it’s now considered cool to be 1/4 Native and 1/8 Pacific Islander

[@richardjohnson2026]

The illustrations for student costs in the UK are not correct. Whilst it "costs" a minimum of £9000 per year for student fees and then we get around £1000 a month maintenance grant, 90% of students NEVER pay a penny back. The bill is paid by the government and if/when after you graduate you earn more than £25,000 after your first year then you are charged a small percentage for the loan after approximately 5 to 6 years this fee is usually wavered and you owe no more

[@kitty_catra]

I'm taller then the European average for women hooray

[@tinalettieri]

good things come in small packages. I'm 154cm and stand tall and proud. I haven't lost a mm to old age either.

[@Inumaru1]

the highest average salary is in switzerland with almost 90‘000 dollars a year

[@jafsantos]

Can't lie, might be the worst video you've seen, disregard anything you may think you've learned from this.

[@charginginprogresss]

11:18 80 square meters is a living/dining room, a bathroom, a hall, two bedroom and a closet. Not that small. 186 square meters is humongous, it probably considers the whole property as in garden and stuff, it's so big what do you put in it if it's all inside space D:

[@tinalettieri]

It is inside space. often situated on an acre, a little less than one hectare. The outside, and garage are not counted in the meterage. They fill them with junk. Every kid has their own bedroom. Electronics are duplicated for every room. TV, computer, whatever else. There is a formal dining room that is used only on special occasions, family room which is the normal gathering space and a formal living room used for the same special occasions as the dining room and filled with HUGE furniture. Of 4 bedrooms, one is often a guest room /office. There are always at least 2.5 baths. One ensuite in the primary bedroom a full bath in the hall and a half bath in the shared part of the house. Oh, yeah, there's usually a laundry room off the kitchen. And a lot of decorative items are strewn around.

[@prunabluepepper]

If Wuzer is your actual family name, then your ancestry is German. It is derived from the German family name Wutzer. Your name is from South West Germany to be precise, Baden-Wurttemberg/Suabia. But the shape of your nose and chin tells me, that you've got Northern German in the mix as well. That nose and chin shape is more common in the North than the South.

[@aleksandrapawlak5466]

Right but German last name doesn’t necessarily mean the ancestry is German. Many people in Poland/Czechia/Hungary or the Jewish community have German last names since the territories were occupied/colonised through the years, yet their ancestry reports wouldn’t show German “blood”. Last names can be tricky in indicating ancestry, especially if a country was known for its imperial tendencies

[@prunabluepepper]

@@aleksandrapawlak5466 yeah. No. If you find a German name, that is a very old regional German word, then it's German and from that region, even if the people travelled, that doesn't make the people have another ancestry, it just makes them migrants. The name Wutzer is not at all common in any other country or region except for the one I said. It's super local. In fact it's not even a German word but an Allaman word. I just didn't bother to go into details.

[@prunabluepepper]

@@beccawoodhouse ja, that's why I put an "if" infront.

[@kidejantti1742]

absolutely love your reaction at 11:09 as I live in an apartment that is 51 m2

[@PaniPunia]

A lotnof jewish emigrants were noted as "germans", because they were german citizens and had german sounding last names (think Rosenblatt or Ostreicher, for example). If they were not religious they could easily blend with other germans, and a hundred or more years later the family knows that great great granpa was born near Frankfurt and their last name is german. It's one of the reasons so many people are shocked seing their 23 and me results.

[@tinalettieri]

Yep, my in-laws, To top it off, MIL was blonde and blue eyed. They were the immigrants. FIL had brown hair and eyes and sons inherited his coloring although my BIL is lighter with blue eyes than my husband was. Rosenblatt is Yiddish and typically Jewish. But plenty of other names don't have that distinctive.

[@Jee123123]

As stated below by a few already, student debt in the UK is misleading. The total debt is in reality not an issue because you don't pay it back till your earning a certain level then the amount you pay back in comparison to your monthly salary is soo small you barely notice it. It does not count to any form of credit score It also gets written off completely after 30 years without any negative impact on you, regardless of how much you have or have not paid.

[@florianeska409]

I'm from Germany and my mom lives in the US, Camdenton MO, and when I was there for a visit, I was shocked people called eachother son of a bitch 😂 don't do that in Europe. You might get clapped, it's no joke to us when family is being insulted even when it's done in the context of "fun"😊

[@richt71]

Student fees in England are paid via a loan which which is paid back depending on your earnings after leaving uni and can run out after a number of years.

10:08 no it's not free (there are free seats BUT) you need a really good finishing score at highschool and a great entering test point before going to university and also you have to compete as hell to stay in.... much easier to get into university than staying in :/ yeah and am for example in Hungary a doctor's university half year is 1.500.000 HUF which is about ~4.000 USD etc.... 11:19 in Hungary most of people are living between 375 ft2 - 715 ft2.... :)

[@louiseerbslisbjerg7854]

We dont need big houses, because we spend much more time outside in the fresh air - such a thibg as leasurely walkinc is a huge deal. Many run, roadrace (bicycles), mountainbike or are active in outdoor activities. Iterieur designs etc.is much more sleek, light and simple, where as at least some parts of the US do "generationel" furniture, that is quite bog and heavy, past down as heirlooms. As for Scandinavia, where I'm from, many appreciate light, top quality, cozy and warm toned homes, which is inviting to spend jo7nt time rather than sot isolated in each their room. We like to spend time together and "fitting in" to a 1500 sqf. house is not an issue. We dont really need giant kitchens or baths. They may be elegant but the rooms are simply for practical purpuses so why let it take up so much space? Why waste it? I think, at least for us nordic folks, we dont want waste. We dont accumulate "stuff" and by in bulk like many Americans do. We are probably more aware of what we actually NEED rather than just getting "stuff" for the sake of getting it. Consumerism IS big but no where near American levels. Another difference is that most people have grocery stores and fresh produce close to their homes. We dont need to drive many miles (in my village of 2600 we have two big supermarkets, pharmacy, clothing and a bookstore, besides the trainstation which offers a 9 min ride to downtown one of the coubtries biggestcities withshops, boutoques, cafe's, museums, concert venues and restaurants within walking distance). Yet, we stoll have local access to all the essentiels. We have no need for longterm storage becausewe can just walk, bike or if need really be, take a 10 minute drive and there it is. We also cook much more in our homes, hence the fresh produce. It's used, not stored. It means that our living quarters take up the majority of our space, not storage, kitchens, bathrooms etc. The fact that we dont have a lot of big families of four or more people, obviously also play it's part. Men and women both work, our standard of living is high - and most people with an education (of which many is bachelors or masters) dont want to spend 18 years at home forgetting it all. It's typical demographic development, worldwide; The higher average level of education, the less children.

[@tinalettieri]

Also, European kids spend time outdoors, they don't have to be locked inside to protect them.

[@Rudron1]

Nobody can't get even close to Beer consumption per capita to us Czech. Here we consume 181 liters per capita, second country is only 100 and USA is on 73 liters per capita. I dont know how accurate it is, but in every ranking we are atleast 30 liters above second place.

[@flitsertheo]

Belgian beers are - on average - "heavier", so you will drink less.

[@Rudron1]

@@flitsertheo True, most beer have 4,4% of alcohol, but that's mostly for older generation, young people drink 13/14 even 23 beer which have much more % of alcohol, but yes, most drinked beer in Czech Rebublic is 10 - 14 so 3,5 to 6% of alcohol.

[@Rudron1]

@@flitsertheo Still, its massive diffrence, even with weaker beer than some countries.

[@HereIAm247]

Hmm, you guys must be slacking. 😁 The newest numbers I can find, you are still number 1, but at 142 litres per capita. Closest one is Austria at 107. I will not pretend Denmark is challenging you; we are all the way down to 61 litres. 🙃

[@Official_father]

11:05 That's funny you react like this. Last time i checked there was a listing for 118,403 ft2 apartment for 700 euros a month to rent.

[@katie98711]

About houses - most people in European cities live in apartaments, not houses. Houses are bigger but usual flat for 4people family is around 50meters squared

[@EEmB]

There are no fee to the University, but you still have to pay for books, materials, rent, food, and everything else. So most of us need to take loans (that has a cap) and part time work on weekends, depending how expensive it is on the area you live, to get by.