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[@maikelaoshi]

Have you ever had culture shock going back to your own country? 回国后，最让你意外的文化差异是什么？

[@wocaishipc]

出国念书前还需要现金支付，出国以后刚学会用各种卡支付，结果到国内以后都是无现金社会了。

[@jeffreysetapak]

Just look at the bright side. At least, they didn't robbed you out of nowhere. They asked you to pay tips politely.

[@life-is-presence]

I moved back to Shanghai one year ago after ten years in Canada, and I’ve noticed a lot of changes since my return. One major difference is the food-everything seems to be very spicy, even the burgers at McDonald’s and KFC! I’ve also had to adjust to the fact that almost everything is bought online. It’s challenging to find physical stores; most purchases have to be made through apps, and it can be frustrating to choose products based solely on fake images and promotional videos. After a year, I’m gradually getting used to it. For instance, I went to a coffee shop and ordered through my phone, spending quite a bit of time comparing deals. I miss ordering at the counter and talking directly to people. I don’t enjoy having to navigate numbers and pictures on an app-it feels kind of overwhelming.

[@wxy8104]

I agree with some points, but others I don’t fully agree with. I’ve been living in the U.S. for 12 years without returning to China during this time. If tips are given directly to the server and I receive good service, I find it acceptable. However, if the tips only go to the restaurant owner, it’s understandably frustrating. It's true that sugar intake is quite high in the U.S., but salt intake is also excessive in Chinese food. Mobile payment in China is undoubtedly convenient, but it mainly benefits long-term residents. For tourists, short-term visitors, and the elderly in China, it’s not as user-friendly. Bicycles used to be a primary mode of transportation in China, but now people have more diverse travel options. In the U.S., cycling on streets can be quite dangerous, especially when riding on busy roads.

[@九方名座]

Alipay在国内也有那种不需要扫码的无接触付款，商家要安装一个小小的外接设备。

[@freakmoister]

Recently was in US for a conference. On check out day the hotel was really busy. It took over an hour just for the Bell desk to bring up luggage from storage. There were so many hotel employees walking around doing nothing. Guests were all getting desperate because the delay was making everyone late for things worst being catching flights. There really urgent ppl started giving tips to these ppl loitering around the foyer to go and get their luggage specifically. There was one employee who just stood around the bell desk counting a stack of bills, and only moved when someone gave him a tip. It was disgusting to say the least. Would not give a single cent to these people.

[@alexloh4894]

Hehehe, you got it. It is our culture. Can you get our president to do anything if you don't tip him/her really BIG tips???

[@yuqingzhu3483]

开心看到麦克老师回来🎉

[@yhtzou]

我台灣人，我去美國吃牛軋糖或是巧克力，不誇張的說死甜齁甜，怕不夠甜裡面甚至有整塊砂糖顆粒！這也很好說明了為什麼美國看上去有一堆超級無敵胖的人！ i’m taiwanese, when i ate nougat or chocolate in US, it is sickly extremely sweet! they even put some sugar grains in it to make sure it is sweet enough! i think it explains well why there are lots of XXXL size people walk around the street in US😂😂

[@揍辰崽]

欧美的都是齁甜，咱东亚人应该大多数都受不了

[@yhtzou]

@@揍辰崽 日本人也吃的蠻甜的，但是離歐美還有一段距離，東南亞我不太清楚

[@揍辰崽]

@@yhtzou 日本有吗?我认知里饮食上和咱们区别只有吃生的凉的比较多。东南亚的话比较多用小青柠，口味酸溜溜比较多吧。

[@揍辰崽]

@@yhtzou 我记得日本比较甜的好像有个红姜，日本人吃这玩意儿是真大口炫

[@eq9478]

I agree, tipping is crazy! It is out of control! I brought my folding bicycle and I have not even ridden once. Because there are so many black bears around, I may panic if I encounter one or a few, my bicycle won’t go as fast as the bears 🐻. So I rather drive my car, or sight seeing walk with other people. I enjoy the scenery. Desert is way too sweet, I prefer the Japanese deserts.

[@flywithpinky]

I can so relate to you on this, I was born and raised in shanghai and moved to the states when I was 17. I lived here for about 13 years now so kind of reverse with your suitation but I definitely know and feel strongly of all the things you talked about. First of all, tipping is outrageous here, whenever I go back to shanghai, the service i get from there are so nice and I never have to tip. Even by being here for so many years I am still not used to the crazy amount of money I have to tip here and sometimes the server here would even give you an attitude and you still have to be nice to them and tip them. Lol. Second, it is way less people here in the United States. Good and bad... I am a flight attendant I get to travel a lot. If you don't live in like a major city here in the US, most of the places that you go to, it will be way less people compared to shanghai. It's less crowded which is good but then when you want to order food delivery or get things done here it's much slower cause we have less people here, less efficiency here. I love how in shanghai the food delivery system is so good and so fast. I love wechat pay as well, however sometimes as a foreigner in shanghai the payment methods has limitation to it and I can't use like Facebook or Instagram and stuff. Overall I miss the food in shanghai and I never liked the sweets here in the states it is way too sweet I definitely agree. ❤😂😅

[@user-wq8vp8ud3o]

米果粑粑要点小费不行吗？😂

[@sebastiano.6010]

I am living in Shanghai right now. I am originally from Germany. I agree that delivery here is so much faster and more affordable. But to be honest, what’s the cost of all that? How much do delivery drivers get payed? And when they are late for a few minutes they have to pay the delivered goods from the few bucks they get paid on their own cause the mighty companies they work for have thousands of potential workers walking on the streets? There is a huge cost on the actual humans delivering your bubble tea while you are sitting at home enjoying life. Which brings me to the the cultural change this brought. So many people are making use of delivery nowadays cause they don’t have time or are tired because of the work culture here. People don’t even have time to cook a good meal or go outside anymore. How sad is that? I agree that the diversity of leafy greens is something I would miss in Europe. Regarding the sweets, for me Shanghai sweets are way too sweet! So, I guess it depends on your general baseline. I mainly it fruits instead of sugary, artificial things when I need something sweet.

[@flywithpinky]

@sebastiano.6010 I only get to use the delivery system in shanghai when I go visit nowadays. When I lived in shanghai back then, there was no wechat pay at the time, no delivery system like nowadays. Before covid time I stayed in the states for six years then after that I went back to shanghai to visit. I was so shocked how shanghai changed so rapidly and like you said I agree there is the good and bad. I feel like the delivery people in shanghai works really hard and they do deserve to be tipped. Compared to the people here that drives a car to deliver food and sometimes they takes longer time than these people in China who use a motor bike to delivery food. It is huge cost living in shanghai and working environment is definitely not as free and chill like united state. Which is why I left shanghai .... I miss shanghai, but it's the shanghai in my memory not the shanghai now. Because I have left too long and everything has changed. But I definitely love the food in shanghai and there's always so much variety there. I hope you will enjoy the food there too and stay away from the cakes of you ever come to united state to visit lol

[@flywithpinky]

@@user-wq8vp8ud3o 小费因该给那个在上海送快递的人！

[@ericjacky9927]

Why you think that China is not as free and chill as the USA? What means chill here?

[@maychu7447]

Still remember some years ago when I travelled in the US for the first time, I was very disappointed to find that I could not eat any dessert in a buffet restaurant. Couldn't tolearate the amount of sugar.

[@maikelaoshi]

It's so crazy.

[@yindu_Weige8888]

*谢谢你的视频，周围的环境我很喜欢。💓*

[@meiyang3185]

I am a Chinese woman from Wuhan, live in a small village in Germany, very close to the Netherlands. Wuhan is a metropolis, where I live is in the centre of nowhere, everything is 180 degrees different. for me, it's not a shock, but an experience. Because there are different cultures, the world is colourful

[@yanyanmmyanyanmm9185]

同意你講有不同的文化你去體驗一下，才不枉此生，祝你有精彩的人生天天快樂😊

[@johnny1635]

我们也是和您差不多时间全家回到美国。住的小镇经过一条很有名的几十英里长的单车车道，所以骑行锻炼的人还蛮多的。食品太甜。小费这些都差不多。见人肯定是没有那么方便了。我已经渐渐习惯了这种安静的生活。

[@ZoneCrasher]

You want to see people? You are in the wrong place. Try NYC or anywhere NJ.

[@emiliawang]

Hi Mike，I have seen lots of your videos ，I really appreciate your unique perspective on things ，a big fan of you，really hope to see more videos about Cary，cauz my family are also thinking about moving to Cary due to its low cost、education 、climate and forests，we are freelance ，we have a ten years old daughter and our focus is the same as yours。Thank you❤

[@maikelaoshi]

Let me know if and when you come. I wouldn't say it's a low cost of living, but definitely lower than many places. I would say the value is very high and you get a lot for you money. 性价比高！

[@jybian]

看评论，好像必须纠正一些关于中国的认识。在中国不是不给小费，不是中国人小气，不是中国人不懂得底层劳工的辛苦，是中国就没有“小费“这种外来观念，购买一个商品或某种服务，它的价格全都明码标价在价目表上了，好吧？！这也是中西方文化的一个比较具体的差异。

[@whollyshoots3587]

这好像也不是中西文化差别吧，这纯纯是美国的特别文化，欧洲也没有这些小费的文化，就是当时在美国最强盛的时候（好比10-20年时的中国，人人都刚发财人人都是土豪，没有守财观念）产生出来的文化

[@yuehchen7308]

Your positive mind set is great and your observation is true to the point.,!!!👌👌👌✌✌

[@周美希-d3c]

前面两点说的太对了！I cannot agree anymore.

[@goldl3147]

許多外國人，包括你在內，會把 “城鄉差異” 誤認成 “中西文化”差異。 上海是全世界數一數二的世界大城，北卡是鄉下州，你住的小鎮更可能是鄉下中的鄉下，在住習慣一個超級大城市後，回到鄉下小鎮是需要適應的。你影片所提，除了小費和食物甜之外，都是城鄉差異。

[@maikelaoshi]

Yes. Still surprising and I have to get used to it.

[@yanyanmmyanyanmm9185]

​@@maikelaoshi好快你會習慣，因為我們人類要生存，適者生存是定律

[@zbillian9224]

难道小费疯狂也是城乡差异？你在美国哪个大城市不要给小费？这是国家的文化差异好不好。😇

[@goldl3147]

@@zbillian9224 下次張嘴亂吠前，先看清楚原來的留言。

[@laniu1513]

上海太卷了，亚洲的大城市都卷到不能再卷了！

[@user-xg7mv6xc9z]

😮😮😮30%的小费超夸张的！你要知道大型连锁超市单品平均利润也不超过30%

[@yongjiangli6373]

15年在亚特兰大生活了一年，旁边就是北卡。最大的感受是居住的小区到处都是树绿化率非常高，小区里有三个小型的游泳池一到夏天带孩子泡游泳池里，当时物价还不算高，逛超市是一大享受，特别是Costco。但公交系统比较差，只坐过一次地铁就再也不愿意去了，晚上九点后不会出门，尽量不去城市的南部区域。最遗憾的是没能去西雅图和体验十一月后的大烟山和蓝岭公路，强烈推荐秋天的时候去住一下大烟山里的森林别墅，开车听着Take Me Home, Country Roads在五彩斑斓蓝岭公路享受自然之美😁

[@ZhengMing-hp5tt]

thanks for your nice information in US.

[@outsidewell6932]

My husband voluntarily gave 25% tips during pandemic because he wanted to offer help during difficult times. But it became almost mandatory nowadays. Once we paid 50% tip on a $168 bill unaware the bill included a 20% tip already. I later requested a refund of $35 to reduce the tip from 50% to 25%. The tipping culture is getting out of hand.

[@maikelaoshi]

It's insane

[@lulalala_]

沿海地区人口确实密集，我老家就没什么人，我也习惯了不管什么时候出门几乎总能一个人走在街上的情况，初中第一次去上海旅游，我真的超级吃惊，因为从来没有在街上看到过那----么多人😂

[@XC-iy4il]

Well said. I spent 8 years as an international student in the U.S. Midwest, then lived in Singapore for 3 years before moving back to Southern California last year. One thing that really surprised me was how little I walked here compared to Singapore, where walking was a big part of my daily routine. It’s definitely better for my health. I’m not a fan of how much driving we have to do in the U.S.!

[@HantaoCui]

The roads are not designed for bikes. Sharing the road with vehicles that runs at 40 or 50 miles per hour is scary. I thought about getting an e-bike to go from my work building in NC State to the gym, but having to go up and down hill alongside traffic-aggravated drivers feels unsafe.

[@maikelaoshi]

That's why you stay on the greenway. If I had an E-bike and worked the Cary downtown area, I could just hop on that and drive my bike to work. It might take 20 minutes instead of 10, but it would be a beautiful drive every day. Still thinking of buying one soon as I don't want to have 2 cars. Would much rather just have one car and E-bikes to get around.

[@quietsmiler]

Totally agree. The US road is more dangerous to pedestrians and bicyclists as people are buying bigger cars. The economist just has an article on this.

[@maikelaoshi]

@@quietsmiler Also US drivers are just not expecting to see people walking or bicyclists.

[@dimmoony]

人們能對陌生人抱著善意，是因為國家經濟沒崩潰。希望美國人能一直像這樣友善地活著，希望全世界的人都能在自己家鄉永遠自在地活著。

[@JohnChu-z4w]

台灣人電信詐騙縱橫東南亞，甚至是歐洲、澳大利亞、非洲，是因為台灣經濟崩潰了嗎？

[@Hermit-Crab]

I'm neither American nor Chinese but I used to have a very strong sense of affinity for the US because of the ordinary Americans that I met. They left a deep and indelible impression on me through their generosity, magnanimity, selflessness and extraordinary kindness. But over the years, the US appears to have changed very subtly and imperceptibly for the worse. I have no doubt that there are still many ordinary Americans who are kind and generous and helpful, but when I look at the US as a country, I'm appalled by its hypocrisy, and downright disgusting dirty tricks and bullying behaviours. The people responsible for this are the politicians and establishment elites. They don't represent the totality of the ordinary Americans. Unfortunately, they will be the face of the US seen internationally.

[@XkMeng]

Bro you have a keen eye. Sometimes you need to step outside the circle of the United States to see just how ridiculous the American propaganda can be.

[@XkMeng]

Almost all foreigners misunderstand one thing, and even those who have been to China describe it inaccurately. The convenience of China's cashless society does not lie in the mobile payment method itself. In fact, mobile payments are not necessarily faster than cash or credit cards. The true essence of the convenience of China's cashless society is that it has digitized almost all aspects of daily life and services, integrating them into mobile payment apps. This allows modern Chinese people to complete an entire life without leaving their homes, and their social activities and consumption are even more diverse than people in other countries.

[@mrsmakwm]

i am an Australian HongKonger, that means a one from a city to a western country. The things I find interesting in Australia is same as your last one. There is no people on the street, how come, just like a ghost city... Now i know all people are in the cars on the street.

[@maikelaoshi]

The parks here always have people, but you don't see people walking around much. Maybe that will change when the weather isn't so hot? Probably not haha

[@SunnyMa-iv2xu]

But the Aussie right now no need to apply China visa can go to China trip stay for 15 days without visa after Kiwis (New Zealand) and thirteen European countries (France, Switzerland, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria, Hungary, Spain, Germany, Poland, Ireland and Norway) also no need apply China visa can go to China trip stay for 15 days visa free.

[@SunnyMa-iv2xu]

@@mrsmakwm Good Aussie and no need apply China visa can go to China trip stay for 15 days to China trip without visa for your Aussie passport enter to China.

[@XkMeng]

And the Australia media said every day that China's newly built cities were ghost towns

[@锅巴喷火-f5k]

小费文化很明显就是商家把矛盾转移到了服务员跟顾客那边，而且当所有东西都要比定价贵20%才能获得，那为什么不直接定价？为了付更少的税是吧？

[@davidyang8265]

还是中国那种商业方式好：没小费，没税金，要付多少钱一目了然。北美这里，先告诉你价格是多少，然后这个税，那个费，与起初的价格相差甚远。

[@kuoliu1978]

Several things mentioned here are not necessarily culture shock. They are just the difference between a mega city and a mid-smallish sized city.

[@maikelaoshi]

Yes, but it's still something I'm not used to and was surprising to me.

[@SS-ek9ek]

In the past, tipping was your own request, but now tipping is a request from the other party. Interesting shifts

[@joanli2528]

Dude, your biggest concern should be the safety of your kids: shooting at school, gangs, crimes, drugs, improper exposure to or influence by discrimination or LGBTQ or Psy-Ops or politics or whatever. Good luck.

[@kaiwang9705]

After 5 years of living in Melbourne, i'm just so used to the Melbourne food standard, when i came back, most of the restaurant don't really care how different the food is compare to what they've been advertising. Another thing is people in Melbourne have an awareness of personal space in public area, and friendly distancing themselves from the strangers out of respect. When i'm back In China early this year, the personal space you can have in public area is limited, and people wouldn't willing say a word or acknowledge you that they are about to passing next to you, in some crowded site, can be just shoulder to shoulder.

[@nigelku7234]

Thumbs up for suggesting to ask if the server get to keep the tip before you tip.👍

[@mmaker88]

In my opinion, non-formalised tipping is easy to give rise to a habit of corruption practice.

[@SlawekPruchnik]

Just wait for the weather to cool down - you will see plenty of people on bikes, running on the greenways.

[@maikelaoshi]

That's good to know! The weather has already cooled down a bit but I still haven't seen many people. Not a bad thing, I like the quiet and lack of crowds.

[@eggheadegghead]

Only people in the NYC walks around. Nobody walks around in other cities in the US.......guess you left the US for too long and forgot about that.......

[@alexma5848]

中国有明确规定要“明码标价”，每个商品必须要有明确的价格标识，没有任何隐藏价格。所以标识的价格就是总价，就是你需要花费的价格，包含税费、商家及工作人员的利润。因此没有小费这一说。

[@HumminbirdMoth]

It was $1.60/Hour minimum wage when I went through college working in gas station West Los Angeles 1969 but cheapest regular gas was $0.25/Gallon and eggs 4 or 5 dozen/one dollar。Campbell Tomato Soup was 0.06 and ChickenMushroom 0.10/Can

[@yanyanmmyanyanmm9185]

你嘅工資係汽油的六倍，現在香港汽油是25蚊一升，如果照計工資應該係160蚊一小時，但是我們最低工資好像是45蚊一小時，你可知生活幾咁艱難

[@soyouluo]

@@yanyanmmyanyanmm9185 你也是的，拿一个石油出口国的油价和一个连炼油实力都没有的地方比，这是能比的吗

[@yanyanmmyanyanmm9185]

@@soyouluo 我重點係生活艱難請你睇清楚

[@soyouluo]

@@yanyanmmyanyanmm9185 谁生活不艰难，只见贼吃肉不见贼挨打

[@its_tomtom]

America is not a 100% cashless society. Here in NYC, you still need cash for many mom and pop stores and food trucks.

[@eggheadegghead]

I was surprised that he said he can use his phone to pay most stuff in that small town. Here is TX, we still need actual credit card, not the phone, to pay for most groceries or eat in restaurants.....

[@kingdad-889]

It's too sweet😂

[@Nowbecomer]

Love you Mike, Looking forward your next video

[@moyufeng0334]

不止美国，中东，欧洲的甜品和蛋糕也是齁甜，可能就东亚好一些吧，不过确实欧美人种对糖和脂肪的代谢要比东亚人种强

[@konu4476]

我觉得是他们的糖转化成皮下脂肪的能力很强

[@guodongwu-o6t]

看到评论列表中出现了很多中文，我感到很开心。

[@yongdeng1813]

Nice stuff. Yeah the tipping culture is out of hand. Anyway, i havnt been home for 27 years, going back to Foshan this november, i am pretty sure i will have to get used to a lot of different stuff. Cant wait tho!

[@yanyanmmyanyanmm9185]

佛山的朋友歡迎你回來，我是香港的🤚

[@yanyanmmyanyanmm9185]

這麼多年沒有回來中國，一定很詫異他的變化，中國現在太美了

[@yongdeng1813]

@@yanyanmmyanyanmm9185 thank you! 我知我一定会非常开心的

[@chenzhao3905]

I believe that normal person are kind and welcoming wherever they from. And World will be a better place if every country‘s gov focusing on their own problem.

[@周琳玲-i4g]

凡尔赛大师！没有人潮的拥挤而且安全是多么美好的事情

[@fubolibs4218]

I like how much goes back to the US and talk about credit card points. Its like wechat requirs cash and in US evwryone is swimming in credit card debt.

[@zzzz-xb1hv]

老师的口语真的很清晰，学习英语的好视频。

[@Runningbowels]

I never left the country but the tipping culture is ridiculous. Cost of living has gone up and seems like people has to demand more tips. I went to a dim sum restaurant and the bill was over $100 and I left a $15 tip. To my amazement, the waiter said that if we liked the service and food I should leave more of a tip. WTF?!

[@User-imwnx151]

I'd take back the tip and leave 😑 This is ridiculous.

[@Ptzou]

Hmm, that’s lower than 15%, so I would say it is pretty low for a tip

[@boykewang]

上涨的太厉害了

[@yicui8407]

Chinese American here in my 10th year in China. One huge difference for me is the second hand smoke. This one reason alone is enough to pick the US over China especially if you have young kids. The reverse is true if you’re a smoker, haha, because China is a smoker’s paradise. You seem like a grateful guy and I understand that you might not want to get into the negatives of China too much. It’s the grateful guest mentality that we shouldn’t badmouth our hosts. But the way I see it, you also made contributions to China as a foreigner in likely many ways during your time there, so it’s a two way street. It’s okay to talk more about life in China for what it really is.

[@剑桥泉哥]

确实，作为一名烟民，我这辈子都不会去的国家就是新加坡，控烟的已经有点变态了，绝对是烟民地狱，中国真的烟民天堂中的天堂，随时抽烟，还能酒店里抽烟，作为一名烟民，这一点对我来说能包容其它所有缺点😂

[@barryzhang5292]

@@剑桥泉哥新加坡就是大陆文化的反面，儒家文化的现代化😂

[@boykewang]

我也讨厌那些老烟枪太烦了😂

[@TienyeeTien]

North Carolina is ranked as one of the top 10 cities to raise the family.

[@lindalui3628]

I have been in US for decades. I still cannot handle the sweetness here. It is too sweet and unhealth! I need to buy it at a Chinese store if I want any cookie or something sweet.

[@maikelaoshi]

It's really crazy when you think about it.

[@disbomb]

10 years ago I left my hometown which is a second tier city in China. This year when I finally visited my hometown, I had a huge reverse culture shock on almost everything: new shopping malls, subways, high-speed trains, electric cars, wechat payments, online shopping, and hustle and bustle everywhere. I lost my inner peace 😂

[@XkMeng]

The post-00s and post-10s who go abroad often come back with a sense of superiority, believing that the rest of the world, aside from China, is a barbaric and backward place. Parents need to strengthen their education...

[@呵呵-q4s]

I'm in Romania and the tipping here is even more outrageous, and you also have to tip about 30% for a taxi.

[@yanyanmmyanyanmm9185]

貴

[@freetalk927]

I hate tipping culture. I had a 15 dollar haircut and it asked me if I want to pay $5, or $10 or $15 tip on the screen? In other countries like Canada and China, I Pay people tips when people help me, but they don’t take it, they even feel insulted. USA probably is the only country where you HAVE to pay tips, otherwise, they will curse you. People also expect tips even for takeout food orders,although they don’t need to serve you . Too bad!

[@user-xg7mv6xc9z]

😂网购也要付小费就超夸张的

[@JinsGirl]

...tipping culture is just as bad in Canada, at least in big cities like Toronto.

[@maikelaoshi]

They get mad because they rely on it for income, which is the problem.

[@lanshansiyang]

@@user-xg7mv6xc9z从加拿大网购运输到美国？

[@SongchunShi]

@@maikelaoshiso I think the owner of the restaurant should pay enough wages to the waitress or waiter ，sometimes it is too low

[@tianlin4027]

no i totally cannot get thr raising of tipping calture since Covid. Tipping is absolute excuse and irresponsiblity to tramsfer their duty to regular customers.

[@SunnyMa-iv2xu]

But most foreigners live in HK and Macau can apply the Non-Chinese citizen permit card can go to China trip for 90 days is similar as normal Chinese citizen HRP card go to China also.

[@bphau9313]

中國也可以不坐地鐵.的士很便宜方便

[@luomaggie9817]

新西兰的甜点也很甜，我很少买来吃，都是自己在家做。新西兰的环境和风景都不错，特别是南岛。

[@patrickge1870]

We live in Australia. Feel the same thing. Western type of bakery, cakes and stuff are just way too sweet. Seriously can't take it. If we buy a birthday cake, we just go to Chinese shops.

[@antonioli1953]

Lol, I grew up in shanghai and currently studying in US. Shanghai food is known to be sweeter among chinese cuisine, guess you already know, but yes, it's so much sweeter here lol.

[@benjiang9789]

Hahah. Interesting to know! Thanks!

[@sansu3811]

I like the music of the end of your video!

[@JasmineZhang-m4m]

美国人很热情，这确实是我到美国后感受得到的。其他我的感受美国的物价太高了，在外就餐不方便，而且很贵。弗罗里达的牛肉很好吃

[@ksenijavojisavljevic2034]

Coming back to Belgrade from Melbourne, where I have a supermarket on 2 km from home, and any destination needs 2 + hours of a travel, while in Belgrade every building has a supermarket at the ground level, people are unsatisfied if they have to walk 50 meters between stations and if a new tram does not come in 2 min. If they would have to walk 2 km , they would make a revolution.

[@bryanzhan4050]

I can never imagine

[@bg9280]

哈哈，小镇的居民大多淳朴善良。我以前住的美国小镇也是这样和中国大城市的人一样，把小镇的交通和大城市相比这很公平😂

[@user-rx3bi5ry5u]

我喜欢这种安静的生活环境

[@MUCHA-q2b]

When consumers express dissatisfaction with rising commodity prices, businesses use the tipping culture to successfully shift the conflict to employees and consumers.

[@ninetymm]

My rule of tipping - if I have to order and pay at the counter or kiosk, no tip unless I receive exceptional service.

[@rainred573]

中国现在也有NFC, 很多小超市里面有。二维码主要是为了小商户使用，不依赖于设备。

[@seanz1234]

Biking on the driveway is quite dangerous, there were a few fatal accidents. People don’t expect bikers that much. Tobacco trails are long and good for walking and cycling.

[@lzydreamignworld]

Cary-apex-raleigh area 's environment is really awesome. The only downside is hard to find a job. hope they can create more job opportunities so people can move there easier.

[@maikelaoshi]

Really? The local economy is very strong. We’ve already found many opportunities.

[@emmalin9909]

無論到任何地方，保持安穩的心情，那裡都差不多。

[@中国螃蟹哥]

去加沙怎么样

[@lirs3129]

@@中国螃蟹哥 首先，人家说的任何地方，是不包含爆发战争，以及其他发生人道主义灾难的地方的。他的答案是给普通人的，不包含极端情况。 其次，如果你的精神修为足够高，那么，就真的是任何地方都是差不多的。因为这个世界的真相就是，人生是无意义的，无论你做了什么 ，经历了什么，或成为了什么。 所谓“意义”，是高级思维动物，为了让自己能够充满活力的过完一生，由大脑所编织出来的“梦”（骗局），它不真的，但它是好的，有价值的。 动物不需要这个，因为思维能力的限制，和记忆时间的短暂，他们依靠本能活着。 人作为具有高级思维的动物，需要“意义”的存在，如果人找不到它，就会陷入2种情况：1. 麻木无感的活着。2.绝望而自杀。 人只有找到了自己存在的”意义“，才能充满活力的过完一生。 每个人的“意义”都是不一样的，你可以信仰正义，也可以信仰邪恶，你可以信仰秩序，也可以信仰混乱，你可以信仰牺牲，也可以信仰苟活，你可以信仰权和钱，也可以信仰淡泊宁静，你可以信仰异性、也可以信仰同性。 人只有找到了自己存在的”意义“，才能充满活力的过完一生。 古人云，吾心安处便是家乡。 理之至也！

[@kidyhe2223]

totally agree tipping gets crazier and crazier and i am not able to do that math lol

[@zhi-ming_yu]

Durham住过10个月，Chapel Hill住过2个月。家在杭州。美国好的地方：服务好，可以退货，商家寄错了产品，会免费赠送且重新邮寄我的订单产品；Costco的饮料免费续杯，披萨味道好，且便宜。美国不习惯的地方：没有汽车很不方便，公交车需要等很久很久，房子大多数是木头做的，总感觉不是那么踏实。Cary在北卡算是富人去了吧？我印象中，新造的别墅很多。

[@gcyalbert]

Welcome to Cary, NC

[@daviqian7952]

Same back ground, understand u well.

[@steveliu5392]

As far as my experiences are concerned, Mike ,most of us missed 😊our grow up era which in our elementary school and high school years , no matter what which brought us a lot of sweet memories. You are married man you are not alone so you can’t live like bachelor like before ，sorry I don’t mean to lecture you ; however, you can’t live on your own wish! Good luck!

[@maikelaoshi]

What?

[@deguidong166]

你是对的，旧金山的蛋糕多数太甜了。

[@lzydreamignworld]

we did the exact thing as you and your family, traveling around to find a place that we can relocate fro. The fallen NYC. We just finished Florida trip and also decided to move to Cary area. Hope to see you around next year. Agree with you that NC people are super nice, especially when you're so used to NYkers' mean😅 but anyway, pls keep updating you vlog! Which elementary do you like or pick?

[@moonhillriver]

Totally agree

[@joe-vu3bq]

Thanks

[@jeffreysetapak]

Just look at the bright side. At least, they didn't robbed you out of nowhere. They asked you to pay tips politely.

[@leolee-d1h]

The highest praise of dessert in China is, it's not too sweet

[@leonsellhouse]

If I moved back to Shanghai, I would have the same feeling, but I don’t think that’s gonna ever happen. Anyway, can’t wait to meet you!

[@joeymelbourne]

I lived in Australia and China, I feel more willing to go to restaurants, no tip, no tax (already included), what you see is what you pay. In US and Canada, I always think twice, they are already overpriced, and plus tax, plus tips, what a world 😂 I wouldnt think NC is super nice, but in some suburb (definitely not downtown Charlotte), some people are well educated and quite nice. Same in every US city. Hope to see you back in China again.

[@zhangalai]

或许是再额外增加一个NFC功能模块，制造手机就会增加成本，而刷二维码就不需要任何成本，所以为了让中国十几亿人口都能方便使用，刷二维码就变得最流行了

[@moyufeng0334]

nfc功能连最低端的智能机都有的

[@chjin1796]

二维码几乎是零成本，而NFC设备是有成本的，开通NFC设备也需要一定的资质，中国的二维收款码可以设置拒绝支付手续费来获得全额的收入（当然这样对方就无法使用信用卡来支付了，很多老外发现在中国移动支付有时候可以有时候不行就是因为这个）

[@cshelly9758]

it is so true

[@hclau218]

I think the "friendly people" is bcos you are in a small town. Try a big city in the US...😂😂

[@Bytional]

Be gald you stayed in Shanghai for 12 years, which their food already consider sweet in China, if it was places other than Shanghai or Jiangsu province, you will find even non sweeten food in US intolerable.

[@chungfangchang]

Yes, tipping is totally out of control after Covid😂 why I need to tipping just get. Some bread and to counter to pay?

[@zhen9907]

In Singapore .everything is included in the receipt ....giving extra trips is up to u ....

[@momo5608]

well not only sg....i think most of asia here are same...we tipping when love ur service not force/must.... cheer frm Msia ~

[@aaron2001911]

It's always depend on Where you lived for a long period of time, and made you adapt it already, it has changed you as a person who feels comfortable about it, society, food, law, people's way of behavior. I lived in Canada for 13 years, and I don't feel that comfortable to stay in China for too long now due to difference of life style. But now more and more low quality immigrations came in and making this beautiful country into a dumpster, I don't enjoy living here anymore.

[@dantifer]

one typical comment for Chinese to live in western countries is: 好山好水好寂寞

[@minzhu9561]

I guess the limited opportunities to meet people in the U.S. might be attributed to the nature of point-to-point movement, particularly outside of major cities like New York and LA. In most areas, people tend to drive directly to their destinations rather than walk, which reduces interactions. In addition, many service facilities are concentrated in commercial centers, meaning people are more likely to encounter others only when they are in the right place at the right time. Am I right, teacher Mike?

[@maikelaoshi]

You're not wrong, but we've met SO many people here but not usually on the street or outside. It's usually at events or friends of friends and you build your friendship circle up pretty quickly that way. How many good friends do you have that you met on the street?

[@congjuny]

2:48 The $2.13/hour wage for tipped workers is pretty much across the board, and it's been like this forever. But it's a bit misleading. The employer is required by law to pay the difference if the base pay of $2.13 + tips is still below minimum wages.

[@maikelaoshi]

Correct. I would imagine most people in the service industry would take a job with a $2.13/hour base pay anyways. Just like no one working at McDonald's is making $7.25/hour.

[@sebastiano.6010]

I second the last point you make. I am living in Shanghai with two dogs and a 4yo. Reason we came here is so that our daughter and I can soak up some language and intercultural experience. To be honest, I don’t think Shanghai is a good place for either kids or animals (or grown ups for that matter). Too many people, too much dangerous traffic, barely real nature, expensive education, lots of pressure even for the little ones. With that being said, we are also seeing ourselves in a smaller city soon. Probably outside of China cause in small cities here it is hard to find a job and remote work is barely a thing.

[@maikelaoshi]

I was always so nervous walking with my son on the sidewalk or crossing roads in Shanghai cuz you have cars that don't always obey traffic signals and scooters that rarely do. I kept him VERY close to me. I still don't understand how people raise dogs in apartments. It seems almost cruel to me, at least for big dogs. I won't get a dog until I have a house with a big yard. It doesn't seem fair to the dog otherwise.

[@士雪]

The tipping culture in USA is really disgusting.

[@minzhu5521]

I ‘m shocked when people wanted to know about my income, why we don’t want children but dogs, how much our house is worth… during my last trip back to Shanghai. Also no longer used to see so many people around everywhere and I need a local phone app to buy anything, which is hard for me who haven’t lived in China for 20 years.

[@bennyzhang9348]

Please goto American Tobacco Trail, You will see a lot of people biking.

[@maikelaoshi]

Yes we did that trail too, very beautiful. There were a few people but not too many. Lack of crowds is a good thing.

[@tyq2006]

目前的经济环境是有钱人越来越有钱穷人越来越穷,未来这个趋势可能更明显,穷人只能做基本生活消费,那么需要服务附加消费的人也多属于富人,被多要小费很正常.我对世界今后的贫富加剧分化很担忧