6 THINGS WE LOVE ABOUT AMERICA AND 6 THINGS WE PREFER IN DENMARK
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- 6 THINGS WE LOVE ABOUT AMERICA AND 6 THINGS WE PREFER IN DENMARK
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This video is all about the things we love about America and miss about the USA while living in Denmark. Along with those we also discuss 6 things that we prefer in Denmark.
The video was filmed during our summer holiday in America while bouncing around to different US cities including Atlanta, Savannah, Charleston, Asheville and New York City.
In each of these spots we talk about those things that we miss the most about America while we're living in Denmark and the things that we love about Denmark and miss about it while back in the States.
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CHAPTERS:
Intro - 0:00
Customer Service and Transportation - 0:44
Drinking Laws and Fast Friends - 3:14
Non-Political and More Selection - 5:37
Diversity of Landscapes and Conservation - 8:26
Diversity of Culture and Less Aggressive Attitudes- 10:26
Familiarity and the Challenge - 13: 46
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Hey y’all - we know that we mixed up two of the graphics 🤦🏻 in editing we ended up swapping two of them - hopefully it didn’t mess the video up for you 😬
nooo! no forgivenes! *shakes fist in old man style*
Thats what vacationbrain do
*Chanting* one of us, one of us!
Congratulations!!! Hipp hipp hurra !! I`m happy for you - this made me smile :)))
So, I`ve been binge watching your channel for the last days, and I can`t stop watching.
You are so refreshing and just super nice people. Thank you for all that you share
I really don't see the great idea in a big selection of dishes in a restaurant. Usually many dishes means poorer quality, because the chefs can't focus on a few, but have to make a lot of different ones. The ingredients are normally also more fresh in a limited selection, because the turnaround is greater.
This is how I view it as well. I don't expect the places I go to have huge menus since I'm mostly there for specific type of food. I mean I don't go to a restaurant that specializes in seafood and ask for a steak. Besides at least here many restaurants offer a level of customization i.e. my favorite steakhouse allows you to select the type of steak (beef, pork or chicken), the sauce (mushroom, bearnaise, pepper etc) and the type of side (veggies, rice and various potato sides). You know, about four options per category which is more than enough and guarantees you get quality.
They also have various types of kebab, calzone, and pizza along with great salads (though salad and coffee dessert is part of the price). That's because those are all something you would expect from a steakhouse and are relatively similar to make. They don't offer seafood or special regional dishes because they are a steakhouse.
If you go for a lunch local restaurants generally have just two or three options or more likely a buffet with a limited choice that changes daily.
Love the pink guy waving in the background. Lol. Totally something I would do to strangers filming.
Thanks for another great video, as a Dane i find it very STRANGE that you are not allowed to walk around with a open beer, but a loaded firearm is totally ok.
Thank you for watching 😃 and we totally agree! An open can of beer has never murdered school children, church-goers, people in a movie theatre or others watching a concert, but then again, Americans are… not good at seeing the whole picture.
Close to 300,000 people die a year in Europe due to alcohol related deaths. Another 100,000 in the US. Are you guys seeing the big picture?
@@jimmybaldbird3853 Europe has over twice the population of usa. That being said I believe it has very little to do with public drinking since people just end up drinking at home or pubs. It's not like it even stays hidden because of open air pubs. Limiting drinking comes through education and not restrictions. We should encourage people to adopt a culture where you don't need to be drunk to have fun. Mild social drinking is okay in my books but once you start losing control it's too much. I don't use alcohol myself and being around drunk people is far from fun.
@@Beregar79 thats based on the EU and a few others, so not double the population, but regardless, it was not a Europe vs US thing. Rather, alcohol causes much more of a problem to public safety than gun carrying citizens. However, the over casual and dominant drinking cultural in europe obviously leads to the much higher rate of alcohol related deaths.
@@jimmybaldbird3853 Alcohol consumption also leads to a lot of gun related deaths. If there's a gun related death or assault here it's almost guaranteed to involve alcohol or drugs. Personally I don't see why people need to carry a gun. It's enough that police and military have them and even then their use needs to be restricted like it is now.
What I missed most when I visited New York was havregryn (cold oatmeal) for breakfast. I did however manage to find it in a breakfast diner, but I had to guide them on how to make it.
Me: "Just the raw oats please, with some milk and sugar"
Clerck: "You don't want it cooked"?
Me: "No, just cold raw oats please"
Clerck: "Not cooked, just raw??"
Me: "Yes!"
Very hesitantly and extremely skeptically, I was handed my oatmeal over the counter.
I think you had overnight oats. It soaks in the milk overnight
That was my regular funny when I lived in America. Everyone had vocal thoughts about oats and I did not expect it to be a subject of conversation. What did I know? 😀
@@jimmybaldbird3853 He would be able too tell instantly, completely different consistency
@@juuk3103 never heard of cold oatmeal
@@jimmybaldbird3853 It's delicious just cold milk over some oats and sprinkle some sugar over, it's cereal before cereal. Very common and old-school breakfast in Denmark, cheap, fast and filling also tastes good and has a nice consistency that isn't soggy.
To see this video really made me proud to be a Dane, it’s not everyday to great guys like you make a comparison between a small stat like Denmark and half a continent like the USA, and somehow make this Dane feel like we Danes came out on top. So welcome home to Denmark.
Doesnt that make you skeptical? Do you not realize theyre pandering to a danish audience?
@@jimmybaldbird3853 Skeptical about what? If they didn't mean what they say about Denmark then why would they even stay in Denmark? I have watched a lot of their videos. And to me Derek and Mike seem like honest and sincere people. Besides all their points in the video makes sense to me and I definitely knew about most of those differences already before watching this video and I definitely understand the reasoning for why they liked/disliked the things.
@@Je-Razor it is clear from your other comment that you do not understand. Regardless, how would you truly know? Your opinion or your guess or your hope that it is truthful is merely confirmation bias. This proves my point. Of course it fits your Danish narrative, thats why they say it. Thats why i said theyre pandering to a Danish audience.
@@smokedmessias1607 so you think you can spend over 30 years in a place and then miraculously enjoy places, things, systems, customs, etcetera that took the danish people centuries to create, form, and grow. They blindly like everything... everything that danes do. They speak half truths and play up stereotypes. Its silly to see
@@smokedmessias1607 you sound naive, and that is why you believe that, but okay
Big menus at restaurants is not a good sign of quality.
Thank you for the beautiful tour and insights :D
Regarding the chattiness, I was just in Jutland and while I generally go there every year, for some reason it just stood out to me how much more chatty people are in the service industry over there. I don't think I went to a single store where I didn't feel like I could have told them my life story. So, when you mis that at home in Denmark and the US is too far away, I suggest a trip to rural Jutland.
As for the restaurants, I am not sure what it is, but my general perception is that if your menu of food is more than two pages, it is bound to be mediocre. And I kinda feel like that is the general perception over here.
I was thinking the same thing - in rural Jutland it can be more chatty and friendly. Here people nod or say hi to people they pass on the street. You get a chat at the grocery store and people talk to their neighbors.
Then again we have met very chatty people from Copenhagen in a restaurant in Tivoli, so maybe it’s also the vibe you send out? If you seem approachable people will talk to you.
We have definitely noticed that when we visit Jutland as well. We have had many people offer to take a photo for us or hear us speaking English and ask where we are from and why we are there, super friendly. It’s definitely a regional difference 😃🇩🇰
You were talking about big menus at restaurants. My favorite bar/eatery here in copenhagen has 7 different plates of food on the menu (5 of those have vegetarian options) and one type of desert this month, it's a small kitchen with 3-4 people working. And it's all seasonal .. Lygtens Kro
Ohhhhhh that sounds great! We will have to check it out!!! 😃🇩🇰
Love your openness and pure joy
Again really nice video, Loved every second of it
Thanks so much 😃
This was SUPER interesting!
Hooooly cow, I got claustrophobic seeing that rock formation you went through!! What a view though 😍 Hope you guys are having an awesome summer ❤️
The american "chattiness" is something Danes could learn from, I agree!
Looks like you had a great tour 👍🏻, and you even visited my favorite part of USA, western North Carolina. I even written a book of that area, Land of Friendliness and Beaty - a Dane's Guidd to Western North Carolina. I also btw love the squares in Savannah, and also River Street, where I was interviewed by NBC News once because of a T-shirt I was wearing 😎
Cool post !! Loved it 👍😀👍 !
1.5 things I would want in in Denmark is certainly the outgoing and frank approach Americans have to public interaction. I don't condone what topics are okay to bring up tho.. race, culture and religion is a private matter here. But I do like the small talk that you guys are capable of. That just doesn't happen much in Denmark unless you kinda know people. And also about announcing when you did something well. I'd like if we got better at it.
We agree. There are many things where we like both approaches and a "middle of the road" take would be best - but Americans will be Americans and Danes will be Danes haha.
Thanks for the really interesting video. Im from the UK and Really enjoyed seeing some of the beautiful countryside in the USA. I think you have a balanced and deep appreciation of some of the good and not so good things in Denmark and the US. I’m glad you can still be so fond and celebrate the positives about the US whilst not ignoring the negatives. You bring your great qualities of friendliness and openness to your videos.
Excellent video!
Thank you Julie 😃🇩🇰
wauw a nother awesome video, guys cool
As a danish viewer, this your best video at large
So glad you enjoyed your holiday!! I miss you guys :) and great video!!
haha I loved the last outtake !!
Suddenly I find myself missing the US. Or more specifically the American south. I absolutely love Charleston. It is on the short list of places, where I feel I could live happily. I am fairly well rooted in Denmark at this point, but I miss things from most places I have lived, and the American south has a strong place in my heart.
I just miss southern cooking and going on hikes in WV. The state is so underrated and even though people in general don’t have much money they offer strangers a lot and are hospitable to no ends.
Great video :-)
Thank you Lars 😊
See, this is why I love you guys! You bring up very good points about being American too and the good things there. You are so wonderful at explaining to everyone about life there and now you make me miss Chicago. However, I will say when visiting your home town it is not the same as vacationing in the US. I am certain you will agree, the home town visit is way different than visiting other places as a tourist. Love you guys, and thank you for this video :)
I love how your videos make me reflect, on my own behavior (I am danish). And danes do make that kind og shortterm friendships you describe in this video, but we tend to only make them when we are on vacation in forign countries 🙃
Pro tip for any restaurant, anywhere in the world: The bigger the menu, the bigger the chance of getting bad food. The more ingredients a restaurant has to have in stock, the bigger the chance of individual components being low-quality, frozen, or too old. I'd take a restaurant with a tiny menu any day, over one with a giant menu.
Have not seen the video to the end writing this, it’s nice to see a video from the states, but funny how even though i don’t know you guys personally, but like your view of Denmark and hope you be back (home) again soon 😉
But have a nice trip back in the states 👍🏻
I didn't know about that place where you can see 7 states, but that sounds really cool. It reminded me a bit of Grenen in Skagen, where two oceans meet, and you can stand with one foot in Skagerrak and one foot in Kattegat.
Thanks for taking us on vacation guys, as some of us are too precausious to do it ourselfes. But we are looking forward to have you back, have you visited the city of fairytales in DK, yet?
Just seen this video (shocking, I know). After a decade of living in the UK as an expat Dane I still breath easier when I am back in Denmark because everything is familiar. My brain relaxes and I just slot in to how life is lived without wondering. I can easily understand your last point even though I at least have been fluent in English all along and you guys are probably struggling towards being fluent in Danish.
Even though this seems like one of your lighter themed videos, I am actually amazed of how well you have managed to describe the great (and not so great) things about the US. Especially when watching US politics I have always disliked the retoric about how America is the greatest nation in the world, instead of actually stating the actual strengths and weaknesses so the nation can learn and grow ❤️ great video 😃👍
Olympic Park! Been there tons of times. :) Been to Atlanta 10+ times for DragonCon
When I lived in england every time I was waiting for the bus, I got someones life story 🥴 It was pretty weird for me, but on the other hand in denmark when going out, shopping, café, restaurant I love meeting and talking to new people 😊 I loved when in America I went to the supermarket, I was greeted as we where close friends, by the same person every time. Through the store she would almost come running with high energy and I felt welcome 😊🥰
Interesting video. As a Dane, I have to admit that it makes me a little proud to hear that there are certain things you guys miss about Denmark.
I was wondering, have you ever met up with or talked to friends in The States and told them about life in Denmark, only for them to almost not believe you? That things surely cannot be that way or maybe even be better than USA?
Yes, that’s happened to me
great tour guide 👍
I’ve only visit America once, in Seattle.. and I just love the people and your stores. You have so much to choose from and in Denmark its so boring.. only Think I got confused about where the sale taxe 🙈.. sorry that was a new thing for me.. but what I also loves in the US is the open mind.. people are so friendly and loves to talk.. like me 🤷♂️.. if I small talk here in Denmark people just looks like I’m crazy or something.. but in Seattle people where so nice and friendly. I really miss that.. nice to see you guys showin us some places in the States :) thanks for the video
Funny how the US has vast amount of choses when it comes to consumer goods.._
But when it comes to politics it only have a choice between two parties which basically are the same.._
It’s like the only choice is capitalism
@@RobeTrotting - yeah, look at the uproar with Bernie.... He's basically a communist to the US, in Denmark he would be to the capitalist (blue block) side....
@@MaximusMeridiusDK Nah, I believe he'd be considered more centrist to left leaning. Bernie's focus on the little guy and having the ones with the broadest financial shoulders help carry the load through taxes, while still supporting businesses to a certain extent, is what has me placing Bernie in a more centrist position, although left-leaning.
@@pHD77 he is basically a "socialdemokrat" centrist yes.._ but sometimes a little to the left.._ sometimes a little to the right...
Thank you for showi g the South 😍 It's beautiful 🌹 BE SAFE and Hope you'll be SAFE Bach to "little Denmark" 🇩🇰
7:20 that man in the background…🤣🤣🤣
Consumerism does take up more space in American stores. I’m sure that they are selling the brands otherwise they wouldn’t keep the many variants on the shelves but if you never had the choice between 10 brands but only 2-4 you wouldn’t know any better.
It's very true - sometimes it's nice to have a little less to choose from and a simplified shopping experience. There does seem to be less selection in the average stores though (compared to neighboring countries), someone told us it's because of the ownership of Danish grocery chains restricting certain brands- but not sure the exact details.
You have good taste in your choice of U.S. cities to visit.
Thanks Julie! We haven’t explored much of the southeast so this was a really fun trip!
I can totally get behind the exciting feeling of being a novelty simply by being from abroad. Spent a year in Germany and even though the cultureshock Denmark>
Southeast!! My neck of the woods!..
This was hugely enjoyable, and, having lived in the US for four years when I was a teenager, I found myself nodding along and wondering again why I can’t live in two places at once. Also, you guys seem altogether nice and ‘sympatiske’ 😚
One of the things I enjoy the most about living, or travelling a lot, in another country is realizing all the things that you love about that other country - and all the things you love about your native country.
Drinking alcohol in public: Am I correct that in many places in the US it actually is allowed to drink alcohol in public - but only if the beverage is concealed in a brown paper bag? (Noone will imagine that you have alcohol in the bag if that rule only applies to alcohol)
I would LOVE to have some of those huge supermarkets that you have in the US! I like that we here in Denmark always live close to our smaller grocery shops, however, it would be very nice with a broader selection once in a while ...
However, regarding the menu size in restaurants, I find that a smaller menu is usually indicative of high quality, as opposed to huge menus, which often is indicative of the opposite. So, I really don't mind the smaller menus - if you don't want any of the 12 or so options from this restaurant, you should just go to another restaurant with different menu options.
I think the many choices of food on menus in American restaurants, is one of the things I came to hate when I lived there. Yes there was a wide selection, but it came at a cost - namely the quality of the food. Rather than having 4 good starters, 5 good entrees, and 3 nice desserts, there was a huge selection of food that was mediocre at best. This I even experienced at restaurants, which were supposed to be upscale and "fine dining".
You should do a video on American drinking culture vs. Danish drinking culture.
Note that I'm not talking the 16 to 21 year olds and laws, but rather the differences for adults.
I have to ask, the shots from Rock City where you are sitting talking to the camera, is it Jesus as a statue behind you? :) And those playful puppies from the new york shot in the background is a nice touch :D
It depends on where you live in Denmark, if people talk to you right away or not, iam from jylland originally, coming to Sjælland, Was a bit of a culture shock for me, People don’t just Great you street, or just speak to you to be nice.. they mind their own business…
..and they do in Jylland... Hvor..bibel-bæltet?
Are you guys planning on moving back to America one Day?
What are your thoughts on raising kids in America or Denmark?
Great videos.
Thanks for watching, so glad you enjoy our channel. We definitely do not want to live in America again and we bought a flat in Denmark and hope to take the steps we need to stay indefinitely. If we did raise kids we would greatly prefer to do that in Denmark 🇩🇰 😃
that dude in the back in savannah around 7,20 ish :)
Usa = no you can´t have a beer in the park with your friends, but bring your semi-automatic rifle instead. ;-)
Exactly! 😩
You know… freedom?!
I really wish we had a wider selection of stuff to buy in Denmark. Coca Cola and other soft drinks are a good example; we often get a new taste variant, only to lose it again after a short time because "it didn't sell well enough to make it worthwhile" Coca Cola Vanilla, Coca Cola Cherry, Coca Cola Cinammon, Sunkist, Pepsi Cherry, Dr. Pepper, root beer of all makes - some of them may still be theoretically available, but hardly any stores are selling them.
I don't think these items are necessarily selling less, percentage-wise, it's just that due to our country's size, a 2% market share in Denmark is next to nothing in actual sales, compared to a 2% market share in the US, and I guess the big brands can't be bothered to keep items in their range unless they meet certain tagets in actual sales.
PS: But at least we currently have a nice soft drink for the summer, in the shape of Faxe Kondi Watermelon. So delicious, just like drinking actual carbonated watermelon juice.
You guys are just so likeable. I agre, that it would be nice if it was easier to befriend danish people faster and more openess.
Beutiful places in the US. What kind of temperatur was it on your trip?
A point in servants in the US take highly notice of you, is the fact of tips. They,re probably not THAT interested in you, but they,re very interested in their tips. In Denmark, it,s not that normal to tip waiters/waitresses, so we don,t get that false kindness. I guess either you like it or you don,t.
Spot on Mads, it’s only for the tip and not to really help the guests - we have definitely converted to the Danish style of dining out in restaurants.
I MISS ......IN AND OUT BURGER 😊
5:08 'Winters are coming'
Short term fun vs 6 months of darkness* Old style north - even danes are!
*Hey, what some call: Oct - March in DK
PS. Define 'Friends/Friendship'?
EDIT: 9:30 Fly! Oh-oh 😲
Another great one. I found what you mentioned about toxic masculinity interesting. And wonder if some of it is based on the lack of social security. People in the US must experience way more stress than Danes. I know culture and upbringing also plays a role, of course. Also, my face when you showed footage from the supermarket: 😲
Gosh. That tshirt incident would have REALLY bothered me. LOL It's so incredibly obstinant and ridiculous and insecure. And it is so so true about politics! It's so divided with prescribed lists of things to hate. No gray areas. The saddest thing is people have lost friends and family over it. :( And this hurts the fight against climate change because not every one is on the same page. Thank you so much for your insights. I, however, do feel like customer service isn't that great after living in Japan. But that's a big ask. :)
How hard was it to travel with the COVID situation? I really want to visit Denmark again and Norway too, but I’ve been afraid that either they wouldn’t let me in or the USA wouldn’t let me return. I’ve had my vaccines and all that.
Always check online for the latest info, but right now vaccinated Americans can enter Europe and return. You just need a negative Covid test to get your flight back to the States 😃
I lived in both countries (originally not from neither of them and I currently live in Aarhus) but in my personal case, life in America is better for a non-American than life in Denmark for a non-Dane. The quality of life in Denmark is undoubtedly excellent, but I feel that Danish culture is much harder to embrace and adapt to than American culture. For a non-dane, Danish culture may come off as very dull.
This makes sense for sure, America has a lot of big cities with shinny lights and the lifestyle and constant stimulation is more exciting. Denmark has an incredible standard of living that’s much better and affords you a lifestyle that no one in america can really comprehend properly. Coming from neither as a native it had to be super interesting to experience both countries as a foreigner.
If i meet you somewhere in Copenhagen I'm going chat so much that your ears will hurt 😁😁😁 .. americas history 300 year's old as a nation 🤣🤣🤣 sry guys couldn't let it .. of cause your population are diverse, you are a nation of many different countries 😁😁 .. anyway guys nice video . 😁😁
What confuses me a little bit is that you say that USA has varied terrain and climate but so does Europe. Keep in mind that you can't compare entire USA to Denmark as USA is 228 times larger. Denmark is more comparable to a single state - and a small one at that. If you want to experience varied cultures, climate and terrain in Europe you need to hop into the plane and check some another country. Doing so is as easy as it is in the states since you can freely move within the schengen area (at least before covid).
Also those one hour random friends can be a bit confusing. I'm never quite sure if someone who says "let's keep in touch" means they want to stay in touch or if it's just them being polite. It's a bit like folks not expecting you to tell them how you are when they ask "how is it going" which apparently you are not supposed to do in the states (at least based on your previous videos).
Denmark is such a small spot. It would make more sense to compare the US with Europe.
I think the American and Danish definition of friendshib are different. Friend are somebodody you care for or even love, deeb relationshibs. Americas seem to be satisfied to have a selection to hang out with but don’t invest a lot of oneself to grow the friendship. Am I misunderstanding everything?
Yeah, I’d say that is a misunderstanding - Americans are fine having many acquaintances and aren’t as private as Danes (to make generalizations of course) but invest deeply in their closest friends.
@@RobeTrotting I guess then, that the real friends are some like the real friends og Danes. But of cause - we are slow in our building of real frienshib 😃
Do you miss grits?
We aren’t southern, so we never had them much until this road trip. We definitely miss hash browns though
If youre going back to Georgia, visit Senoia. Thats where The walking dead is being filmed :)
Well, this American came here looking for something that might help me make peace with the fact that my disabilities would present so many obstacles to my being able to establish and support myself in another country that my dream of being able to immigrate elsewhere would probably never come true. And I didn't find that for myself on your list of things that you missed about the US. *sigh*
The only item I saw that I would be likely to miss about this country was the ethnic diversity.
That, and the landscape diversity. But I understand that if you are a member of the European Union, you can live in any country within the EU that you want? And so many of the European countries are a lot smaller than the states and easier to traverse, so if you're into traveling, couldn't living in the EU potentially be like living in a bunch of smaller countries smooshed into one big country, in a sense?
Well… in a sense… it’s true that the open borders does make travel very easy, but calling it one country would be a huge stretch. The cultures, languages and history of the different countries are very diverse.
@@LeftMouseButton961 But you would theoretically have access to about as much diversity living in Europe with the open borders as you would living in the states, right?
@@messinalyle4030 In theory, yes. You can travel within the Schengen countries (that is most of the EU and the non-EU members; Norway and Switzerland) pretty much like you would travel between the states in the US. However you can't really settle in the different countries without a means of self support (to prevent welfare tourism basically), because you won't be eligible for f.ex social services in the given country you are in without either citizenship in said country or working and paying taxes there. As for diversity: yes; the countries do differ quite a bit from each other with different languages, cultures etc. There isn't really that overarching unifying cultural and national identity that Americans have in the US. Travelling from Denmark to say Romania would probably differ quite a bit from travelling between states in the US in terms of difference in culture, languages etc.
It's easy to mistake the EU for being a federation similar to the US despite the fact it's not. The member countries are independent with their own laws, languages, cultural norms etc. The EU is more an expanded political and economic alliance than an actual unification of different states.
So, despite what some folk might believe the EU isn't really controlling much if anything on a national level, so calling the EU a country made up by different countries is a bit of a misnomer.
I hope that helped in answering your question 😊
@@Khenfu_Cake It did, thank you! :)
Psychology experiments have pointed out that if you have too many choices you are less happy than if you have fewer choices.
Scientia Non Domus,
+Knowledge has No Home)
Ole Jørgen Birk
(Living in Antigua are beautiful last 50 years)
Crazy alcohol laws.
But the Puritans were a kind of Christian Taliban.
More choices.
But it's more of the same.
The political 'left' in the US is too right-wing for Danmark.
For a country with so much space, why is everyone so in-your-face about politics?
Politics isn't a competition.
You're very right! And the Christian Taliban is a major part of the reason why politics is so bad.
Christian Taliban. I'm definitely stealing that one 😄
ohh ya.. the war of Northern Aggression or as it is known in the rest of the civilized world The war of the Rebellion :-) Regarding the diversity of culture is aMEricas superpower..I think the biblebelt and the white evangelists .might wanna have a discussion with you about that ...
Yeah, regarding the ethnic diversity, it depends on where you live.
It's funny that in another comment above I said that the ethnic diversity was probably the only thing on their list that I would miss about America. Because, as a white, lifelong, small-ish-town Tennesseean, ethnic diversity is honestly just an abstraction for me, personally. I don't see much of it in my daily life, but I live in a country that has a lot of it, in other parts, for what that's worth.
@@messinalyle4030 im pretty sure thers alot of it allover the states,but correct me if im wrong here ,it is mostly on the coasts, where i think the diversity is domenant and the view out towards the world is way more "open"
@@Galantus1964 I don't know, maybe there is more diversity all over the US than there is in Europe. From what little I'd read and seen online, I'd sort of been getting the impression lately that Europe wasn't as homogenous as it was made out to be.
I wouldn't be surprised if you were right that most of our diversity is on the coasts, and that people tended to be less narrow-minded there. That's the impression I've gotten. I've barely been outside Tennessee, so any guess that I could make probably shouldn't be taken very seriously.
@@messinalyle4030 im from Denmark and i think we have around 15-20 % of non ethnic danes, out of around 5.8 million and we certainly have both (in the richer areas north of copenhangen ) places where thers close to no non ethnic danes BUT we also have a few areas around the country that is "overpopulated" with non ethnic danes ..so it is not beacuse im saying we are better ... it is just the frase " superweapon" used in general i was kinda pointing out... but there no question in my mind, that a country / population almost always will be richer on alot of counts by being more divisive .. and i apologize if my wording is a bit off , the written word is less expressive , than the spoken
There is a big diversity in the U.S nature, but I guess if you drive the same amount of miles in the EU then you would find the same nature diversity
41 seconds into the vid at this point, and started lauging at your intro, you talk alot about the difference in volume on Americans versus Danes, please watch the intro again, and tell me how utterly danish your intro is, and how un-american that intro is. Love your vid's guys, pointing out a lot of spot on differences between Americans and Danes...
Lovely video guys, really pretty.
Now be honest, don't you think that when you go back to the US on vacation, that simple chatter between strangers, actually becomes interesting, bc you have something exciting to tell??
Long live diversity!!
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Danish service sucks. Servers often act like they're doing you a favor for serving you.
I miss the friendliness of Americans and the natural way conversations spontaneously happen between strangers.
Denmark is great for the trust that exists in society + super low corruption.
So being Straight ! I don't follow "World Pride 2021". I support it, but don't follow it 😊 ! Q: WTF are you guys doing in the US (loved your post though 😊 ), during "World Prime 2021" 😲 ? It's the Effing "World Prime"! Fight for your rights and stuff 👍😎👍 ! BTW! I like all the stuff going on everywhere (in CPH) , at the moment! Lot's of "Popup" bars and so on 👍 !
Can you be in the bible-blet, an say "Jesus Crap!" ?(to a fly) dont you get stoned for stuff like that?
Flattery will get you nowhere, but please continue ;-)