A german school that would want their students to speak an oath to the german flag at the start of school day would be closed and the teachers who had the idea fired.
thanks for unlocking a childhood memory... As an East German, I now remember, this was somewhat normal until 1989 at Eastern German schools (not on a daily basis, but it happened). We call that a dictatorship by now, but we were urged to call it a democracy back than...
This only happens in dictatorships and autocracies, maybe when there's a military junta in charge. The US is the only country with a sort of functioning democracy that does this.
My friend said that today 😂"why the hell is the flag in the students association room?! I know i'm in portugal!" It was stored there for some reason instead of a stotage room;-;
@danielafaustino5815 You just need to catch the scent of self-sabotage and extreme fondness of toxic submissiveness and cheerful decay into an irrelevant laughing stock to know you're in this pathetic pile of humus derived from a former meaningful nation that is the spanish-brazillian colony of Portugal. Flags are irrelevant when one's only reason to be proud is to be obedient garçons and and average patisseurs.
If I walk around for 15min in a german suburb, there is at least 1 bank, 1 supermarket, 1 pharmacy, 1 kindergarden, 1 school, 1 doctor, 1 dentist, 1 bakery, 1 lotto/newspaper store and lots of other small bussinesses (usually craftsmen) and probably at least one bus stop or even a tram stop as well.
I think the problem most people perceive with american suburbs is,due to the zoning laws it’s just houses. No shops,no pubs or schools or community centres,nothing to make where you live anything other than a dormitory.
There is a bit more of a complication here. There is really no issue zoning in a small commercial zone in the suburbia. The problem is a lack of costumers. If we look at suburbia well in Sweden where i live, where i know them best. They are typically built up around a small center with school, bus stop, a tiny shop, a pizzeria and ... possibly some activity, maybe a small office. Then there are like 1 or 2 rows of apartments building around that. Then there is like 1 km of suburbia around that. And that pattern repeats with a new mini-center every 2 km or so. But the main diffrance is the fire rescue law. In USA two fire trucks have to be alowed to be double parked. In Europe (as far as i know all European nations) a fire trucks only need to pass.. This allow the street to be 3.2 meters narrower. The front of set can also be lower in Europe, typically down to 4.5 meters, but in case of fire wall down to basically 0 meter. Same is true for side walls. This allows European plots to have less space that is not in general day use, hence the space that is used like the back garden and the actual house, can take a larger percentage of the total surface area. Hence European suburbia is typically 30-40% denser than US suburbia, in turn leading to a 60-70% higher consumer pressure on the local center. Ad on the few flats close to the center, and that is the reason why they can survive. The reason they don´t exist in USA, is not that they are not alowed, but they can´t survive.
@@matsv201It is downright illegal to place any shops or community ventures in US suburbs due to their zoning laws. Not even locally driven garage shops. You have to get out of the suburb zoning - which is why you get these big strip mall spaces with tons of bulk store franchise places in a long line off the side of a main road outside the residential zone.
the main issues raised with American-style suburbs is that their designs a) create excessive traffic, b) waste excessive amounts of land and c) create a massive maintenance burden for roads and utilities on local municipalities relative to the ability to generate tax revenues for maintaining said roads and utilities, etc (and on the subject of grass lawns, they might make sense in some states, but trying to maintain a lawn in a desert is an absolute waste of water)
Yeah,but don't think every street is layed with stones ;-). Most is asfalt and concrete.. the stones shiw real living walking streets with mostly little heavy trucks, then they are great
Also: HOAs and zoning restrictions are much less crazy in Europe compared to US. You can put whatever bush or crop plot you want in your suburb garden, and you have small grocery shop in walking distance.
I don't find US suburbs all that bad. Besides size, they are basically the same thing as Lithuanian suburbs. Also even capital city has massive suburbs and some even in middle of city basically. It's just annoying and sucky. Really, imagine NYC, but there's suburbia near center and some forest also close to center. Also all cities here have very low density, which is a bit of problem even with public transit. Like there's high density housing, but it's so spread out that it creates a ton of space in-between, which makes it harder for public transit to be reasonably fast and makes city people basically need a car.
About the flag. I only see it on 4 occasions: when I visit a government office, when it's a national holiday (like independence day), when there's some important international sports match (like world cup classifications), or when there's a protest. This reminds me a short by an American TH-camr that lives in Italy, that said people exaggerated about the American flag and how it was everywhere, until she went back and was shocked. You don't notice it because it's normal to you.
@@MJ-uk6lu Obviously that's for support for Ukraine because they are being invaded. You saw USA flags everywhere after 9/11 too, we saw many French flags here too after the terrorist shooting of the building for those cartoons. It's called solidarity.
i am going to ask you to look up Flag laws in European countries please and you will understand a big reason why we dont wave it around everywhere up to a year in jail in some places makes you treat that fabric like a fine china
Yea most Europeans could probably point out lots of the more significant US states like New York, California, Texas, Alaska, Florida, Hawaii, etc - and certainly know most if not all of the names of the states. In comparison, I was once asked by an American tourist if Denmark was the capitol of Sweden and I had a small meltdown
@@Real_MisterSir also asking about states is like asking what lands are in germany. The question should be if people from EU know any countries in america/americas :D
Trying to explain: In Europe in between those houses there are also bakeries, small supermarkets, restaurants etc. This makes the whole atmosphere more lively and you can do your daily shopping on foot. Luckily we have no regulations strictly separating residential and commercial areas.
Here in Germany you see the flag everywhere during the Soccer World Championships and a few less during the Europe Championships. If you raise one during off-season, people automatically assume you're Far Right or even a Nazi.
in The Netherlands it's even impolite to have the flag out without a good reason. of course government buildings have the flag outside, but for normal people we only raise the flag on special days, like: 4th of may, the day we remember all the people that died in conflicts and/or wars (doden herdenking) 5 th of may, the day we remember the end of WWII (bevijdingsdag) and the birthdays of our royal family, and on some of those days we add a orange "wimpel" (don't know the English word for it) to the flag. (it depends on the status of the royal family member whose birthday it is) and on those days it's proper etiquette to only have the flag out during day light, so after dawn and get it down before sunset. we also have the flag out during championships, to show our support for the national team. (mostly during football, like the world and European championships) there's a special occasions to have the flag out beside these days. that's when your child graduates from (what Americans would call) high school. in that instance you have the flag out and add the backpack to the flagpole, to celebrate and indicate someone has graduated in your household. i think those are the only occasions on which we have the flag out.
That comparison between US states and European countries is so bad. Can you name a single arrondissements in France? Or any of the states of Germany? What about the counties in England or the UK? And if the argument is "but the states in the US are as large as countries." Well then name any of the states in Russia, China, India or Brazil. I can probably name one or two in China a few in India and luck out and guess one in Brazil and Russia but I don't think people from those countries expect anybody from outside to necessarily know. There can can be a reasonable expectation to have a basic knowledge of geography and where countries are located. Don't think anybody expects another person to know much more about other countries unless they went there or learned more about a specific country.
I agree, maybe I came across the wrong way?? I was just leaning into the memes and having laughs. I don’t expect anyone outside the US to know our states and counties at all.. I realize lots of countries have states too. So naturally I know countries in Europe and some bigger cities or landmarks. Obviously there’s no way I could recite every state of Germany or anywhere else off the top of my head
I just watched it back and I didn’t misspeak, I said states are easy (referring to the U.S. states of course, from my American perspective) whereas just getting all the countries in Europe would be tough for the average American. Likewise most Europeans would probably know most or all countries in Europe, but naturally not be able to name all 50 US states. I don’t see anything offensive or wrong about this.. haha 😂 it’s just a meme anyway
@@IWrocker don’t worry about it ❤. I understand that the memes were leaning into the humour and you were obviously leaning into it as well. This was more of a general observation not particularly targeted at anybody. I think there are people that don’t quite understand why people learn certain things and not other things and maybe one of those gained a bit more perspective.
I think the comparison between US states and Euro countries make total sense, it's the first order in which the European/US land is divided. As a EU citizen I could probably name all EU countries and their capitals, and most of the US states and maybe 50% of their capitals. Squibbling about whatever areas European countries divide it's country into is totally irrelevant and kinda petty. French regions are about as relevant as US counties and I'm learning neither.
the uk is a country france is a state of the eu. Please read the EU constitution. You can call france a country still and it doesnt realy matter but on paper texas and france have kind of same rights and olbigations
I'm in Edinburgh and it's very different here. LOTS of the roads here are cobbled. My street I live on is cobbled as are the streets around me but the main road our street leads onto is tarmacadam not cobbled. Jjst depends on the age/era the hiuses were built here really. More modern roads and house areas aren't cobbled
@@chadUCSD Yeah, they usually exist in very old cities/towns, where they are kept for the historical atmosphere/context. And often driving cars on old cobblestones is restricted or entirely prohibited. Tho in some places short sections are also used as part of the road furniture to lower speeds, mark pedestrian zones etc.
@dfuher968 You cantbprohobot driving on covblr streets in Edinburgh, seeing as the majority of roads in the city centre and surrounding tye centre are all cobbled.
03:50 The problem with US city planning is... well, there are a lot... - Suburbia creates car dependence. Those houses are too far apart for reasonable public transport and the street layout is often not compatible with efficient public transport. - Walking or cycling somewhere is dangerous to near impossible in many places. - Strict single family residential zoning has again created car dependency for every activity that is not inside one's own house or garden. - Suburbs have higher infrastructure maintenance costs than the property tax they bring in, so more densely populated parts of the city subsidise suburbia, and in many places it has created a Ponzi scheme-like situation where the city needs to keep growing to support the existing suburban infrastructure with new tax revenue. - Suburbs have achieved a level of insularity of the average suburban family that was previously only present in rural farmsteads. Physical separation of places of work, housing, and socialisation/entertainment have broken up communities into collections of individual households, leading to a lot of the issues re loneliness, social isolation, and lack of social cohesion in society (as well as susceptibility to propaganda). (There is a lot of literature about the social engineering goals that went into post-WW2 city planning if you want to go down that rabbit hole, but suffice it to say, the US suburb and the Soviet commie block are ironically very analogous in their function in social engineering through architecture and city planning... Also, Le Corbusier was a madman and monster.) - US suburbs are a nightmare for sustainability (low durability of housing and bad insulation) and have horrendously huge carbon footprints.
States are just states within a country. All the European countries also have states, counties ect in fact i'd go as far to say every country in the world has it's own equivalent of individual states.
in France we rarely see our flag anywhere else than on public institution buildings (except during the world cup) here it's considered as fascism (especially here because most of local cities were communists during decades) About Football supporters: a match between Paris and Marseille is always considered as a war by the authorities (people fight each other, car burns etc..... and the next day, everything comes back to calm)
Replace France with Germany and you've got more or less the same situation - just our football riots are more or less a thing of the past too. Yes, i said MORE OR LESS!
the same in Italy, you rarely see an Italian flag around the city. But the Italian tricolore is a symbol, Italian put the colors of the flag pretty everywhere (just think to the Ferrari logo with that tricolore on the top of the shield), but I think the "love for the flag" is different than in USA. We don't pledge allegiance to flag, there's no fascist nationalism in that, the flag is the symbol of Italians as people not the symbol of Italy as country. Indeed, Italians tend to be xenophilic.
And if you want to be fancy, you divide the European prices by 1.6. Sounds weird, but the average driving distance per car and day in the US is around 37 miles, while it is 37 km in many European countries. Incorporating that gets you closer to what people actually need to buy.
Delving into the data a bit further, researchers found that the cost of having a baby in the U.S. is, on average, $10,808. But a C-section will cost you $16,106. --- In the U.K., having a baby is about half as expensive as in this country, coming in at around $4,500. In Germany and France, it's even more economical to give birth, at a little over $2,500. ---
@@HenryLoenwind American cars also consume far more gas/mile than EU cars, because gas is so cheap and the culture pushes people to get pickup trucks for some reason. It's a common thing for people to make fun of you driving a normal economic car, I don't get why but that's the culture.
5:53 and that, right there is the main issue I think most europeans have with the USA, that they dont really think about any other place as worthy of any thought.
There’s people here that do care about other places like myself. It’s the American govt and media that keeps public in a bubble. That’s not really a random American’s fault
If caring about other Europeans is judged by how much taxes go to NATO and Ukraine, then the US must care a whole lot more than Europeans do about their neighbors.
@@IWrocker 🧐 so you’re saying that the average American is being brought up in propaganda and is too stupid to think for themselves? ? I think I’ve heard that before somewhere 🇷🇺 hmmm.. Greetings from Europe 😂
@@IWrocker True, and there are many Europeans that also dont care about other countries, however it often do seem that in europe we are kind of tought to care, and for sure need to know USA politics, where as most americant more or less ignore other countries polits, or seem to at least. Just a funktion of the way the world is really. But for sure the media and politicians do create a bubble in the good ol' US of A
@@johnfitzgerald5158 you can say that, it is not really part of what I mean to refer to. But one can add to what you say that, yes the USA use a lot on its military, also a lot more then was is required to be spend on NATO. And then one can also point out that in the current support of Ukraine USA is not even in the top 5 for money spend per capita (or what it is called) Sure USA use a lot more money, thats extremly true, but in proportion to the richness of the country USA dont use as much on surporting as many countries in europe do. but that is neighter here not there, just "silly" arguments. I hope you follow what I mean as oviously English is not my main language, and honestly I am quite annoyed at my own country for not quite meeting the 2% required by NATO. So I do see what you mean, or I think that is the point you are refering to. Just saying that knowledge of other countries politics seem to be more expected in europe than it is for a person in the USA. I mean no offence and do excuse my poor grasp of language.
4:05 it's not the aesthetics of US road design that people shit on, but their bad design of building car centric cities, which forces people to buy and use a car just to go grocery shopping
Probably too long for you to read but I tried to be fair. 4:05 I have lived in NC and Germany. And to be honest: We had amazing neighbors in NC but the whole suburbia part felt soooo soulless. It was just a copy of a copy of a copy standing next to each other. Everyone's frontyard was empty. Just grass. No trees and bushes for birds, bees and wildlife. No flower beds. We didn't have access to a sidewalk. The roads were big and we lived in a roundabout at the end but going jogging or walking on hot days was a pain. It was 15 minutes suburbs until we came to a small creek with some trees that contained a small round path trough the shade for only another 15-20 minutes. In Germany we have great neighbors as well. Some of the Germans I've grown close to but where I live I'm in constant contact with US Americans and they make the best neighbors! We have tons of bushes, natural mulch, different trees (even apple trees), wild bees living in brickstone holes. Each house is different. Everything is walkable. People have such high trees and bushes, it feels like you are walking through a park. I need 3 minutes to walk into nature (lake, forests, etc) and a 5 walk to a supermarket. All that I need is in walking distance. From the air, American suburbs look superb. It looks like it was painted on there. Living there is unpractical. Whereas many towns and outer areas of German cities look the same from satellite view and a little "messy", they are well planned intriguing modern jungles for animals, wildlife, playing kids and foremost: They are walkable
This looks very nice to me, I'm just wondering, can you actually walk on the pedestrian path without someone thinking that you are invading their land?
@@tolkkiz there are 2 types, private and public, private usually lead into residential complexes and there it may be that it is not allowed but this must then be signposted (i can only talk for germany)
Same here in sweden, where i live specifically i live in a quite "compressed" space (in a European "suburbia" way), house rows, i dunno the word for it in english, but connected houses in a row, and 9 rows of them, still, everyones backyard and front is different and has a personality. Also other villas and apartments around, but people still know eachother quite well! I need to walk 5 min for a decent river, alot of greenery here, with a small soccerfield and tenniscourt. Like 7 min walk to a supermarket/center, where all small stores all located, aswell as dentist, pharmacy, local care and gas station. I have a bus station right outside, close to a big forest with paths in it, one that is lit up by lights. Many farmer fields around aswell, it is just a big village with a lot of personality and individualism, but also close to gothenburg, it takes me 30 min with public transportation to get there, 15 min by car. Outside the big citys here, MEAN outside the city, a lot of greenery, not many roads, you can walk to basically anything you need.
@@tolkkiz I live in Sweden and it is LEGAL here for me to cross others backyards as long as i do not destroy anything in it and just passing through, i can walk anywhere where it is not signed that i am not allowed to. Although we have strict rules how to behave when out walking, even in just any forest. No breaking branches, if i need to start a fire, take dead branches and not to break of from any tree if possible, clean up after you if you sleep in a tent. Basically leave the place as is or even cleaner/nicer than when you came.
I understand why US citizens want live in bubble.. every one who came out gets mad, sad, frustrated and feels like lied to all his/her life and wants to move out🤷
Ian, have you ever noticed how many movies and TV shows mention the city followed by the state during the dialogue? It’s how I’ve learned a lot of them here in Oz: Chicago, Illinois, Springfield, Massachussetts, Las Vegas, Nevada, Atlanta, Georgia, Tampa, Florida, Denver, Colorado, etc
8:20 it's not the same. In Europe, it's several countries, in the USA, it's one country divided to 50+ parts. Europeans remember names of the other countries (even those that they not live in). people in the USA, only need to remember their country, the division to states it's your stupid choice. Most of you (usa people), can't even detect your country in a world map. (Apologies for bad English, I'm not a native speaker).
Iceland here. Our flag-laws are pretty strict and thus you hardly ever see it flying unless there's a holiday, VIP-visit or some other special occasion. Love the memes and your reactions, BTW. Hope to see a follow-up in the future.
😂 seeing the flag every day?! Each time I am back in central Berlin my eyes are drawn to the flags flying over the Bundestag as (at least to me) it is very uncommon to see making it a surreal surprise
4:00 "why do people hate this" There is nothing wrong with the houses or roads in suburbia, in fact it would be fantastic to live there if there where several grocery stores, restaurants, bars, cafés, schools, municipal building, sports facilities (for instance: a tennis club, martial arts dojo, a gym), hairdresser, a variety of other stores, in walking distance and you could ride your bicycle to work. But sadly it isn't, you have to do everything by car. And that is why it sucks.
In an old Polish comedy there was a scene from an airplane, "we are landing, the temperature is 90 degrees" and the passenger says "90 degrees, take tar and cook it"
In N Europe I think it's pretty normal to have a sauna in your home, and to use it with friends/family (towels not needed). Must be shocking for Americans who can't even say the word "toilet" without getting flustered.
@@MiguelBorgesphotography N is for Northern, as in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland ... although most of the saunas would probably be located in Finland
My beef with US suburbia and cookie cutter homes is that you can't go anywhere without a monstrously sized pickup. As in Europe you can walk from your home from edge of city to city center or better yet take public transport. Also it makes European cities less sprawly and easier to go from place to place. Usually you don't have to wait hours in traffic.
The average area of small European cities with up to 100,000 inhabitants is 30 km², and the population density is 2,000 people per km². In contrast, in the US, the average area is nearly 140 km² with a population density of only 500 people per km². Unfortunately, such urban sprawl leads to challenges in maintaining infrastructure.
5:50 - It's a bit off-mark, but somehow that meme reminded me of a post I saw some years ago (I believe it was reddit) where they compared the USA with North Korea and their perceived notion of their country (they used stories from actual NK expats when they lived there). Some of their results went along the lines of how both countries have some of the highest percentages of nationalism, how no other countries matter to them except their 'enemies' and how citizens think their country is the absolute best in almost all possible aspects... because they're being lied to since birth and indoctrinated - directly or indirectly (actual teachings or through political speeches, books, songs, etc) throughout childhood, sometimes even early teens. They tried to do the same with China, but even they become aware of how fucked up their country and political system actually is in their teens, despite being helpless to fight against it. And the worst part? Neither of them know they're being lied to/indoctrinated, but for entirely different reasons: NK citizens don't have a choice. They do not have the luxury to leave their country or even learn about the outside world other than some smuggled dvd's from South Korea and their dramas or Chinese movies, which are deemed contraband and often dooms entire family trees to the next level of life long slavery and poverty. The US, on the other hand, is the opposite. People not only have a choice to visit other places, they often have the means to do so while having access to the Internet, which is practically the undisputed number 1 tool of globalization, to educate themselves. They simply don't do it, either out of arrogance, laziness or lack of interest regarding those they deem their 'inferiors'. One is ignorant of their true reality by oppression, while the other is ignorant by choice. It was a dooming post, but you can't deny that if you take all the 'seriousness' out of it, the post was actually rather truthful when you start thinking about it.
A better example/comparison is between the US and Myanmar and Eritrea. They all three treat their citizens as the personal property of the government and consider them to be cash cows put on earth merely to pay taxes - even when LIVING AND WORKING OVERSEAS - to the govt. The difference is that both Myanmar and Eritrea only request a tiny percentage of the earnings in taxes AND they only ask you to fill in one page when you file your tax returns. The US requires a far higher percentage and you need to employ a TRAINED accountant to deal with the inch thick wad of paperwork you need to fill in every year in order to make your tax return (the expense of making the returns can easily hit $30,000 a year while EVERY tiny mistake gets hit with a fine which averages out around another $10,000 per mistake)...I've a friend who's US'merican and she has to employ a specialist tax accountant to do her returns and SHE IS RETIRED and only has her Irish pension as income - and yes, the IRS actually TAXES her pension every year which is around a miserly 200Euro a week, nothing is safe from them - but she has to keep up with her taxes because she likes to return to the US for a couple of weeks every year to visit friends, not paying her taxes could land her in a whole heap of trouble
That just goes to show that a government (or other organisation) can completely control a population without making it seem like they're controlling them. You'll notice that both people are absolutely terrified at all time. That may be relevant, I can't be sure.
I live in Finland, specifically in the Åland Islands which has it's own flag, and the only places you would see the Åland/Finland flag every day here would be perhaps by certain governement buildings, not all of em but some might have it, and outside a specific hotel in my hometown that have several flagpoles where they show the flags of all the countries they currently have guests from. Other than that, we pretty much only hoist our flags on certain days of the year, typically hollidays. Some people who have flagpoles have what in english would be called pennants i think? Like a smaller more "elongated" version of the flag that they have hoisted on the days that aren't "flag days" but that's pretty much it Oh and ships also tend to have the flag of whichever country the ship is registered in hoisted at the stern of the ship
Hej, Åland. Hälsningar från Färöarna. And it is essentially the same here with flags. Some government buildings, and we only see the Danish flag in Danish institutions and there's maybe 1 or 2 of them here. So you don't see it very much. So holidays, special occasions etc., is when the flag flies.
Yes. Living in Finland I don't see the flag regularly. As said there is dedicated flag days, and most government buildings fly the flag on those, and if a private person has a pole at their property, they are *supposed* to fly it as well. (That's one reason why we took it down when we bought our house). Don't think it's enforced, though. Most frequent that I see Finnish flag is ... on the Internet and TV. Sports events. On the Internet, I almost see the European flag more often than just the Finnish one.
It is allowed to use flag every day in Finland. But it has rules when you should take it down and raise the flag. Not following those rules is shameful, so nobody wants to fly flag every day. By default one should take flag down at sunset time, exept in Independence day but the flag should be lightened after sunset. In Midsummer the flag can stay overnight even in Southern Finland. Northern Finland sun doesn't set anyway. Pennant are quite free to use. There are also own pennant for Swedish speaking Finns, and different counties etc. The Lapland original people Sapmi people have their own flag that is used in three Nordic countries. I don't know about what rules they have. They are a nation without a country, but they have flag and some autonomy. Åland is an autonomous archipelago, Swedish speaking, and they didn't join EU border tax union with Finland and they have their own tax laws etc and own flag. Some cities use their own heraldic flags every day in front of city hall. US and British flags are nearly free to use commercially. One can use US flag for Chinese crappy stuff. Try to put Italian colours in German made car and you are sure to get lawsuit. Same with frozen pizza made elsewhere. Nearly same with Finnish, Swedish and German flags. Also if Finnish car factory that makes AMG MBs would put Finnish flag on cars, I bet Stuttgart would go nuts. Italians are maybe mad, because Lambo is part of Audi, and Ferrari part of Stellantis. So Fiat Milano or Torino not made in thise cities is an insult. Texas map on Brasilian beef hickory smoked and spiced in Finland would be ok, I guess US embassy is not reacting. Finns would react, if you sell any traditional Finnish food made elsewhere with Finnish flag. I would get mad if Spanish or Egyptian strawberries were sold as Finnish. But that is simply because of I would easily notice the difference. Same with potatoes grown North of Artic Circle. Northern berries are simply better. Potatoes are just different.
Wrong and why it is, I’m willing to learn about sure, so thank you. I’ve heard people say it’s ugly, and I’m like “nah, regardless of function or urban planning, it’s not aesthetically ugly” lots of neighborhoods look gorgeous here.
I don't think it is ugly either. Going from the pictures it seems quite nice. The public transport issue can be solved but that doesn't detect from how nice it would be to live somewhere like that.
@@Gambit771 pls. watch videos like : American vs. European Suburbs (and why US suburbs suck) The Suburbs Are Bleeding America Dry | Climate Town (feat. Not Just Bikes)
@@mariojakel5544 I've seen them. I'm saying they look nice, they aren't ugly. The roads aren't full of potholes. The lack of public transport does not detract from that. You can have excellent public transport but the area look like a bomb hit it.
The gas prices is so accurate. I can't help but chuckle everytime I hear an American say "I can't believe gas is at $5 per gallon! Ridiculous!" and I'm sitting here like "Come to the most expensive country in the world, when it comes to gas. The Netherlands. We pay double that price for the same amount"
In Norway 🇧🇻 we have about 15 official flag days in a year, where if you own a flag pole it's expected you flag. It should be raised at 08.00 in the morning and taken down at 21.00 in the evening. Other than that we don't see the flag very often. But you are allowed to have a triangular pennant in the flag pole year around.
The US Suburbia Streets... Having lived in the USA for 20+ years (i am back in Europe now), i actually agree with you and find those appealing, even clean looking - until you compare how you are supposed to get around. American Surburbia makes most Public Transportation unfeasable, as you would have to walk Miles (!) to get to a Store or Station, it is all Car Centric in design. Sure, you are a Car Guy, but consider what happens to People in the US that (for health/financial reasons) are unable to drive. Besides, especially the newer Suburbs that get built all at once: There are only 2 to 4 different House Designs, and all looks the same... In many cases the houses are also built so close together, there is hardly a backyard anymore - although that is the case as well in Europe, in historic areas. BTW, there are US Style Neighborhoods in Europe as well, so you can get that flavor here as well. :-D
I loved how you were almost breathless on a couple of these memes. 😅 Being Canadian, I know you can have the most fun, when you can laugh at yourself and your country. I think the one with 'the most expensive overnight stay' was viciously brilliant. (meaning 'vicious' in the British way) With friends in the Netherlands and Germany, I can say that the cobblestones are in the cities, especially the city centres, but there many paved tarmac roads. Especially the highways or autobahns. So pleasant, slower driving in the cities, yet fast and smooth to get elsewhere. Best of both worlds. As for flags..... I do see ONE, every day. It is at the cenotaph in the village. Usually, they are only on public buildings, and you might see one or two, at a commercial business. But nowhere near the same amount that I have seen when visiting in the USA. This was a funny one. I hope you do another, and keep up your Australian reactions. They are great also. Cheers!😊
About the roads: I live in the Netherlands and we use both. The smooth asfalt for main roads (even as slow as 30km/h). But the cobblestones are really planned. With cobblestones you are more aware of your speed, so cityplanners use them in section where speed is important, like at schools and places with a lot of playing children.
Haha no way. I meant states are easy in the US for me, an American haha I literally said for Europeans it would be the opposite, they would know most European countries( there’s a lot and they are the size of our states) but naturally they wouldn’t probably know many US states 😂
I would not bet on that, we had to learn all 50 states of the USA, their location and the important cities in school ... it has been years but I got 90% right on first try at this country quiz...
Yes, federal states, their capitals, the largest cities, rivers and mountains there... And this not only in Europe but all over the world. Okay, there used to be fewer countries in Europe and Africa, but I can tell you, it was annoying when the teacher gave you an outline of a continent and you had to draw borders, countries, etc. for a test. I don't know if this is still done today, but that's how it was in Germany at the end of the 70s and the beginning of the 80s.
@@Ace-Of-Spades--- At middle 80s we had to know Spanish Geography and History (very thoroughly: Comunidades Autónomas, Provincias and it's capitals, rivers, mountains, older Spanish kingdoms, invasions of our territory and migrations paths... you name it) European Geography (all countries and capitals, the most important cities of each European country, the most important rivers, mountains...) and History (empires, migrations paths, the most important European wars, the black pest...) and basic Geography and History of the rest of the World. We didn't focalized too much in North America (yes, we studied the most important rivers and mountains of that part of the world) but we emphatized a bit more in the southern part of North American (México), Center American and South American History (where were the Mayans, Incas, basic political structure of those empires...) because our History mixed with theirs. African, Asiatic and Oceanic Geography was very basic (countries and their capitals and the two or three most important rivers, mountains, capes and gulfs) and we only studied the most important Empires of Africa (Egipt) and Asia (Mongolian and a little bit of Chinese). I'm ashamed to say we didn't study anything History related to Oceania.
@Ace-Of-Spades--- At least we had to have an Atlas in school in Germany ... from the beginning to the end throughout all the 13 years, starting with a simple one for the first few years to a normal sized one for later years. Americans probably never had one. A friend and I use to play "find city/river/mountain" during class ... when it became boring.
If I see a swedish flag without actively looking for it, it is either a public holiday like June 6 or midsummer (when even the local busses here put little flags on them), or there is a big sportingevent on (like the world cup or the euros).
On Europeans not being able to name the US states: I wanna see a US American list the 16 German states or the 13 regions of France. Unless they wanna play that game on even terms an compare nation to nation or state to state they can bugger off.
In Finland flying the proper flag is reserved for only certain days. But we have a pennant that resembles Finnish flag which you can fly everyday. Also you can fly a pennant of your province always. But as the flag those pennants has to be clean and not broken.
@@reinhard8053 the American shown road looks nice so i don't really know the point, but i do see an cycle lane on the European one. Cobblestone is kinda rare and mostly within slower traffic roads in my city. Often old roads also.
@@CatsLilaSalem The wide and straight roads are a problem because drivers don't like to drive a slow speed on them which would be appropriate between houses and maybe children playing. In Europe you would have obstacles and traffic isles all over to slow down traffic. Most roads in living areas here have barely enough space for two normal cars. And they are mostly limited to 30km/h or less. The center of my village with a road going through is limited to 20km/h.
I always find it disrespectful when every other country is considered equivalent to a state like USA is the only real country. I think the fair test would be naming the 23 countries of North America vs the 45 of Europe and the Europeans would likely still win both.
New York is named after the Duke of York. The second son of Charles I, and brother of Charles II, James was named Duke of York at birth. He became a successful naval commander during the reign of his brother and acceded to the throne in 1685.
Video: "All continents starts with A except Europe" Him (jokingly): "You are the outliers europeans" Mate, I know it's just a dumb meme but nope! 😂 First of all remember that "Australia" is just a country and an island/continental landmass but NOT a continent so Oceania starts with O, second North America and South america start with N and S respectively, third technically if you consider Eurasia a continent you end up having only Africa and Antartica starting with A which is barely of any statistical relevance, slightly more than a coincidence, and lastly WE europeans invented the names used in English for the continents. 😂😂😂
My issue with suberbia is not the looks. ats that it streatch for so long that if you live in the middle of it, you have to drive like 20 minutes just to get out. ive never lived more than like a 5 minute walk from a supermarket
Funny thing about the US flag, saw an american lawyer explain that its illegal to wear the flag as clothing, but who cares about laws as long as you are a patriot.
An american once did say basically the same thing about not knowing the states and I began telling him all states I knew. I made the error to claim Puerto Rico is also a state (so 51) and I had to correct him on West Dakota. Explaining that it doesn’t exist. (He forgot Idaho instead)
18:21 I call BS here. There is no F-ing way Americans know about Sardinia and Corsica. They barely know of Sicily, because of godfather. And they know of England, Scotland and Ireland. And for "some" reason Amsterdam, although they have no idea where it is.
3:50 you made me laugh a lot with the text american modern houses 😁😁You meant to say that cardboard houses are covered with roofing felt pretending to be roof tiles 😁
When I am driving in the US as tourist, I am puzzled: Every half mile You read "Jesus saves Your life" at the next half mile "Naloxon saves lifes" Can You guys make a decission, please? AND The World series, just without the world
The problem (and the reason I think a lot of Europeans reacted) isn't the memes per se. It's that probably at least half of the It's-funny-cause-it's-true-memes are based on misinformation about Europe that Americans often actually believe, used as if "it's funny cause it's true ". That's why people reacted. It would've worked better if they were true and fit the context. That's also why people reacted to your comparison: most Europeans can name plenty of states, because it's part of our schooling to learn about them. Pointing out that you don't even bother to learn about our countries in school isn't funny when the lack of care is real, as you also point out, in the context of the last 10 years of your public people trash talking our countries every chance they get and your people tolerating and believing it means it's stopped being funny a long time ago. Also, just a tip: if people start actually reacting, "It was just a joke, bro" probably isn't the most constructive answer (referring to your answers in some of the comments). Checking why people react might be a better approach 😅.Thats said, I know this was a while ago, and I'm sure you are more informed about it now 😊💕
America in many ways a 3rd world country compared to other countries. Your taxes are spent on your military and not to benefit the average American. America is the only country on the planet that does not have mandatory maternity leave for the mother and the father is never considered. Other areas such as healthcare, affordable housing, education and worker's rights could all be funded by a 10% reduction in military spend and benefit the average American but they wouldn't do this because that would make the politicians and the country look weak in the eyes of the rest of the world. Your freedom have you ever been free the average American freedom are being eroded like a woman's right to choose whether to have a abortion under any circumstances.So much for the land of the free. Most Americans are willfully ignorant about life outside of America and that's how your politicians want it to stay and keep feeding the narrative that America is the greatest country when it clearly is not and for making America great again when was it ever great.
@@IWrocker Low point is the minimum wage of $7.25 hasn't risen for more than a decade and people relying tips to survive is a disgrace. I had major heart surgery 4 years ago and have stents in my heart and had 3 mth rehab. If this had happened in America I would have lost my house and be bankrupt and would have lost my job due to the lack of workers rights in America. It's also shocking that Americans rely on go fund me pages to help fund medical bills that are free at the point of service in every other country in the world. America does not look after its citizens at all you are basically on your own
4:10 maybe because tarmac roads tend to get holes in it from freezing water, which will not happen with the bricks. Plus, tarmac is a derivative of crude oil and bricks are baked clay, a natural, non-polluting product. So, yeah, there is more to say for bricks then for tarmac.
Where i live never see the Australian flag, drive to Mandurah don't see it but if i go to Perth city then you will see the the Australian flag at police stations and thats about it unless its the 26 January Australia day then you see it but still not everywhere like America. Hospital stays in Australia are free. 🤣
@@johnfitzgerald5158 I know but compared to America it feels like it's free , know chance of bill in the mail or going bankrupt and losing your home because you can't pay, you know what i mean. 🤣
7:20 Black Sabbath had that mixture of measurement in 1984. They wanted Stonehenge as stage set, where the band would play on tour, to bring along.. tourmanager asked how big they wanted it, they opted.. "lifesize" They measures the real Stonhenge in Metres.When it was done, it turned out three times larger then the original Stonehenge, production company was American and they used inches... there where only a few stadiums that could have the Stonehenge set on stage in full.. Spinal Tap parodied it with a miniature Stonehenge at their show. They had to rent Football stadiums to rehearse, because it wouldn't fit.
If you compare naming the US states to naming whole countries, how about you naming 5 of the states in Germany, or France, or Sweden or any other country in europe? Most countries in Europe have at least 10 or more states/regions with a certain amount of regional independence from the country government for things like taxes and laws!
France has 100 (or is it 101?) "départements" (like counties in Britain), you learn them all in alphabetical order with the corresponding number which you find on postal codes too!
10:07 Aussie here. No I dont see the flag every day. Only on significant cultural days like Australia Day or ANZAC Day.; or at big national sports games; or on national buildings or some public buildings particularly during visits by significant international representatives. Other than that on a daily basis its nowhere in sight. Nowhere.
comeon bro, you guys need to stop acting like you are the only country that has states. you cant say not know A SINGULAR countries states is the same as not knowing roughly the same amount of countries in a whole continent. Its again, such a bubble thought. WE ALL HAVE STATES TOO but nobody expects you to know em. unlike you guys
I know other countries have states. I have whole videos on it lol And I don’t expect people across the world to know all US states, I was leaning into the joke 😂
@@johnfitzgerald5158 what does size have to do with geographical complexity? most of the us is empty compared to a brim-filled europe. its a dumb comparison to begin with, especially considering the cultural difference in countries like germany and the uk are bigger in the next village then 100 miles of difference would make in the us
@VV33Dy come on bro, is it dumb. OK. I'm not sure what complexity has to do with it. Cultural differences....lol. The US is the melting pot of Europe and the rest of the world at this point. Plus, we do have our regional differences. We are not a monolith.
Asking an European about the States in The USA is like asking an American to name the Counties of a Country from Europe. We consider USA only one country - it has only 1 President, not 50 Presidents.
Cobble stone isn't everywhere in Europe, you've seen how smooth and well maintained the Autobahn is. But in areas where a lot of families live with their kids... the streets are designed to discourage drag races. In my particular neighbourhood, it's a nightmare to teach kids rollerskating, but it works well for bicycles and the pavement is just rough enough to provide better grip if walking during snowfall. I think that the main point is that European streets are not always designed to favour the cars.
I wear an American flag once in a while... it's on my NASA branded t-shirt. The US may not have invented everything cool in the world, but should deserve recognition for applying a lot of technologies and making it available to the majority. I'm rather certain that neither ESA or CERN are making much money on merch. Not even sure they're allowed to, as they're government(s) funded... it's an effort to avoid corruption 😐 Edit: Denmark likes it's flag. Germans almost feel embarrassed waving their flag, unless they win the football/soccer world championship. But even then, you don't see a 6m (~18ft) danish flag on display at the airport, as I've seen in JFK with stars and stripes. And our national anthem doesn't even mention the flag (despite it being the oldest national flag still in use today).
Europe has truck stops too, but nothing compares to the US stops. You could basically live your entire life at a US truck stop and think that's the entire world. Fun thing is, if you ask a trucker at the NL border how long Denmark is away, they'll answer how many hours it's away, not an actual distance, in that sense truckers are different.
I am European and I can perfec tly enumerate all american states one by one. Besides states are not countries. It is an internal division of one country. Let try Americans mention all lands of Germany or departaments of France,for example...
Brother. That Miami police meme. You said it could be realistic… that actually happened. All the same day. Me as an European I was watching that on the news, seeing so many police cars chasing ONE ups truck. Gets caught in traffic, police surrounded the truck and just shot up the whole damn highway. The thief yeah, the ups guy that was still inside the truck. And some other random bystander in his car. I was looking at that and I couldn’t really believe a Police force worked like? No method, zero professionalism. And here we always complaining about our police 😂. I stopped complaining. At least we don’t have mall security doing the work of the police like in USA.
Well, definition of football it's simple, if at any moment you're kicking the ball even if you're using your hands it's football. The term soccer came from Football Association. Rugby player in England, I think, are calles rugger and players from Football association call themselves football asoccer , whose became asoccer and finaly soccer. Soccer came from Football
64 years old. My father was military and taught his children the only way to wear an American flag was as a patch on your shirt or coat. White stars on blue background was ok, red and white stripes were ok,even red and white stripes and white stars on blue together was ok as long as not in the form of a flag. So a t shirt with American flag is ok. Trousers or shorts are not. Lived in England in the 1960’s. Then gas was over $2.00 a gallon on the military base and you were issued a gas card that allowed you only certain gallons per month. If you needed more you bought it off base and I can’t remember how much it was. That’s why England has such great public transportation.
About flags - my Greek housemate was surprised that Danish stores carry flag-themed stuff for party decorations (mostly birthdays.) Meaning, we see a Danish flag (on, like, napkins) in our daily life a couple of times a year when somebody near us is having a birthday party, but in some countries they don't even bother keeping flag-themed party supplies in stores 😂 The last time I saw an actual flag in the wild, I think it was many years ago, announcing somebody's death.
I live in Western Australia and I’m not an expert on European football but I love Vinnie Jones and used to watch him play a lot. Just check out his “squirrel grip” and you’ll see how serious people take the game lol 😂 I actually used his technique to take my attacker to the ground and hold him there for at least 20 minutes waiting for police to arrive. If a random patrol hadn’t seen my car parked on the road, lights on and doors open, he’d have lost his nuts for sure 🤷🏻♀️
4:00 I mean for one, it feels very plastic, very artificial. Everything looking the same, even more useless lawns than in Europe. I'd even say it looks a bit dystopian. But the most important issue is that Suburbia causes urban sprawl, which causes traffic upon traffic and is just bad for the environment, more time consuming and more expensive.
3:27 there is really a few roads in europe with pavement like this. mostly in some little village (yes, and in paris. little village then) . most of the time its asphalt
Living in finland you do see the Flag in places but it's usually at some goverment office or Public Infractsturuce on a normal day, say the Town Hall or Police Station mast, a Bridge etc. But On national days thats when people hoist the flag at sunrise and set it down at sundown.
It's not about inherent uglyness, it's simply a huge waste of space and unpleasant due to the copy&paste aesthetic. Like, probably half the people living there don't give a damn about front lawns but can't get property without it due to building codes and zoning laws in the US.
The flag situation is one really big difference... my children were born and raised in the United Kingdom and each time we went to town we used to pass by a place where they had a different flag flown up a mast each week. I used to ask them what country is that flag of... and they would answer, most of the time correctly... Spain, France, Mexico... and so on... one day the flag being flown was the UK national flag, the Union Flag, and I asked the question thinking this is going to be an easy one... long silence... me waiting... until one of them said "We don't know". I was speachless!
I saw a movie once, where a guy from New York married a girl from L.A and they went to live in New York together. The joke being made was in the gist of "well that girl has some adjusting to do. I never got the joke, until much later I saw those places being at the two sides of the country and learning that New York is considered loud and busy, and L.A more relaxed. An inside-joke for Americans, I guess. So many American series and movies think the whole world as audience knows where all the places are in America, and at least for me, that's not the case. I could name you probably 10-15 states, but where they are positioned, who knows. Dutch guy here.
Why would a country with 300+ million citizens and it's land mass isolated from the rest of the world even bother making entertainment for other countries? I think calling Americans isolationinstic is kinda presumptious and I'm not even American. North America (yes i include Canada) is a different culture, you're either interested in it or you're not. Either way, why should they care? Watching US series and movies is how you get to know the geography of Northern America ... funny how that works.
Regarding the imperial units - namely feet - I always think of a Danish saying/wording called "Træskolængde" which translates to "Clog length". In Denmark, this is an estimated/unprecise measurement. The term was often used as a measure of a very rough tolerance.
10:02 A German here... on my way to work I walk/cycle past a police station and the town hall/some state administration buildings. The fly the German flag occasionally. On the facade of the town hall, it is mostly combined with the flag of official guests of the city, actually visiting. In case of a mourning you'll see flags at half mast. People don't usually fly the flag on their private property here. If you see one flying in a garden or from a window without the soccer world/european championship beeing on, there's a reasonable chance the person considers himself a bit more than just a patriot. At our local monday right wing demonstrations protesting against the government and military support for Ukraine (originating from protest against covid restrictions), you'll see German flags. Sometimes upside down, or as a cross over between the German and the Russian flag, or the german imperial flag and other weird stuff...
Heh. As a Norwegian I've done the whole Route 66 on a Harley thing. Not all it's cracked up to be, but it was a lifetime experience I'm glad I did. Wouldn't wanna be without it, had a weird and wonderful time. Sometimes a bit hairy, but I lived to tell about it. In the 90's I also did the hair metal scene in Cali, with my trusted Ibanez, Steve Vai axe. Also driven all over Norway, Sweden, and lots of Finland. Can recommend that. The best road trips of my life have been from the South West coast of Norway to the South of Spain, though. That was in the "naughties" (2000's). Nowadays it's mostly a Ryanair flight... :)
ohhhh, are you from the Vestlandet?? I'm from Spain and last year I visited Bergen and it's surroundings. It was beautiful. I'm not a fan of cars but the Norwegian coast is beautiful in it's wildeness. It made an enjoyable road trip.
The only reason why Aliens land in America is because of Japan's plot armor to make giant mechs to save the rest of the world with friendship and courage
A german school that would want their students to speak an oath to the german flag at the start of school day would be closed and the teachers who had the idea fired.
Rightly so, from Ireland
I don't think any country in Europe would do that (maybe except Russia nowadays?).
thanks for unlocking a childhood memory... As an East German, I now remember, this was somewhat normal until 1989 at Eastern German schools (not on a daily basis, but it happened). We call that a dictatorship by now, but we were urged to call it a democracy back than...
that is mostly common in communist countries
This only happens in dictatorships and autocracies, maybe when there's a military junta in charge. The US is the only country with a sort of functioning democracy that does this.
We don't NEED to see our countries flag every day, we don't get confused about where we are that easily...
My friend said that today 😂"why the hell is the flag in the students association room?! I know i'm in portugal!"
It was stored there for some reason instead of a stotage room;-;
@danielafaustino5815 You just need to catch the scent of self-sabotage and extreme fondness of toxic submissiveness and cheerful decay into an irrelevant laughing stock to know you're in this pathetic pile of humus derived from a former meaningful nation that is the spanish-brazillian colony of Portugal. Flags are irrelevant when one's only reason to be proud is to be obedient garçons and and average patisseurs.
If I walk around for 15min in a german suburb, there is at least 1 bank, 1 supermarket, 1 pharmacy, 1 kindergarden, 1 school, 1 doctor, 1 dentist, 1 bakery, 1 lotto/newspaper store and lots of other small bussinesses (usually craftsmen) and probably at least one bus stop or even a tram stop as well.
I could find all those things in a 15min walk in Dunedin, NZ too.
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I think the problem most people perceive with american suburbs is,due to the zoning laws it’s just houses. No shops,no pubs or schools or community centres,nothing to make where you live anything other than a dormitory.
A car dependant dormitory, no bicycle and public transport infrastructure
That, and it's a Ponzi scheme that just isn't sustainable :)
There is a bit more of a complication here. There is really no issue zoning in a small commercial zone in the suburbia. The problem is a lack of costumers.
If we look at suburbia well in Sweden where i live, where i know them best. They are typically built up around a small center with school, bus stop, a tiny shop, a pizzeria and ... possibly some activity, maybe a small office.
Then there are like 1 or 2 rows of apartments building around that. Then there is like 1 km of suburbia around that. And that pattern repeats with a new mini-center every 2 km or so.
But the main diffrance is the fire rescue law. In USA two fire trucks have to be alowed to be double parked. In Europe (as far as i know all European nations) a fire trucks only need to pass.. This allow the street to be 3.2 meters narrower.
The front of set can also be lower in Europe, typically down to 4.5 meters, but in case of fire wall down to basically 0 meter. Same is true for side walls.
This allows European plots to have less space that is not in general day use, hence the space that is used like the back garden and the actual house, can take a larger percentage of the total surface area.
Hence European suburbia is typically 30-40% denser than US suburbia, in turn leading to a 60-70% higher consumer pressure on the local center. Ad on the few flats close to the center, and that is the reason why they can survive.
The reason they don´t exist in USA, is not that they are not alowed, but they can´t survive.
@@matsv201It is downright illegal to place any shops or community ventures in US suburbs due to their zoning laws. Not even locally driven garage shops. You have to get out of the suburb zoning - which is why you get these big strip mall spaces with tons of bulk store franchise places in a long line off the side of a main road outside the residential zone.
@@matsv201 " In USA two fire trucks have to be alowed to be double parked."
Sort of make sense when you build houses out of cardboard.
i think as an european knowing countries is more useful and important than knowing states in one country
It’s just a meme
Size matters.
@@johnfitzgerald5158no, it doesn't lol
@@IWrocker yeah i know i just wanted to be a bit of a smartass
@@johnfitzgerald5158 i would say the world is bigger than the usa
the main issues raised with American-style suburbs is that their designs a) create excessive traffic, b) waste excessive amounts of land and c) create a massive maintenance burden for roads and utilities on local municipalities relative to the ability to generate tax revenues for maintaining said roads and utilities, etc (and on the subject of grass lawns, they might make sense in some states, but trying to maintain a lawn in a desert is an absolute waste of water)
Yeah,but don't think every street is layed with stones ;-). Most is asfalt and concrete.. the stones shiw real living walking streets with mostly little heavy trucks, then they are great
and d) incitates people to drive too fast in residential areas, causing noise disturbances & injuries
Also: HOAs and zoning restrictions are much less crazy in Europe compared to US. You can put whatever bush or crop plot you want in your suburb garden, and you have small grocery shop in walking distance.
And it is just ugly doing those squares in every block
I don't find US suburbs all that bad. Besides size, they are basically the same thing as Lithuanian suburbs. Also even capital city has massive suburbs and some even in middle of city basically. It's just annoying and sucky. Really, imagine NYC, but there's suburbia near center and some forest also close to center. Also all cities here have very low density, which is a bit of problem even with public transit. Like there's high density housing, but it's so spread out that it creates a ton of space in-between, which makes it harder for public transit to be reasonably fast and makes city people basically need a car.
About the flag. I only see it on 4 occasions: when I visit a government office, when it's a national holiday (like independence day), when there's some important international sports match (like world cup classifications), or when there's a protest.
This reminds me a short by an American TH-camr that lives in Italy, that said people exaggerated about the American flag and how it was everywhere, until she went back and was shocked. You don't notice it because it's normal to you.
Minus Ukrainian flag, you can see them anywhere for no particular reason.
@@MJ-uk6lu Obviously that's for support for Ukraine because they are being invaded.
You saw USA flags everywhere after 9/11 too, we saw many French flags here too after the terrorist shooting of the building for those cartoons. It's called solidarity.
i am going to ask you to look up Flag laws in European countries please and you will understand a big reason why we dont wave it around everywhere up to a year in jail in some places makes you treat that fabric like a fine china
@@taserrr yeah, it's quite sad western white helmets invaded Ukraine in 2014.
i think most of people in EU know at least 30% of states, where americans can't point 2 countries in EU
Yea most Europeans could probably point out lots of the more significant US states like New York, California, Texas, Alaska, Florida, Hawaii, etc - and certainly know most if not all of the names of the states.
In comparison, I was once asked by an American tourist if Denmark was the capitol of Sweden and I had a small meltdown
@@Real_MisterSir also asking about states is like asking what lands are in germany. The question should be if people from EU know any countries in america/americas :D
@@Mar3k84 or if united statians know any subdivision of european country
Americans may even have trouble pointing at USA if the map is not the regular UTC 0 centered one.
It's not like we are asking them to name districts in France or UK counties.
Trying to explain: In Europe in between those houses there are also bakeries, small supermarkets, restaurants etc.
This makes the whole atmosphere more lively and you can do your daily shopping on foot.
Luckily we have no regulations strictly separating residential and commercial areas.
Here in Germany you see the flag everywhere during the Soccer World Championships and a few less during the Europe Championships.
If you raise one during off-season, people automatically assume you're Far Right or even a Nazi.
Exactly the same here in the UK... You can travel 100 miles or more in our reletivley small country and not see a British flag...
@@djzeederbyshire2932 St Georges flag.. yes.. the Union Flag not so much.
in The Netherlands it's even impolite to have the flag out without a good reason.
of course government buildings have the flag outside, but for normal people we only raise the flag on special days,
like:
4th of may, the day we remember all the people that died in conflicts and/or wars (doden herdenking)
5 th of may, the day we remember the end of WWII (bevijdingsdag)
and the birthdays of our royal family, and on some of those days we add a orange "wimpel" (don't know the English word for it) to the flag. (it depends on the status of the royal family member whose birthday it is)
and on those days it's proper etiquette to only have the flag out during day light, so after dawn and get it down before sunset.
we also have the flag out during championships, to show our support for the national team. (mostly during football, like the world and European championships)
there's a special occasions to have the flag out beside these days. that's when your child graduates from (what Americans would call) high school.
in that instance you have the flag out and add the backpack to the flagpole, to celebrate and indicate someone has graduated in your household.
i think those are the only occasions on which we have the flag out.
Same in Sweden
The what's the 'soccer world championships'?
That comparison between US states and European countries is so bad. Can you name a single arrondissements in France? Or any of the states of Germany? What about the counties in England or the UK?
And if the argument is "but the states in the US are as large as countries." Well then name any of the states in Russia, China, India or Brazil. I can probably name one or two in China a few in India and luck out and guess one in Brazil and Russia but I don't think people from those countries expect anybody from outside to necessarily know.
There can can be a reasonable expectation to have a basic knowledge of geography and where countries are located. Don't think anybody expects another person to know much more about other countries unless they went there or learned more about a specific country.
I agree, maybe I came across the wrong way?? I was just leaning into the memes and having laughs.
I don’t expect anyone outside the US to know our states and counties at all.. I realize lots of countries have states too. So naturally I know countries in Europe and some bigger cities or landmarks. Obviously there’s no way I could recite every state of Germany or anywhere else off the top of my head
I just watched it back and I didn’t misspeak, I said states are easy (referring to the U.S. states of course, from my American perspective) whereas just getting all the countries in Europe would be tough for the average American.
Likewise most Europeans would probably know most or all countries in Europe, but naturally not be able to name all 50 US states.
I don’t see anything offensive or wrong about this.. haha 😂 it’s just a meme anyway
@@IWrocker don’t worry about it ❤. I understand that the memes were leaning into the humour and you were obviously leaning into it as well.
This was more of a general observation not particularly targeted at anybody.
I think there are people that don’t quite understand why people learn certain things and not other things and maybe one of those gained a bit more perspective.
I think the comparison between US states and Euro countries make total sense, it's the first order in which the European/US land is divided. As a EU citizen I could probably name all EU countries and their capitals, and most of the US states and maybe 50% of their capitals. Squibbling about whatever areas European countries divide it's country into is totally irrelevant and kinda petty. French regions are about as relevant as US counties and I'm learning neither.
the uk is a country france is a state of the eu. Please read the EU constitution. You can call france a country still and it doesnt realy matter but on paper texas and france have kind of same rights and olbigations
Cobblestone is mainly used for pedestrian sidewalks in towns, you hardly have roads with cobblestone designed exclusively for cars
Or a short section to lower the speed of cars
I'm in Edinburgh and it's very different here. LOTS of the roads here are cobbled. My street I live on is cobbled as are the streets around me but the main road our street leads onto is tarmacadam not cobbled. Jjst depends on the age/era the hiuses were built here really. More modern roads and house areas aren't cobbled
@@chadUCSD Yeah, they usually exist in very old cities/towns, where they are kept for the historical atmosphere/context. And often driving cars on old cobblestones is restricted or entirely prohibited.
Tho in some places short sections are also used as part of the road furniture to lower speeds, mark pedestrian zones etc.
@dfuher968 You cantbprohobot driving on covblr streets in Edinburgh, seeing as the majority of roads in the city centre and surrounding tye centre are all cobbled.
03:50 The problem with US city planning is... well, there are a lot...
- Suburbia creates car dependence. Those houses are too far apart for reasonable public transport and the street layout is often not compatible with efficient public transport.
- Walking or cycling somewhere is dangerous to near impossible in many places.
- Strict single family residential zoning has again created car dependency for every activity that is not inside one's own house or garden.
- Suburbs have higher infrastructure maintenance costs than the property tax they bring in, so more densely populated parts of the city subsidise suburbia, and in many places it has created a Ponzi scheme-like situation where the city needs to keep growing to support the existing suburban infrastructure with new tax revenue.
- Suburbs have achieved a level of insularity of the average suburban family that was previously only present in rural farmsteads. Physical separation of places of work, housing, and socialisation/entertainment have broken up communities into collections of individual households, leading to a lot of the issues re loneliness, social isolation, and lack of social cohesion in society (as well as susceptibility to propaganda). (There is a lot of literature about the social engineering goals that went into post-WW2 city planning if you want to go down that rabbit hole, but suffice it to say, the US suburb and the Soviet commie block are ironically very analogous in their function in social engineering through architecture and city planning... Also, Le Corbusier was a madman and monster.)
- US suburbs are a nightmare for sustainability (low durability of housing and bad insulation) and have horrendously huge carbon footprints.
States are just states within a country. All the European countries also have states, counties ect in fact i'd go as far to say every country in the world has it's own equivalent of individual states.
Yea that’s true. I have videos on states in other countries
Totally right!
there called countys
@@Tommy-1214 Not necessarily, some countries use regions instead of counties. Some countries even replaced counties with regions.
@@Tommy-1214 We have states and counties in Germany :) (just like probs every other European country lol)
in France we rarely see our flag anywhere else than on public institution buildings (except during the world cup)
here it's considered as fascism (especially here because most of local cities were communists during decades)
About Football supporters: a match between Paris and Marseille is always considered as a war by the authorities (people fight each other, car burns etc..... and the next day, everything comes back to calm)
Funny by the way how communists think it is evil to love France, but they are absolutely not ashamed by how many death their ideology caused.
This is different for different countries in Europe. I’m from Norway and here you see flags everywhere by private houses. The same goes for Denmark.
Replace France with Germany and you've got more or less the same situation - just our football riots are more or less a thing of the past too.
Yes, i said MORE OR LESS!
the same in Italy, you rarely see an Italian flag around the city. But the Italian tricolore is a symbol, Italian put the colors of the flag pretty everywhere (just think to the Ferrari logo with that tricolore on the top of the shield), but I think the "love for the flag" is different than in USA. We don't pledge allegiance to flag, there's no fascist nationalism in that, the flag is the symbol of Italians as people not the symbol of Italy as country. Indeed, Italians tend to be xenophilic.
@@nicoladc89 *Xenophilic until a flu or other such disease rolls on in.
Gasoline prices ((US Gallon, U.S. Dollar)
US: $3.375
Poland: $5.844
Spain: $6.301
Austria:$6.319
Sweden: $6.528
UK: $6.694
Ireland: $6.899
Germany: $7.128
France: $7.289
Italy: $7.294
Greece: $7.469
Netherlands: $7.872
Iceland: $8.749
Monaco: $8.751
(Source: Global Petrol Prices)
And if you want to be fancy, you divide the European prices by 1.6. Sounds weird, but the average driving distance per car and day in the US is around 37 miles, while it is 37 km in many European countries. Incorporating that gets you closer to what people actually need to buy.
Delving into the data a bit further, researchers found that the cost of having a baby in the U.S. is, on average, $10,808. But a C-section will cost you $16,106.
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In the U.K., having a baby is about half as expensive as in this country, coming in at around $4,500. In Germany and France, it's even more economical to give birth, at a little over $2,500.
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@@tonewoodpecker check the cost of abortion, and draw your own conclusions…..I‘m pro choice, btw…the German way, tho
@@tonewoodpecker And the cost of the taxes related to that baby over their lifetime compared to that of the US?
@@HenryLoenwind American cars also consume far more gas/mile than EU cars, because gas is so cheap and the culture pushes people to get pickup trucks for some reason. It's a common thing for people to make fun of you driving a normal economic car, I don't get why but that's the culture.
5:53 and that, right there is the main issue I think most europeans have with the USA, that they dont really think about any other place as worthy of any thought.
There’s people here that do care about other places like myself. It’s the American govt and media that keeps public in a bubble. That’s not really a random American’s fault
If caring about other Europeans is judged by how much taxes go to NATO and Ukraine, then the US must care a whole lot more than Europeans do about their neighbors.
@@IWrocker 🧐 so you’re saying that the average American is being brought up in propaganda and is too stupid to think for themselves? ?
I think I’ve heard that before somewhere 🇷🇺 hmmm..
Greetings from Europe 😂
@@IWrocker True, and there are many Europeans that also dont care about other countries, however it often do seem that in europe we are kind of tought to care, and for sure need to know USA politics, where as most americant more or less ignore other countries polits, or seem to at least. Just a funktion of the way the world is really. But for sure the media and politicians do create a bubble in the good ol' US of A
@@johnfitzgerald5158 you can say that, it is not really part of what I mean to refer to. But one can add to what you say that, yes the USA use a lot on its military, also a lot more then was is required to be spend on NATO.
And then one can also point out that in the current support of Ukraine USA is not even in the top 5 for money spend per capita (or what it is called)
Sure USA use a lot more money, thats extremly true, but in proportion to the richness of the country USA dont use as much on surporting as many countries in europe do.
but that is neighter here not there, just "silly" arguments.
I hope you follow what I mean as oviously English is not my main language, and honestly I am quite annoyed at my own country for not quite meeting the 2% required by NATO.
So I do see what you mean, or I think that is the point you are refering to.
Just saying that knowledge of other countries politics seem to be more expected in europe than it is for a person in the USA.
I mean no offence and do excuse my poor grasp of language.
4:05 it's not the aesthetics of US road design that people shit on, but their bad design of building car centric cities, which forces people to buy and use a car just to go grocery shopping
Probably too long for you to read but I tried to be fair.
4:05 I have lived in NC and Germany. And to be honest: We had amazing neighbors in NC but the whole suburbia part felt soooo soulless. It was just a copy of a copy of a copy standing next to each other. Everyone's frontyard was empty. Just grass. No trees and bushes for birds, bees and wildlife. No flower beds.
We didn't have access to a sidewalk. The roads were big and we lived in a roundabout at the end but going jogging or walking on hot days was a pain. It was 15 minutes suburbs until we came to a small creek with some trees that contained a small round path trough the shade for only another 15-20 minutes.
In Germany we have great neighbors as well. Some of the Germans I've grown close to but where I live I'm in constant contact with US Americans and they make the best neighbors!
We have tons of bushes, natural mulch, different trees (even apple trees), wild bees living in brickstone holes. Each house is different. Everything is walkable. People have such high trees and bushes, it feels like you are walking through a park. I need 3 minutes to walk into nature (lake, forests, etc) and a 5 walk to a supermarket. All that I need is in walking distance.
From the air, American suburbs look superb. It looks like it was painted on there. Living there is unpractical.
Whereas many towns and outer areas of German cities look the same from satellite view and a little "messy", they are well planned intriguing modern jungles for animals, wildlife, playing kids and foremost: They are walkable
an american who walks 15 minutes needs at least one stop at mac donalds 🤣
(just kidding)
This looks very nice to me, I'm just wondering, can you actually walk on the pedestrian path without someone thinking that you are invading their land?
@@tolkkiz there are 2 types, private and public, private usually lead into residential complexes and there it may be that it is not allowed but this must then be signposted (i can only talk for germany)
Same here in sweden, where i live specifically i live in a quite "compressed" space (in a European "suburbia" way), house rows, i dunno the word for it in english, but connected houses in a row, and 9 rows of them, still, everyones backyard and front is different and has a personality. Also other villas and apartments around, but people still know eachother quite well!
I need to walk 5 min for a decent river, alot of greenery here, with a small soccerfield and tenniscourt. Like 7 min walk to a supermarket/center, where all small stores all located, aswell as dentist, pharmacy, local care and gas station. I have a bus station right outside, close to a big forest with paths in it, one that is lit up by lights.
Many farmer fields around aswell, it is just a big village with a lot of personality and individualism, but also close to gothenburg, it takes me 30 min with public transportation to get there, 15 min by car.
Outside the big citys here, MEAN outside the city, a lot of greenery, not many roads, you can walk to basically anything you need.
@@tolkkiz I live in Sweden and it is LEGAL here for me to cross others backyards as long as i do not destroy anything in it and just passing through, i can walk anywhere where it is not signed that i am not allowed to. Although we have strict rules how to behave when out walking, even in just any forest. No breaking branches, if i need to start a fire, take dead branches and not to break of from any tree if possible, clean up after you if you sleep in a tent. Basically leave the place as is or even cleaner/nicer than when you came.
I understand why US citizens want live in bubble.. every one who came out gets mad, sad, frustrated and feels like lied to all his/her life and wants to move out🤷
Funny how millions of illegals have been pouring across our southern border in the last 4 years. Yeah, the US must suck.
That's such a terrible take and is just plain false
@@MJ-uk6lu but it corespondes with evidence I see, so..🤷
*_Ignorance is bliss_* ... the one reason that keeps the "we are the greatest nation in the world" alive.
For me the American residential area wouldn't be so bad if they had small shops between them. Like a bakery, a butcher or a small Aldi store.
Nice that you want to have something German in your neighborhood en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldi
@@djambush360 Why do you think i don't know that Aldi is German?
i have problem with American suburbs because i recently learned about the goddamn HOA and that rabbithole of bs
That bottom right U.S suburb looks glorious, though the 2 hour round trip by car to the nearest shop would put me off.
Ian, have you ever noticed how many movies and TV shows mention the city followed by the state during the dialogue? It’s how I’ve learned a lot of them here in Oz: Chicago, Illinois, Springfield, Massachussetts, Las Vegas, Nevada, Atlanta, Georgia, Tampa, Florida, Denver, Colorado, etc
True! Because of that I think I can easily name half the states in the US
8:20 it's not the same. In Europe, it's several countries, in the USA, it's one country divided to 50+ parts. Europeans remember names of the other countries (even those that they not live in). people in the USA, only need to remember their country, the division to states it's your stupid choice. Most of you (usa people), can't even detect your country in a world map. (Apologies for bad English, I'm not a native speaker).
Iceland here. Our flag-laws are pretty strict and thus you hardly ever see it flying unless there's a holiday, VIP-visit or some other special occasion.
Love the memes and your reactions, BTW. Hope to see a follow-up in the future.
1:28 Found it
"The Reason Why a German Girl Takes a Bath Together With Me on Her Homestay [Gentsuki]"
"Balkan couples be like" is so damn accurate 🤣🤣🤣
😂 seeing the flag every day?! Each time I am back in central Berlin my eyes are drawn to the flags flying over the Bundestag as (at least to me) it is very uncommon to see making it a surreal surprise
4:00 "why do people hate this" There is nothing wrong with the houses or roads in suburbia, in fact it would be fantastic to live there if there where several grocery stores, restaurants, bars, cafés, schools, municipal building, sports facilities (for instance: a tennis club, martial arts dojo, a gym), hairdresser, a variety of other stores, in walking distance and you could ride your bicycle to work. But sadly it isn't, you have to do everything by car. And that is why it sucks.
In an old Polish comedy there was a scene from an airplane, "we are landing, the temperature is 90 degrees" and the passenger says "90 degrees, take tar and cook it"
In N Europe I think it's pretty normal to have a sauna in your home, and to use it with friends/family (towels not needed). Must be shocking for Americans who can't even say the word "toilet" without getting flustered.
In what europe?
@@MiguelBorgesphotography N is for Northern, as in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland ... although most of the saunas would probably be located in Finland
@@Car_Mo thanks
@@MiguelBorgesphotography N word
My beef with US suburbia and cookie cutter homes is that you can't go anywhere without a monstrously sized pickup. As in Europe you can walk from your home from edge of city to city center or better yet take public transport. Also it makes European cities less sprawly and easier to go from place to place. Usually you don't have to wait hours in traffic.
The average area of small European cities with up to 100,000 inhabitants is 30 km², and the population density is 2,000 people per km². In contrast, in the US, the average area is nearly 140 km² with a population density of only 500 people per km². Unfortunately, such urban sprawl leads to challenges in maintaining infrastructure.
5:50 - It's a bit off-mark, but somehow that meme reminded me of a post I saw some years ago (I believe it was reddit) where they compared the USA with North Korea and their perceived notion of their country (they used stories from actual NK expats when they lived there).
Some of their results went along the lines of how both countries have some of the highest percentages of nationalism, how no other countries matter to them except their 'enemies' and how citizens think their country is the absolute best in almost all possible aspects... because they're being lied to since birth and indoctrinated - directly or indirectly (actual teachings or through political speeches, books, songs, etc) throughout childhood, sometimes even early teens. They tried to do the same with China, but even they become aware of how fucked up their country and political system actually is in their teens, despite being helpless to fight against it.
And the worst part? Neither of them know they're being lied to/indoctrinated, but for entirely different reasons:
NK citizens don't have a choice. They do not have the luxury to leave their country or even learn about the outside world other than some smuggled dvd's from South Korea and their dramas or Chinese movies, which are deemed contraband and often dooms entire family trees to the next level of life long slavery and poverty.
The US, on the other hand, is the opposite. People not only have a choice to visit other places, they often have the means to do so while having access to the Internet, which is practically the undisputed number 1 tool of globalization, to educate themselves. They simply don't do it, either out of arrogance, laziness or lack of interest regarding those they deem their 'inferiors'.
One is ignorant of their true reality by oppression, while the other is ignorant by choice.
It was a dooming post, but you can't deny that if you take all the 'seriousness' out of it, the post was actually rather truthful when you start thinking about it.
A better example/comparison is between the US and Myanmar and Eritrea. They all three treat their citizens as the personal property of the government and consider them to be cash cows put on earth merely to pay taxes - even when LIVING AND WORKING OVERSEAS - to the govt. The difference is that both Myanmar and Eritrea only request a tiny percentage of the earnings in taxes AND they only ask you to fill in one page when you file your tax returns. The US requires a far higher percentage and you need to employ a TRAINED accountant to deal with the inch thick wad of paperwork you need to fill in every year in order to make your tax return (the expense of making the returns can easily hit $30,000 a year while EVERY tiny mistake gets hit with a fine which averages out around another $10,000 per mistake)...I've a friend who's US'merican and she has to employ a specialist tax accountant to do her returns and SHE IS RETIRED and only has her Irish pension as income - and yes, the IRS actually TAXES her pension every year which is around a miserly 200Euro a week, nothing is safe from them - but she has to keep up with her taxes because she likes to return to the US for a couple of weeks every year to visit friends, not paying her taxes could land her in a whole heap of trouble
That just goes to show that a government (or other organisation) can completely control a population without making it seem like they're controlling them. You'll notice that both people are absolutely terrified at all time. That may be relevant, I can't be sure.
I live in Finland, specifically in the Åland Islands which has it's own flag, and the only places you would see the Åland/Finland flag every day here would be perhaps by certain governement buildings, not all of em but some might have it, and outside a specific hotel in my hometown that have several flagpoles where they show the flags of all the countries they currently have guests from.
Other than that, we pretty much only hoist our flags on certain days of the year, typically hollidays. Some people who have flagpoles have what in english would be called pennants i think? Like a smaller more "elongated" version of the flag that they have hoisted on the days that aren't "flag days" but that's pretty much it
Oh and ships also tend to have the flag of whichever country the ship is registered in hoisted at the stern of the ship
Hej, Åland. Hälsningar från Färöarna.
And it is essentially the same here with flags. Some government buildings, and we only see the Danish flag in Danish institutions and there's maybe 1 or 2 of them here. So you don't see it very much. So holidays, special occasions etc., is when the flag flies.
Yes. Living in Finland I don't see the flag regularly. As said there is dedicated flag days, and most government buildings fly the flag on those, and if a private person has a pole at their property, they are *supposed* to fly it as well. (That's one reason why we took it down when we bought our house). Don't think it's enforced, though.
Most frequent that I see Finnish flag is ... on the Internet and TV. Sports events. On the Internet, I almost see the European flag more often than just the Finnish one.
It is allowed to use flag every day in Finland. But it has rules when you should take it down and raise the flag. Not following those rules is shameful, so nobody wants to fly flag every day. By default one should take flag down at sunset time, exept in Independence day but the flag should be lightened after sunset. In Midsummer the flag can stay overnight even in Southern Finland. Northern Finland sun doesn't set anyway.
Pennant are quite free to use. There are also own pennant for Swedish speaking Finns, and different counties etc.
The Lapland original people Sapmi people have their own flag that is used in three Nordic countries. I don't know about what rules they have. They are a nation without a country, but they have flag and some autonomy.
Åland is an autonomous archipelago, Swedish speaking, and they didn't join EU border tax union with Finland and they have their own tax laws etc and own flag.
Some cities use their own heraldic flags every day in front of city hall.
US and British flags are nearly free to use commercially. One can use US flag for Chinese crappy stuff. Try to put Italian colours in German made car and you are sure to get lawsuit. Same with frozen pizza made elsewhere. Nearly same with Finnish, Swedish and German flags. Also if Finnish car factory that makes AMG MBs would put Finnish flag on cars, I bet Stuttgart would go nuts. Italians are maybe mad, because Lambo is part of Audi, and Ferrari part of Stellantis. So Fiat Milano or Torino not made in thise cities is an insult.
Texas map on Brasilian beef hickory smoked and spiced in Finland would be ok, I guess US embassy is not reacting.
Finns would react, if you sell any traditional Finnish food made elsewhere with Finnish flag. I would get mad if Spanish or Egyptian strawberries were sold as Finnish. But that is simply because of I would easily notice the difference. Same with potatoes grown North of Artic Circle. Northern berries are simply better. Potatoes are just different.
@@jounisaari9471 Wow, thanks!
4:15 It's not ugly, it's wrong in many ways. Check out some urban planning videos that compare USA to Europe.
yes looks nice but its the reason for many problems like no good public transport(not pofitable in the sub.´s) every Body need a Car
Wrong and why it is, I’m willing to learn about sure, so thank you. I’ve heard people say it’s ugly, and I’m like “nah, regardless of function or urban planning, it’s not aesthetically ugly” lots of neighborhoods look gorgeous here.
I don't think it is ugly either.
Going from the pictures it seems quite nice.
The public transport issue can be solved but that doesn't detect from how nice it would be to live somewhere like that.
@@Gambit771 pls. watch videos like : American vs. European Suburbs (and why US suburbs suck)
The Suburbs Are Bleeding America Dry | Climate Town (feat. Not Just Bikes)
@@mariojakel5544 I've seen them.
I'm saying they look nice, they aren't ugly.
The roads aren't full of potholes.
The lack of public transport does not detract from that.
You can have excellent public transport but the area look like a bomb hit it.
15:22 In fact, the real name of the australian continent is Oceania so Europe it's not the only one that doesn't start with an A.
It was Australasia when I was at school - nearly half a century ago in NZ now, thanks for the info as I didn't know it had changed.
The gas prices is so accurate. I can't help but chuckle everytime I hear an American say "I can't believe gas is at $5 per gallon! Ridiculous!" and I'm sitting here like "Come to the most expensive country in the world, when it comes to gas. The Netherlands. We pay double that price for the same amount"
Yeah but compared to Americans you’re not going far
In Norway 🇧🇻 we have about 15 official flag days in a year, where if you own a flag pole it's expected you flag. It should be raised at 08.00 in the morning and taken down at 21.00 in the evening. Other than that we don't see the flag very often. But you are allowed to have a triangular pennant in the flag pole year around.
The US Suburbia Streets... Having lived in the USA for 20+ years (i am back in Europe now), i actually agree with you and find those appealing, even clean looking - until you compare how you are supposed to get around. American Surburbia makes most Public Transportation unfeasable, as you would have to walk Miles (!) to get to a Store or Station, it is all Car Centric in design. Sure, you are a Car Guy, but consider what happens to People in the US that (for health/financial reasons) are unable to drive.
Besides, especially the newer Suburbs that get built all at once: There are only 2 to 4 different House Designs, and all looks the same... In many cases the houses are also built so close together, there is hardly a backyard anymore - although that is the case as well in Europe, in historic areas.
BTW, there are US Style Neighborhoods in Europe as well, so you can get that flavor here as well. :-D
I loved how you were almost breathless on a couple of these memes. 😅 Being Canadian, I know you can have the most fun, when you can laugh at yourself and your country. I think the one with 'the most expensive overnight stay' was viciously brilliant. (meaning 'vicious' in the British way)
With friends in the Netherlands and Germany, I can say that the cobblestones are in the cities, especially the city centres, but there many paved tarmac roads. Especially the highways or autobahns. So pleasant, slower driving in the cities, yet fast and smooth to get elsewhere. Best of both worlds.
As for flags..... I do see ONE, every day. It is at the cenotaph in the village. Usually, they are only on public buildings, and you might see one or two, at a commercial business. But nowhere near the same amount that I have seen when visiting in the USA.
This was a funny one. I hope you do another, and keep up your Australian reactions. They are great also. Cheers!😊
About the roads: I live in the Netherlands and we use both. The smooth asfalt for main roads (even as slow as 30km/h). But the cobblestones are really planned. With cobblestones you are more aware of your speed, so cityplanners use them in section where speed is important, like at schools and places with a lot of playing children.
Did Ian just open the doors th hell by suggestion he would like to learn more about european football culture? OMG! 😂
I would love to see an american taking a quiz on Swiss cantons...
...it's only 26 btw, it's easy... ;-)
Haha no way.
I meant states are easy in the US for me, an American haha I literally said for Europeans it would be the opposite, they would know most European countries( there’s a lot and they are the size of our states) but naturally they wouldn’t probably know many US states 😂
I would not bet on that, we had to learn all 50 states of the USA, their location and the important cities in school ... it has been years but I got 90% right on first try at this country quiz...
Yes, federal states, their capitals, the largest cities, rivers and mountains there...
And this not only in Europe but all over the world. Okay, there used to be fewer countries in Europe and Africa, but I can tell you, it was annoying when the teacher gave you an outline of a continent and you had to draw borders, countries, etc. for a test.
I don't know if this is still done today, but that's how it was in Germany at the end of the 70s and the beginning of the 80s.
@@Ace-Of-Spades--- At middle 80s we had to know Spanish Geography and History (very thoroughly: Comunidades Autónomas, Provincias and it's capitals, rivers, mountains, older Spanish kingdoms, invasions of our territory and migrations paths... you name it) European Geography (all countries and capitals, the most important cities of each European country, the most important rivers, mountains...) and History (empires, migrations paths, the most important European wars, the black pest...) and basic Geography and History of the rest of the World.
We didn't focalized too much in North America (yes, we studied the most important rivers and mountains of that part of the world) but we emphatized a bit more in the southern part of North American (México), Center American and South American History (where were the Mayans, Incas, basic political structure of those empires...) because our History mixed with theirs.
African, Asiatic and Oceanic Geography was very basic (countries and their capitals and the two or three most important rivers, mountains, capes and gulfs) and we only studied the most important Empires of Africa (Egipt) and Asia (Mongolian and a little bit of Chinese). I'm ashamed to say we didn't study anything History related to Oceania.
@Ace-Of-Spades--- At least we had to have an Atlas in school in Germany ... from the beginning to the end throughout all the 13 years, starting with a simple one for the first few years to a normal sized one for later years. Americans probably never had one.
A friend and I use to play "find city/river/mountain" during class ... when it became boring.
If I see a swedish flag without actively looking for it, it is either a public holiday like June 6 or midsummer (when even the local busses here put little flags on them), or there is a big sportingevent on (like the world cup or the euros).
Aliens: Land in New York, so much free rats to eat...
I'd say that's true of any major city.
On Europeans not being able to name the US states: I wanna see a US American list the 16 German states or the 13 regions of France. Unless they wanna play that game on even terms an compare nation to nation or state to state they can bugger off.
In Finland flying the proper flag is reserved for only certain days. But we have a pennant that resembles Finnish flag which you can fly everyday. Also you can fly a pennant of your province always. But as the flag those pennants has to be clean and not broken.
90 degrees to a Finn is a good sauna.
the big roads dude, walk, get a bus, a train, cycle lol
American suburbs disturb me the most when none of them have fences. YUCK
4:10 i think this one is about the importance of cars once more? Like Europe has often decent or good infrastructure for cycling and walking
But you rarely see cobblestone on roads apart from old city centers. But we don't have such wide roads in living areas but on main roads.
@@reinhard8053 the American shown road looks nice so i don't really know the point, but i do see an cycle lane on the European one. Cobblestone is kinda rare and mostly within slower traffic roads in my city. Often old roads also.
@@CatsLilaSalem The wide and straight roads are a problem because drivers don't like to drive a slow speed on them which would be appropriate between houses and maybe children playing.
In Europe you would have obstacles and traffic isles all over to slow down traffic.
Most roads in living areas here have barely enough space for two normal cars. And they are mostly limited to 30km/h or less. The center of my village with a road going through is limited to 20km/h.
@@reinhard8053 ah good point, there are also some areas where you can walk anywhere, and cars are limited to max 15 km/h in my city.
taking a bubblebath with some beer and friends is awsome just chilling
For the football I would recommend to watch Ultra - Our way of life 😂
I always find it disrespectful when every other country is considered equivalent to a state like USA is the only real country. I think the fair test would be naming the 23 countries of North America vs the 45 of Europe and the Europeans would likely still win both.
New York is named after the Duke of York. The second son of Charles I, and brother of Charles II, James was named Duke of York at birth. He became a successful naval commander during the reign of his brother and acceded to the throne in 1685.
Interestingly, Manhattan was known for a while as New Amsterdam.
Is was an old Dutch colony before@@Car_Mo
Video: "All continents starts with A except Europe"
Him (jokingly): "You are the outliers europeans"
Mate, I know it's just a dumb meme but nope! 😂
First of all remember that "Australia" is just a country and an island/continental landmass but NOT a continent so Oceania starts with O, second North America and South america start with N and S respectively, third technically if you consider Eurasia a continent you end up having only Africa and Antartica starting with A which is barely of any statistical relevance, slightly more than a coincidence, and lastly WE europeans invented the names used in English for the continents. 😂😂😂
My issue with suberbia is not the looks. ats that it streatch for so long that if you live in the middle of it, you have to drive like 20 minutes just to get out. ive never lived more than like a 5 minute walk from a supermarket
Funny thing about the US flag, saw an american lawyer explain that its illegal to wear the flag as clothing, but who cares about laws as long as you are a patriot.
An american once did say basically the same thing about not knowing the states and I began telling him all states I knew. I made the error to claim Puerto Rico is also a state (so 51) and I had to correct him on West Dakota. Explaining that it doesn’t exist. (He forgot Idaho instead)
Great memes really enjoyable, i had so much fun and a lot with some hidden truth, which takes them next level. So thx for guiding us through them.
Suburbs, HOAs
Ive seen your lawn. No it's 1 and a half inches or a fine
Any colour as long as it's white
Conformity
Land of the Stepford homes
The burglar meme. “Gotta defend the fort”
That made me think about the building materials again😂
In Australia we drive on the left of the road, by the looks Ian, you drive on what's left of the road. Lol.
18:21 I call BS here. There is no F-ing way Americans know about Sardinia and Corsica. They barely know of Sicily, because of godfather. And they know of England, Scotland and Ireland. And for "some" reason Amsterdam, although they have no idea where it is.
3:50 you made me laugh a lot with the text american modern houses 😁😁You meant to say that cardboard houses are covered with roofing felt pretending to be roof tiles 😁
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Love your content ❤ British comedy has got lots of great content forever
When I am driving in the US as tourist, I am puzzled:
Every half mile You read "Jesus saves Your life"
at the next half mile "Naloxon saves lifes"
Can You guys make a decission, please?
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The World series, just without the world
If your drive in Italy, check the words "DIO C'E'" (There is God). It mean next highway station you can trade for drugs.
The problem (and the reason I think a lot of Europeans reacted) isn't the memes per se. It's that probably at least half of the It's-funny-cause-it's-true-memes are based on misinformation about Europe that Americans often actually believe, used as if "it's funny cause it's true ". That's why people reacted. It would've worked better if they were true and fit the context. That's also why people reacted to your comparison: most Europeans can name plenty of states, because it's part of our schooling to learn about them. Pointing out that you don't even bother to learn about our countries in school isn't funny when the lack of care is real, as you also point out, in the context of the last 10 years of your public people trash talking our countries every chance they get and your people tolerating and believing it means it's stopped being funny a long time ago. Also, just a tip: if people start actually reacting, "It was just a joke, bro" probably isn't the most constructive answer (referring to your answers in some of the comments). Checking why people react might be a better approach 😅.Thats said, I know this was a while ago, and I'm sure you are more informed about it now 😊💕
America in many ways a 3rd world country compared to other countries. Your taxes are spent on your military and not to benefit the average American. America is the only country on the planet that does not have mandatory maternity leave for the mother and the father is never considered. Other areas such as healthcare, affordable housing, education and worker's rights could all be funded by a 10% reduction in military spend and benefit the average American but they wouldn't do this because that would make the politicians and the country look weak in the eyes of the rest of the world. Your freedom have you ever been free the average American freedom are being eroded like a woman's right to choose whether to have a abortion under any circumstances.So much for the land of the free. Most Americans are willfully ignorant about life outside of America and that's how your politicians want it to stay and keep feeding the narrative that America is the greatest country when it clearly is not and for making America great again when was it ever great.
There’s problems here and I think America is at a low point lately also, but it’s not a 3rd world country.. cmon now.
@@IWrocker Low point is the minimum wage of $7.25 hasn't risen for more than a decade and people relying tips to survive is a disgrace. I had major heart surgery 4 years ago and have stents in my heart and had 3 mth rehab. If this had happened in America I would have lost my house and be bankrupt and would have lost my job due to the lack of workers rights in America. It's also shocking that Americans rely on go fund me pages to help fund medical bills that are free at the point of service in every other country in the world. America does not look after its citizens at all you are basically on your own
4:10 maybe because tarmac roads tend to get holes in it from freezing water, which will not happen with the bricks. Plus, tarmac is a derivative of crude oil and bricks are baked clay, a natural, non-polluting product. So, yeah, there is more to say for bricks then for tarmac.
Where i live never see the Australian flag, drive to Mandurah don't see it but if i go to Perth city then you will see the the Australian flag at police stations and thats about it unless its the 26 January Australia day then you see it but still not everywhere like America.
Hospital stays in Australia are free.
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Hospital stays in Australia come out of your taxes, whether you are staying or not.
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I know but compared to America it feels like it's free , know chance of bill in the mail or going bankrupt and losing your home because you can't pay, you know what i mean.
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@-sandman4605 yes, there are pros and cons of each way, but neither is really free.
7:20 Black Sabbath had that mixture of measurement in 1984. They wanted Stonehenge as stage set, where the band would play on tour, to bring along.. tourmanager asked how big they wanted it, they opted.. "lifesize" They measures the real Stonhenge in Metres.When it was done, it turned out three times larger then the original Stonehenge, production company was American and they used inches... there where only a few stadiums that could have the Stonehenge set on stage in full.. Spinal Tap parodied it with a miniature Stonehenge at their show. They had to rent Football stadiums to rehearse, because it wouldn't fit.
If you compare naming the US states to naming whole countries, how about you naming 5 of the states in Germany, or France, or Sweden or any other country in europe?
Most countries in Europe have at least 10 or more states/regions with a certain amount of regional independence from the country government for things like taxes and laws!
France has 100 (or is it 101?) "départements" (like counties in Britain), you learn them all in alphabetical order with the corresponding number which you find on postal codes too!
10:07 Aussie here. No I dont see the flag every day. Only on significant cultural days like Australia Day or ANZAC Day.; or at big national sports games; or on national buildings or some public buildings particularly during visits by significant international representatives. Other than that on a daily basis its nowhere in sight. Nowhere.
comeon bro, you guys need to stop acting like you are the only country that has states. you cant say not know A SINGULAR countries states is the same as not knowing roughly the same amount of countries in a whole continent. Its again, such a bubble thought. WE ALL HAVE STATES TOO but nobody expects you to know em. unlike you guys
Dude, Germany is the size of Montana. Your countries might as well be states, and your states might as well be counties.
I know other countries have states. I have whole videos on it lol
And I don’t expect people across the world to know all US states, I was leaning into the joke 😂
But with more population than the states at least those in the Midwest! Just more wasteland.@@johnfitzgerald5158
@@johnfitzgerald5158 what does size have to do with geographical complexity? most of the us is empty compared to a brim-filled europe. its a dumb comparison to begin with, especially considering the cultural difference in countries like germany and the uk are bigger in the next village then 100 miles of difference would make in the us
@VV33Dy come on bro, is it dumb. OK. I'm not sure what complexity has to do with it. Cultural differences....lol. The US is the melting pot of Europe and the rest of the world at this point. Plus, we do have our regional differences. We are not a monolith.
Asking an European about the States in The USA is like asking an American to name the Counties of a Country from Europe.
We consider USA only one country - it has only 1 President, not 50 Presidents.
Cobble stone isn't everywhere in Europe, you've seen how smooth and well maintained the Autobahn is.
But in areas where a lot of families live with their kids... the streets are designed to discourage drag races.
In my particular neighbourhood, it's a nightmare to teach kids rollerskating, but it works well for bicycles and the pavement is just rough enough to provide better grip if walking during snowfall.
I think that the main point is that European streets are not always designed to favour the cars.
I wear an American flag once in a while... it's on my NASA branded t-shirt.
The US may not have invented everything cool in the world, but should deserve recognition for applying a lot of technologies and making it available to the majority.
I'm rather certain that neither ESA or CERN are making much money on merch.
Not even sure they're allowed to, as they're government(s) funded... it's an effort to avoid corruption 😐
Edit: Denmark likes it's flag. Germans almost feel embarrassed waving their flag, unless they win the football/soccer world championship.
But even then, you don't see a 6m (~18ft) danish flag on display at the airport, as I've seen in JFK with stars and stripes. And our national anthem doesn't even mention the flag (despite it being the oldest national flag still in use today).
Europe has truck stops too, but nothing compares to the US stops.
You could basically live your entire life at a US truck stop and think that's the entire world.
Fun thing is, if you ask a trucker at the NL border how long Denmark is away, they'll answer how many hours it's away, not an actual distance, in that sense truckers are different.
I am European and I can perfec tly enumerate all american states one by one. Besides states are not countries. It is an internal division of one country. Let try Americans mention all lands of Germany or departaments of France,for example...
Brother. That Miami police meme. You said it could be realistic… that actually happened. All the same day. Me as an European I was watching that on the news, seeing so many police cars chasing ONE ups truck. Gets caught in traffic, police surrounded the truck and just shot up the whole damn highway. The thief yeah, the ups guy that was still inside the truck. And some other random bystander in his car. I was looking at that and I couldn’t really believe a
Police force worked like? No method, zero professionalism. And here we always complaining about our police 😂. I stopped complaining. At least we don’t have mall security doing the work of the police like in USA.
15:21 I've never heard of Aceania
I live there
Well, definition of football it's simple, if at any moment you're kicking the ball even if you're using your hands it's football. The term soccer came from Football Association. Rugby player in England, I think, are calles rugger and players from Football association call themselves football asoccer , whose became asoccer and finaly soccer. Soccer came from Football
American Football takes it's name from the size of the ball which is 1 foot long. Don't forget, football (soccer) fans are called "troglodytes"
64 years old. My father was military and taught his children the only way to wear an American flag was as a patch on your shirt or coat. White stars on blue background was ok, red and white stripes were ok,even red and white stripes and white stars on blue together was ok as long as not in the form of a flag. So a t shirt with American flag is ok. Trousers or shorts are not.
Lived in England in the 1960’s. Then gas was over $2.00 a gallon on the military base and you were issued a gas card that allowed you only certain gallons per month. If you needed more you bought it off base and I can’t remember how much it was. That’s why England has such great public transportation.
10:01 "Do you NAZI your flag where you live?" Yeah no, and that's why. 😆
About flags - my Greek housemate was surprised that Danish stores carry flag-themed stuff for party decorations (mostly birthdays.)
Meaning, we see a Danish flag (on, like, napkins) in our daily life a couple of times a year when somebody near us is having a birthday party, but in some countries they don't even bother keeping flag-themed party supplies in stores 😂
The last time I saw an actual flag in the wild, I think it was many years ago, announcing somebody's death.
I live in Western Australia and I’m not an expert on European football but I love Vinnie Jones and used to watch him play a lot.
Just check out his “squirrel grip” and you’ll see how serious people take the game lol 😂
I actually used his technique to take my attacker to the ground and hold him there for at least 20 minutes waiting for police to arrive.
If a random patrol hadn’t seen my car parked on the road, lights on and doors open, he’d have lost his nuts for sure 🤷🏻♀️
“ i love Vinne Jones and used to watch him play a lot “ playing?😂.
4:00 I mean for one, it feels very plastic, very artificial. Everything looking the same, even more useless lawns than in Europe. I'd even say it looks a bit dystopian. But the most important issue is that Suburbia causes urban sprawl, which causes traffic upon traffic and is just bad for the environment, more time consuming and more expensive.
3:27 there is really a few roads in europe with pavement like this. mostly in some little village (yes, and in paris. little village then) . most of the time its asphalt
12:30 unfortunately so true. that's a reason I don't like football at all. "Fairplay" is an unknowed word for so many football fans
Living in finland you do see the Flag in places but it's usually at some goverment office or Public Infractsturuce on a normal day, say the Town Hall or Police Station mast, a Bridge etc. But On national days thats when people hoist the flag at sunrise and set it down at sundown.
It's not about inherent uglyness, it's simply a huge waste of space and unpleasant due to the copy&paste aesthetic. Like, probably half the people living there don't give a damn about front lawns but can't get property without it due to building codes and zoning laws in the US.
18:42 i love how sicily and corse (the 2 islands) are correctly colored to their countries
Fastfood places are mostly next to highways here in The Netherlands too, except for in the biggest city centers and airports, big transport hubs etc.
The flag situation is one really big difference... my children were born and raised in the United Kingdom and each time we went to town we used to pass by a place where they had a different flag flown up a mast each week. I used to ask them what country is that flag of... and they would answer, most of the time correctly... Spain, France, Mexico... and so on... one day the flag being flown was the UK national flag, the Union Flag, and I asked the question thinking this is going to be an easy one... long silence... me waiting... until one of them said "We don't know". I was speachless!
I saw a movie once, where a guy from New York married a girl from L.A and they went to live in New York together. The joke being made was in the gist of "well that girl has some adjusting to do. I never got the joke, until much later I saw those places being at the two sides of the country and learning that New York is considered loud and busy, and L.A more relaxed. An inside-joke for Americans, I guess. So many American series and movies think the whole world as audience knows where all the places are in America, and at least for me, that's not the case. I could name you probably 10-15 states, but where they are positioned, who knows. Dutch guy here.
the joke is not so much on the location of LA and NY, but on the difference between lifestyles
So, enlighten me, what's so funny about it, or what are the different lifestyles? Descriptions?@@Maria-js9ou
Why would a country with 300+ million citizens and it's land mass isolated from the rest of the world even bother making entertainment for other countries? I think calling Americans isolationinstic is kinda presumptious and I'm not even American. North America (yes i include Canada) is a different culture, you're either interested in it or you're not. Either way, why should they care? Watching US series and movies is how you get to know the geography of Northern America ... funny how that works.
Regarding the imperial units - namely feet - I always think of a Danish saying/wording called "Træskolængde" which translates to "Clog length". In Denmark, this is an estimated/unprecise measurement. The term was often used as a measure of a very rough tolerance.
I had to stop a minute and check if I'm on the right channel.
IIt's the first time I've seen you without a cap 😛
The massive issue with the suburban road is that the lawn is a part of the crash zone and the roads are roads not streets made for people to use
10:02 A German here... on my way to work I walk/cycle past a police station and the town hall/some state administration buildings. The fly the German flag occasionally. On the facade of the town hall, it is mostly combined with the flag of official guests of the city, actually visiting. In case of a mourning you'll see flags at half mast.
People don't usually fly the flag on their private property here. If you see one flying in a garden or from a window without the soccer world/european championship beeing on, there's a reasonable chance the person considers himself a bit more than just a patriot.
At our local monday right wing demonstrations protesting against the government and military support for Ukraine (originating from protest against covid restrictions), you'll see German flags. Sometimes upside down, or as a cross over between the German and the Russian flag, or the german imperial flag and other weird stuff...
Heh. As a Norwegian I've done the whole Route 66 on a Harley thing. Not all it's cracked up to be, but it was a lifetime experience I'm glad I did. Wouldn't wanna be without it, had a weird and wonderful time. Sometimes a bit hairy, but I lived to tell about it. In the 90's I also did the hair metal scene in Cali, with my trusted Ibanez, Steve Vai axe.
Also driven all over Norway, Sweden, and lots of Finland. Can recommend that.
The best road trips of my life have been from the South West coast of Norway to the South of Spain, though. That was in the "naughties" (2000's). Nowadays it's mostly a Ryanair flight... :)
Hair metal in the 90s? Brave dude.
@@mehallica666 Early 90's. Talking long hair, but fortunately without the perm :)
@@CM-ey7nqAs long as you were rocking out, it's all good, brother.
ohhhh, are you from the Vestlandet?? I'm from Spain and last year I visited Bergen and it's surroundings. It was beautiful. I'm not a fan of cars but the Norwegian coast is beautiful in it's wildeness. It made an enjoyable road trip.
Hey buddy! Love your videos and insight, but is there a reason why the subscribe button is missing? Is this a TH-cam bug, or did you opt out of it?
The only reason why Aliens land in America is because of Japan's plot armor to make giant mechs to save the rest of the world with friendship and courage