Hey Jen, I’m a fellow native Californian English teacher who is planning on moving to Czech Republic soon. After seeing your IG story about the tanks being deployed, it was comforting to see you convincing me to still come! 😆 I have always had this draw to Europe, even as a kid. My ancestry way back traces back to there. I’ve dmed on IG if you check. Thank you so much for this video of encouragement at this time! 😊🙏🏻
By the way in Texas and Chicago is more than 1 million Czech and Moravian Americans // 6~7th generation and they still call themselves Czechs or Bohemians ... Easy to contact them e.g. via sport organisation Sokol etc. I have a lot of blood relatives in Texas ... Keeping my fingers crossed for you ... *Jarda
@@ingridlaskova1878 ... Czech kingdom has been called Kingdom of Bohemia since 1085. Expression "Bohemia" and its modifications are older than 2000 years. Bohemia = Czechia. In the year 1620 lost Kingdom of Bohemia war and became an Austrian collony. And thanks to it the entire world 298 years called the entire area Austria. 298 years is time long enough to forget even one of the former largest and most powerful European kingdoms ... Texas Czechs started to move to Texas at the end of the 19th century, thanks to it in their memory Kingdom of Bohemia and Bohemia itself are still alive ... 👍👍👍 C'est la vie ...
from the exactly 3 times i've been in prague, it felt like home - instantly. i'm absolutely literal about it, maybe it's bc i'm natively a slav, but once i stepped foot in the city i felt like i was living there for at least 3 lifetimes. i wanna live there forever, but i have no options to relocate.
I love Your jokes about Brno :-) (I am from Prague :-) ) and I also really like how you beautifully put it with the rules. If we don't like a rule, if we not hurting/harassing anyone by breaking it, and no one is watching, we'll all collectively ignore it, and that often includes the police.
Hi Jen! we are in the process of moving to Prague following a job opportunity. I've found very hard to find channels like yours for families with kids (I might become the first one, who knows :D ). I have a school kid and it will be awesome if you invite to one of your videos to an expat mom who is already stablished in Prague, specially someone who doesn't speak the language and hear about their experience. I've learned a lot from your channel... BTW my daughter speaks spanish and she is learning english so an international school sounds like the best option for now :)🙂
Man I've always wondered where I could find americans or any other native english speakers here in Czechia. Cause I would love to talk to them irl instead of just online.
Jen, I hope you get your citizenship as I consider you as czech as they come. Your humor and your love for Czechia is clear and I could not be more proud to see you as a full czech citizen soon :)
well played =). This video clearly shows that you actually already have become a Czech. Excellent knowledge of Czech realia and history, typical Czech sense of humour, there is no doubt that the citizenship exams were just a formality. Welcome aboard, my lady and keep doing these wonderful videos.
Prague seems to be a Great place to live, but ... money-wise it really (how does one says s*cks politely?) .. is less than perfect 😛 Sooo... Cashing in Swedish retirement and than Prague is the place to go!
My flight from Charleston just got cancelled because of some stupid flight show and created me a ton of problems leading to 5 hours drive to Atlanta at 5 in the morning.. this certainly cheered me up. Thx!
Awesome. You don’t need to tell us why we should live in Czech. We know Jen. Love your vids. Been watching them since you started in lockdown in the UK. We were in Prague last week and look forward to being there on a more permanent basis soon. Keep doing your stuff.
A přesto ten zbroják a zbraň vlastní úplný minimum lidí. Btw v USA je pořízení zbraně výrazně jednodušší než v ČR. Stačí přijít do obchodu a koupit si ji. Bez ničeho, jen s občankou.
Ahoj Jen, you look great and happy today, you always make my day... :-) Edit: In fact, it is quite easy to get gun permit, it is "shall" obtain, state has no say, like driving licence, you do the test and practical test, no hard criminal record, you have the gun licence. Czech have a lot of guns, but concealed carry in mandatory, so you do not see guns so often. As you live here, you can get it too, citizenship not required.
@@otakarsulc4686 no felony, 500USD, and show on the test that I know how to handle a gun and know the laws. in my opinion that's pretty easy. (future gun license holder maybe)
@@bmxrichard21 It depends on the person. There are 500 questions to learn, some people can do it without any problems, for others it is an insurmountable obstacle. Being clean, not having a criminal record, not being an alcoholic, not being a drug user, not having psychiatric problems? For some, it's a given, for others, it's a problem. Gun handling - they're much stricter than they used to be, and it's no exception that they throw out half the applicants... The shooting test itself is really easy. As I wrote, for most law abiding citizens, getting a firearms license is no problem. I wouldn't call it hard, but I wouldn't call it easy either, we don't hand them out like rolls or like Americans.
@@otakarsulc4686 yeah, I totally agree with this :-) and it can be even harder for the immigrant because they don't know they can have their criminal record wiped clear, admit to drug use by answering leading questions by police, etc. The correct description isn't probably quite easy, but just a middle difficult.
Thanks Jen for the great content as always and sharing your findings with good explanation and reasoning. I think the Zizkov tower is just over twice the height of the AZ Tower. (Brno)"Carlton dance"
You feel like you're watching the country evolve because that's exactly what goes on. Sure, it wasnt always exactly a smooth process and there were some big problems along the road. However with every new generation we shift further away from the depressing nothingness brought to us by Russians from the east. We slowly realise where is our place and who we are, we rediscover our roots that were ripped to pieces by nazis and soviets, but never truly gone. Our culture, economy and society in general grows quite nicely and most importantly - people started to give damn about their surroundings, about the places and communities they live in - the apathy of life in communism / early post communist times is long gone. That is of course as long as you dont live in certain parts of Sudetenland, in which case you are conserned mostly about crystal meth.
Compared to Czechoslovakia times? some things did not change for the best... As a whole - sure there has been some progress, but than again Czechoslovakia was per capita richer than Spain and Greece both before and after Second World War. So... Prague just came back where it always use to be aside from the 90-ties. So the big question is did it really have to transfer like this? Through all the prostitution, drugs and murder of the 90-ties?
Yeah pre communist czechslovakia was rich and developed and remained like that until couple of decades of communism didnt gradually grind it to dust. This is an economy that was destroyed and rebuilt again in a few decades. Before communism we had wages +- equal to the austrian wages, after communism our wages were FIFTEEN times lower. Now its like twice lower. Its no easy thing to reinvent a country and obviously, many people used that oportunity to gain wealth in organised crime - the only solution would be do it the German way, which would mean to fire literally every communist judge, policeman, lawyer, politician, manager and just about anyone holding a public position. Things are so much better now, and not just in Prague, but quite all over the place - except of course certain regions mostly in Sudetenland, that suffered socialy and economicaly so much during the last century, that it will take forever to actually fix it.
@@vh5663 Sudentenland is also way better off than it used to be, it's just that it was really shitty compared to the rest of the country even back in commie times. But you can see a huge improvement already, especially in nature - the forests look way better than they did in the 90s.
@@Starkiller935 Well the war, the post war years and communism completely destroyed what made Sudetenland a prosperous region - one of the most prosperous in the country, actually. It does get better at many places though, sure, thats why I wrote about "certain parts of Sudetenland", not the entire region. Southern Moravia, Böhmerwald, Liberec region etc. are actually very decent places to live and the nature is stunning. I still remember some of those mountain forests in the 90s, forest that looked like a ww1 battlefield after the acid rains caused by the insane pollution of the communist industry. Thank god its over. :--)
@@breznik1197 A víte proč?Protože máme neviditelné tramvaje.Všichni kteří skočili nebo autem vjeli před tramvaj a náhodou přežili tak říkají-já ji neviděl.
I feel i have to add a little something in defence of the "paneláky". In many places these have been privatized and are now being managed either as "condominia" of sorts or by "unit owners'" associations. That means many of them are newly insulated, rennovated, had sloping roofs attached and are generally quite well maintained. :)
About those rules… I would say, that most of them are ridiculously strickt or detailed not to demand exactly such behaviour, but to create a some sort of leverage if something gets out of hand… Like if there is speed limit 50 kmh and you go 70 kmh. Radar by the road has limit probably 75 kmh, so it's fine… BUT if you hit someone, then they'll measure the energy vectors and say, that you were driving roughly 15-25 kmh over speed limit, so consistently with a large difference - almost zero need for any further evidence, you're guilty…
Two less known Czech places straight from a fairy tale: - Giacomo Casanova lived in Duchcov Chateau for 13 years: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchcov_Chateau - Sir Edward Kelley, the famous alchemist, was imprisoned by emperor Rudolf II in Hněvín Castle: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hn%C4%9Bv%C3%ADn_Castle (although the original castle was demolished after the Thirty Years' War, the current castle is a literal tourist attraction built shortly before World War I).
Ahoj , krasne video jen mala poznamka z meho milovaneho zlina ... Baťův mrakodrap - 76m ve své době druhá nejvišší budova evropy :) ( 1938 ). ( a ano Az Tower je větší ale zase mladší :D ) A s krasnou vyhlidkou a restauraci na střeše.
Skvělé jako vždy! Je tam však malinká chyba ohledně dostupnosti zbraní. Pro slušné a zodpovědné občany jsou u nás zbraně dostupnější než ve většině zemí Evropy. Dostupnější než v Kalifornii! A i právě proto je u nás bezpečně.
I will be visiting Prague for the 3rd time to "again" participate in an English Immersion Program in August. I would love to have a coffee with you and talk about relocating to Prague.
... again you have polished the Czech ego, perfectly :) ... a very nice video, again! But you have forgot of Bata´s "mrakodrap" - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba%C5%A5a%27s_Skyscraper :) .
I stayed in a friend's panel flat for a few weeks. I really liked it. Everything was nearby within walking distance, even the subway, or the bus stop was 50 meters away if you didn't feel like walking.
I’m no gun nut, but obtaining a gun license in the Czech Republic, all with concealed-carry permit, is about as difficult as getting a driver’s license. Arguably, that’s part of why the country is relatively safe, though it’s a combination of factors.
That. Our concelaed carry rules are more permissive than many US states in fact. I have been through the process and I would say that it is bit easier than driver's licence even. Then again, I do hate driving...
Well, even total idiot can have driver license, they literally give it to everyone who pays, so I hope obtaining a gun license is at least slightly harder. Some people have literally IQ of room temperature, they have no idea about basic mechanics and physics and still, they have driver license. I believe that even orangutan could obtain driver license in Czech Republic.
I would be a poor fit for a gun license. I'm very glad the potential attacker doesn't know that. And I'd say among Czech gun license holders, the system helps a lot to have quite a lot of *responsible* gun owners while having minimal gun-crazed idiots armed.
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Greetings from Czech Paradise :) Nice to mention us :) ....and that stroke/cut line to Moscow just mean you are getting Czech sense of humor into your blood :) Jen tak dál Jen. Jsi více a více Čechem s každým dílem Tvého videa :)
11: 40 its the same in UK, i guess in both countries( and prolly in others as well) they are concerned about cheating and using illegal means to pass those tests. I've been searched- well, my pockets and wrists and such- for written answers on me and for any elctronic device, those as well as watches and excessive clothing had to stay in the locker outside the actual testing room, then in the room itself strictly separated from others and very precisely instructed what to do and not to do during and after the test as well, so i dont think that in this exact situation it was due the mythical k.u.k. bureaucracy and its legendary anal adherence to every rule available and even remotely applicable.
For any Vegans planning to visit Brno, don't worry it is as vegan friendly as Prague is ! ( I totally recommend the "Pilgrim" restaurant ) :) But beware of Olomouc, there are not so many options. And unfortunately their best restaurant closed it's business recently.
Ahoj Jen, thanks for really great video! :-) Just for information - we don´t have any skyskaper, but we had! Check out a skyscaper in Zlín - it was built in 30s and it was the second highest building in Europe ;-) BTW Be welcome in Zlín :-) You can see historical garden city there, but also quite unique rounded "paneláky" in the district Jižní Svahy. And much more... ;-)
No nevím jestli je zrovna na obou Segmentech něco k vidění :D. Možná z dálky, ale zblízka bych tam radši nešla.. Pokud bych nechtěla vidět místo, kde vypukla metanolka :D. Aspoň co jsem teda tak slyšela.. As far as unique architecture of Zlín goes, I can recommend Letná district with unique small houses for workes in Baťa´s factory :-). Or architectual experiment called Colective House. But I think Zlín has much more to offer, that´s definitely true :-).
@@whealtea Zlín není pěkné město. A nemá skoro nic nabídnout pro turistu. Ale možná i skrz to stojí se tam zajet podívat. Aspoň na den :-) A asi nejvíce ze všech měst v ČR dokáže prezentovat ten brutalismus dvacátého století co se týče architektury.
Podpisy modrým perem - Neexistuje žádný právní předpis, který by stanovoval, jakým perem je dokument třeba podepsat. Podepsat se můžete čím chcete. Modrý inkoust se ale doporučuje z praktických důvodů. Podpis by měl být čitelný, voděodolný, neblednoucí a dobře schnoucí (nemaže se, nepropíjí, nelepí). Proto pro psaní kronik, nebo na matrikách je doporučen inkoust testovaný mimo jiné na světlostálost a vodostálost. Všeobecná rada podepisovat se modře vychází z praktických zkušeností, ve snaze učinit podpis co nejméně zpochybnitelným. Modrý podpis je oproti černému podpisu hůře zaměnitelný s černou fotokopií (barevná fotokopie modrého podpisu je většinou dobře rozpoznatelná), je obtížněji padělatelný (je lepší i pro grafologický rozbor) a ve shluku černých tištěných písmen je na první pohled dobře viditelný. Je to také otázka tradice a je pokládán za kulturnější, kultivovanější. A jde dobře k pleti ;-)
Jen, we have quite open gun ownership laws. As long as you pass the psychotests and dont break laws, you may own an attack rifle (no full auto). There is not even a strict rule limiting number of weapons you may own, like germany has. We also have considerable amount of them in populace, though much less than USA. The important thing is to use them responsibly, and to have users be part of a community. For example, becoming hunter (myslivec) means you have to pass their tests, learn their traditions, take part i their actions. You will first shoot at living animal year after joining. And during hunting season events, police will always show up to check alcohol level of all participants. You should look into this topic, I bet this would interest american viewers.
Well Jen, you must think of following the rules of the nationality test as the part of the test. Look at it as a hidden task :D Also congratulations on talking about our country without mentioning beer once :D Yea aaand ... finding a "smart" way to disobey rules is somewhat one of our national habits :D
Wonderful. Well done indeed. Splendid idea might be, if you were in touch also with Texas Czechs and Chicago Czechs (the 6~7th generation of American Czechs). They still call themselves Czechs, they especially love Czech traditional music called "dechovka." They can be contacted via sport organisation Sokol or via their Czech~American organisation // they sometimes are called Bohemians. You'd have a lot of new spectators ... 👍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐👍
Tak jsem zhlédnul další fajn video o naší zemi očima „cizinky" a při pohledu na fotky paneláků jsem zjistil, že je tam ulice Jizerská v Ústí nad Labem. 😂
10:20 Jsem ráda, že to říkáš, aspoň jsem si uvědomila jednu z mála výhod paneláku - rychlejší Wi-Fi. :D Jinak ale není o co stát, zdi jsou tu jak z papíru a člověk slyší, když má někdo nahlas TV a snad i každý uprdnutí nebo zakašlání.
Semi-functioning xD xD .... you are killing me. Anyway. I kinda envy Americans. They can come, visit our beautiful czech country and come home with ther budgets relatively intact. I have to admit I am a nature lover and I fell in love with nature in the USA. Especially Norhtwest - Orgeon, Washington and Yellowstone national park. Sure I can leave anytime with my homeoffice style work. But damn. I cannot afford it. So much money for just "not to die from hunger" there..... Once I will have enough money and time to finally visit, I will be an old man and I will not have enough energy and health to actually enjoy those wonders of nature. Oh well.....
Domnievam sa, že mrakodrapy v Prahe nie su stavané práve kvôli UNESCO. Sú nejaké pravidlá na to, aby dané mesto bolo zapísané v zozname UNESCO a ak ich porušuje môže byť vylúčené a to asi Praha nechce (keď je niečo na ich zozname, tak to viac naláka turistov).
Jen měla byste se podívat do Ostravy. Ostrava je naše 3. největší město, má 285 000 obyvatel. A z nejbližšího zahraničí by jsi měla navštívit Bratislavu, hlavní město našeho jazykově nejbližšího souseda. Tvořil východní část našeho bývalého státu.
My great grandparents moved from Bohemia (Sruby/Prochody from what I can tell) in the 1880s. Consequently I've become interested in Czechia over the last decade or so and visited a number of times. My wife and I talked about moving to Brno when I retired but she can't take the cold and I'm not up to learning the language. So we moved to Spain instead. But we still visit. In November we're heading back to Brno for the Janacek festival and then exploring Christmas markets in Central Europe.
I know 100 years seem like a long time to an American, but in European history, it's just a drop in the water. Things we can blame Austria for are present to us daily. Like we have the densest train network in the world, because emperor Franz Josef was a fan of trains. Guys like Sheldon Cooper build models of trains, he had the whole empire for that. Or trafikas - only the countries formerly of Habsburg empire have stores/stands combining newspapers and tobacco - because the Habsburgs used to give the license to sell these as a retirement plan for war veterans. 2022 and they still exist together.
As a Prague's resident, I love what cool tips you give to people. Absolutely great content and explain better than a rodily Cech. Thank you again for sharing all of your knowledge. Sending much love.
I don't get the difficulty getting weapons. Czech Republic is one of the few European countries where you're allowed to carry concealed. Und everybody has a right to bear arms there
Beautiful video! Thank you. We are visiting Europe after helping a new school open in Lviv. Slava Ukraine! We're in Krakow, also amazing. We will stay in Tallinn for February, hopefully longer after my Digital Nomad Visa application interview on Feb 1st...Prague looks amazing too!!! I wish Czech Republic had a DNV!
Nice video. One point, its not problem to get gun if you are without criminal past, irreproachable and do test and manipulation in front of commissioner. So, many people are armed, but only the "good" ones :-). So in my opinion, we have the best gun laws over the world. Anyway, thanks for nice videos a that you talking so kindly about our nation.
Ahoj. Great video. I love Czech Republic for many of the same reasons. But I live in a panelaky in Ceske Budejovice 4-6 months of the year, when I am not in my "primary" residence in Cleveland, and I love the minimalism. I can leave all the clutter behind and live a minimalistic life in Ceske Budejovice, which I note does not make it into your videos. Dis Brno, but CB is a fantastic university town with amateur musicians jamming in the pubs and wonderful fish pond parks good for a stroll or bike ride. I like Prague, but I like it here better. I will keep watching and maybe watch some of the earlier videos to see if you get out of Prague.
Big Brother? During communism 😀? Dear all, nowadays the Big Brother is watching you ! We weren't escaping from Big Brother. But because it was pretty affordable to have garden or cottage out of the city. Nowadays only for those who inherited, or have more money.
Ignore this woman! You’ll be much happier moving to North Carolina! Fifty years of “Best Places to Live” lists in American, glossy, financial periodicals can’t be wrong, can they?
Jako dítě jsme bydleli ve starém domě kde s námi bydleli houby a plísně a potom jsme se stěhovali do paneláku a byl to od začátku ráj teplá voda,plyn.ustřední topení.sucho a teplo.Pro spoustu lidí byly paneláky a stále jsou skvělé protože do nich přišli taky z hnusných domu které zabíjeli naprosto spolehlivě.
Im new to your channel and love your videos. My dream is to move to Prague. Problem is- I dont know where to begin. From necessary documents, to finding a job, to finding a place to live. It all seems so out of reach.
Hi, I am pretty sure that someone must have said that already (but I promise that I scrolled through the comments and didn´t see it) but pedestrians vs. trams is 0:2 a few weeks already :(
I'm sorry, but I just paused the video at 1:00 and I"m sold. Now, I've seen the whole thing and I think I'm gonna start Czech lessons so I can go spend a year there. Or forever, maybe.
Hi Jen, you had your hair done! Nice job👍 Thank you for pointing out that Czech Republic has reached the Christ years! I see big things coming our way...
You atribute our safety to "difficulty of getting firearms". Almost nowhere else in the world are the laws so relaxed. Definitely not anywhere else in Europe. You can carry just about any firearm for self defense and a lot of people do.
Let's take a moment to appreciate Jen's sense of humor.
PS: Jen, now it's safe to say you are a proper CZECH. 😉
Absolutely agree!
everyone who gets how BRNO is unimportant is proper czech :D
Vaše video by měla koupit státní agentura CzechTourism. Jste skvělá, díky.
Napadlo me uplne to same. Takovehle promo by mohly ty klauni zavidet.
Ze jo, Jen je absolutne skvela!!! 👍 👍 👍
Má to kvality na samostatný pořad. Každý týden 20 minut na ČT2 by se určitě místo našlo.
@@interesantni Nemusí být nutně 20 minut.Stačí reportáž vpořadu o národnostních menšinách.
Mám moc rád Vaše videa. Myslím si, že znáte Česko víc než kdejaký Čech. Já už Vás považuji za jednu z nás 👍🙂.
Miluju jak nám nastavujete zrcadlo. Pokaždé se v něm poznám... 😉
A v případě potřeby vám to podepíšu modrou propiskou a přidám i razítko! 🤣
ale musí být kulaté a se státním znakem ( to razítko )
Ahoj Jen, být cizinec,který viděl toto video, balím si svých pět švestek a jedu. Jsi skvělý propagátor naší vlasti.
Hey Jen, I’m a fellow native Californian English teacher who is planning on moving to Czech Republic soon. After seeing your IG story about the tanks being deployed, it was comforting to see you convincing me to still come! 😆 I have always had this draw to Europe, even as a kid. My ancestry way back traces back to there. I’ve dmed on IG if you check. Thank you so much for this video of encouragement at this time! 😊🙏🏻
By the way in Texas and Chicago is more than 1 million Czech and Moravian Americans // 6~7th generation and they still call themselves Czechs or Bohemians ...
Easy to contact them e.g. via sport organisation Sokol etc. I have a lot of blood relatives in Texas ...
Keeping my fingers crossed for you ...
*Jarda
@@ingridlaskova1878 ... maybe "offer" sounds better than "often" ... ?
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@@tomastezky89 I thought, Bohemian Americans are right, not Czech. 🤷♀️
@@ingridlaskova1878 ... Czech kingdom has been called Kingdom of Bohemia since 1085. Expression "Bohemia" and its modifications are older than 2000 years. Bohemia = Czechia. In the year 1620 lost Kingdom of Bohemia war and became an Austrian collony. And thanks to it the entire world 298 years called the entire area Austria. 298 years is time long enough to forget even one of the former largest and most powerful European kingdoms ...
Texas Czechs started to move to Texas at the end of the 19th century, thanks to it in their memory Kingdom of Bohemia and Bohemia itself are still alive ...
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C'est la vie ...
@@tomastezky89 and US was called New World ... still you don't call them Bohemian New Worldians
Pravidla jsou od toho aby se porušovala :D
Don't be afraid to make a part 2! I loved this video!
Ahojda Jen. Moc Ti to sluší. Jsem Ti vděčný za to, jak mluvíš o mé zemi.
from the exactly 3 times i've been in prague, it felt like home - instantly.
i'm absolutely literal about it, maybe it's bc i'm natively a slav, but once i stepped foot in the city i felt like i was living there for at least 3 lifetimes.
i wanna live there forever, but i have no options to relocate.
Maybe you lived here in one of your past lives;-)
Yes this is my experience too! I spent a month in Prague in 2019. I was enchanted the whole time and I've been thinking of living there ever since.
Why do you have no options?
If youre not in jail, you DO have options. Think positive
To není země. To je zahrádka :-)
Jste skvělá, děláte pro tuto zemi víc, než kdejaký rodilý Čech.
Otázkou jaký to bude mít koncový efekt. Oni s dobrými lidmi přijdou i ti co mají pohnuté názory na život a životní styl.
... často ani rodilý či nerodilý tuzemský politik nedělá víc ...
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přesně to mě běželo hlavou při sledování, skvělé video.
Já když ji poslouchám tak jsem hrdý na tu naši republiku.
Jako jo no 😅🥲. Snad se taky této zemi někdy odvděčím 🙏
I love Your jokes about Brno :-) (I am from Prague :-) ) and I also really like how you beautifully put it with the rules. If we don't like a rule, if we not hurting/harassing anyone by breaking it, and no one is watching, we'll all collectively ignore it, and that often includes the police.
helooo cz chabr
Hi Jen! we are in the process of moving to Prague following a job opportunity. I've found very hard to find channels like yours for families with kids (I might become the first one, who knows :D ). I have a school kid and it will be awesome if you invite to one of your videos to an expat mom who is already stablished in Prague, specially someone who doesn't speak the language and hear about their experience. I've learned a lot from your channel... BTW my daughter speaks spanish and she is learning english so an international school sounds like the best option for now :)🙂
Man I've always wondered where I could find americans or any other native english speakers here in Czechia. Cause I would love to talk to them irl instead of just online.
Jen, I hope you get your citizenship as I consider you as czech as they come. Your humor and your love for Czechia is clear and I could not be more proud to see you as a full czech citizen soon :)
well played =). This video clearly shows that you actually already have become a Czech. Excellent knowledge of Czech realia and history, typical Czech sense of humour, there is no doubt that the citizenship exams were just a formality. Welcome aboard, my lady and keep doing these wonderful videos.
Prague seems to be a Great place to live, but ... money-wise it really (how does one says s*cks politely?) .. is less than perfect 😛 Sooo... Cashing in Swedish retirement and than Prague is the place to go!
I've been kicking this idea around for years. I definitely want to retire in CZ or CR
Ahoj Jen, co takhle video o tom, co máš ráda na Brně? :-D Zdravím z krásné a klidné metropole. A ne. Není to Praha. Říkal jsem klidné. :-D
Já nechápu jen jednu věc. Proč se tahle česká holka snaží předstírat, že je Američanka a točí videa v angličtině? 😀A ty drobné vtípky...
You just supplied me with extra reasons to move. I'm already on it. I will be there in summer of 2024
keep us posted on your first impressions! coming up soon :D
My flight from Charleston just got cancelled because of some stupid flight show and created me a ton of problems leading to 5 hours drive to Atlanta at 5 in the morning.. this certainly cheered me up. Thx!
Jen you should be some kind of Czech ambasador in USA :D
Definately!!! 👍 👍 👍
Awesome. You don’t need to tell us why we should live in Czech. We know Jen. Love your vids. Been watching them since you started in lockdown in the UK. We were in Prague last week and look forward to being there on a more permanent basis soon. Keep doing your stuff.
Ziskat legálně zbran nenní až tak obtížné :) pravě od většiny západnách zemí :) To je většinou bráno jako jeden z důvodů pro bezpečnost.
To je pravda. Sice osobní zkušenost nemám, ale pan Klíma to v České podsvětí hezky vysvětluje.
@@jakubkoller3698 právě že nejde až tak o podsvětí, útočník si utok dobře promyslí, když ví, že obět může mít zbran a bránit se.
A přesto ten zbroják a zbraň vlastní úplný minimum lidí.
Btw v USA je pořízení zbraně výrazně jednodušší než v ČR. Stačí přijít do obchodu a koupit si ji. Bez ničeho, jen s občankou.
@@WelsyCZ pres 300 000 lidi ho ma. A ne v usa to opravdu neni tak jednoduche… zalezi stat od statu a vsude stejne je potreba jeste security check..
Ahoj Jen, you look great and happy today, you always make my day... :-)
Edit: In fact, it is quite easy to get gun permit, it is "shall" obtain, state has no say, like driving licence, you do the test and practical test, no hard criminal record, you have the gun licence. Czech have a lot of guns, but concealed carry in mandatory, so you do not see guns so often. As you live here, you can get it too, citizenship not required.
I wouldn't say it's quite easy, but if someone in the Czech Republic wants to have a gun it's not a problem for almost any law-abiding citizen
@@otakarsulc4686 no felony, 500USD, and show on the test that I know how to handle a gun and know the laws. in my opinion that's pretty easy. (future gun license holder maybe)
@@bmxrichard21 It depends on the person. There are 500 questions to learn, some people can do it without any problems, for others it is an insurmountable obstacle. Being clean, not having a criminal record, not being an alcoholic, not being a drug user, not having psychiatric problems? For some, it's a given, for others, it's a problem. Gun handling - they're much stricter than they used to be, and it's no exception that they throw out half the applicants... The shooting test itself is really easy. As I wrote, for most law abiding citizens, getting a firearms license is no problem. I wouldn't call it hard, but I wouldn't call it easy either, we don't hand them out like rolls or like Americans.
@@otakarsulc4686 yeah, I totally agree with this :-)
and it can be even harder for the immigrant because they don't know they can have their criminal record wiped clear, admit to drug use by answering leading questions by police, etc.
The correct description isn't probably quite easy, but just a middle difficult.
Thanks Jen for the great content as always and sharing your findings with good explanation and reasoning. I think the Zizkov tower is just over twice the height of the AZ Tower. (Brno)"Carlton dance"
However, it is doubtful whether the Žižkov tower is a building, "a structure with a roof and walls".
Na Vaše videa jsem přišel teprve nedávno, ale musím říct, že jste skvělá.
Thank you Jen for loving my country.
You feel like you're watching the country evolve because that's exactly what goes on. Sure, it wasnt always exactly a smooth process and there were some big problems along the road. However with every new generation we shift further away from the depressing nothingness brought to us by Russians from the east. We slowly realise where is our place and who we are, we rediscover our roots that were ripped to pieces by nazis and soviets, but never truly gone. Our culture, economy and society in general grows quite nicely and most importantly - people started to give damn about their surroundings, about the places and communities they live in - the apathy of life in communism / early post communist times is long gone. That is of course as long as you dont live in certain parts of Sudetenland, in which case you are conserned mostly about crystal meth.
Compared to Czechoslovakia times? some things did not change for the best... As a whole - sure there has been some progress, but than again Czechoslovakia was per capita richer than Spain and Greece both before and after Second World War. So... Prague just came back where it always use to be aside from the 90-ties. So the big question is did it really have to transfer like this? Through all the prostitution, drugs and murder of the 90-ties?
Yeah pre communist czechslovakia was rich and developed and remained like that until couple of decades of communism didnt gradually grind it to dust. This is an economy that was destroyed and rebuilt again in a few decades. Before communism we had wages +- equal to the austrian wages, after communism our wages were FIFTEEN times lower. Now its like twice lower. Its no easy thing to reinvent a country and obviously, many people used that oportunity to gain wealth in organised crime - the only solution would be do it the German way, which would mean to fire literally every communist judge, policeman, lawyer, politician, manager and just about anyone holding a public position. Things are so much better now, and not just in Prague, but quite all over the place - except of course certain regions mostly in Sudetenland, that suffered socialy and economicaly so much during the last century, that it will take forever to actually fix it.
@@vh5663 Sudentenland is also way better off than it used to be, it's just that it was really shitty compared to the rest of the country even back in commie times. But you can see a huge improvement already, especially in nature - the forests look way better than they did in the 90s.
@@Starkiller935 Well the war, the post war years and communism completely destroyed what made Sudetenland a prosperous region - one of the most prosperous in the country, actually. It does get better at many places though, sure, thats why I wrote about "certain parts of Sudetenland", not the entire region. Southern Moravia, Böhmerwald, Liberec region etc. are actually very decent places to live and the nature is stunning. I still remember some of those mountain forests in the 90s, forest that looked like a ww1 battlefield after the acid rains caused by the insane pollution of the communist industry. Thank god its over. :--)
Škoda, že ta informace o skóre pražských tramvají už není aktuální. Mezi natočením a vydáním videa tramvaje dvakrát vyhrály proti chodcům. 😅
A pořád se nenašel žádný chodec, který by dokázal tramvaj pokořit.
@@breznik1197 A víte proč?Protože máme neviditelné tramvaje.Všichni kteří skočili nebo autem vjeli před tramvaj a náhodou přežili tak říkají-já ji neviděl.
Moc nechápu, proč si podle vás tato zpráva zasloužila vysmátého smajlíka. S vtípky v dalších komentářích problém nemám, ale smát se samotné té zprávě?
@@MarvinCZ Možná by bylo bývalo vhodnější vzít si nejdřív lupu a ověřit si, co přesně to je za smajlíka…🤷🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
@@FalkonNightsdale Okay, není vysmátý, ale stejně se moc nehodí.
I feel i have to add a little something in defence of the "paneláky". In many places these have been privatized and are now being managed either as "condominia" of sorts or by "unit owners'" associations. That means many of them are newly insulated, rennovated, had sloping roofs attached and are generally quite well maintained. :)
"At the úúřaad..." :D that killed me I love your czech!
Thanks Jen, btw, your hair looks fabulous!
About those rules…
I would say, that most of them are ridiculously strickt or detailed not to demand exactly such behaviour, but to create a some sort of leverage if something gets out of hand…
Like if there is speed limit 50 kmh and you go 70 kmh. Radar by the road has limit probably 75 kmh, so it's fine…
BUT if you hit someone, then they'll measure the energy vectors and say, that you were driving roughly 15-25 kmh over speed limit, so consistently with a large difference - almost zero need for any further evidence, you're guilty…
krásné, hlavně ta druhá půlka o místní byrokracii a nedodržování pravidel je naprosto přesná :D
"Prepare your tiara!" Am I the only one who remembered Amy Farrah-Fowler from TBBT?
3 oppressors ago :-D :-D :-D That was a good one. I hope your citizenship test was successful :-) When are you expecting the results? :-)
Since so many of the comments are in Czech, but the target audience is English-speaking, there should be a translation option.
Two less known Czech places straight from a fairy tale:
- Giacomo Casanova lived in Duchcov Chateau for 13 years: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchcov_Chateau
- Sir Edward Kelley, the famous alchemist, was imprisoned by emperor Rudolf II in Hněvín Castle: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hn%C4%9Bv%C3%ADn_Castle (although the original castle was demolished after the Thirty Years' War, the current castle is a literal tourist attraction built shortly before World War I).
Ahoj , krasne video jen mala poznamka z meho milovaneho zlina ... Baťův mrakodrap - 76m ve své době druhá nejvišší budova evropy :) ( 1938 ). ( a ano Az Tower je větší ale zase mladší :D ) A s krasnou vyhlidkou a restauraci na střeše.
Dáma se pilně učí česky, tak buďte prosím pozornější, co se týče gramatiky. Ať ji nematete.
opravdovy mrakodrap v souvislosti s tehdejsi Empire Sate Building - 381m :D
Skvělé jako vždy!
Je tam však malinká chyba ohledně dostupnosti zbraní. Pro slušné a zodpovědné občany jsou u nás zbraně dostupnější než ve většině zemí Evropy. Dostupnější než v Kalifornii! A i právě proto je u nás bezpečně.
A můžeme je mít a nosit přímo pro obranu, narozdíl od většiny Evropy. Právo na obranu se zbraní máme už dokonce v ústavě.
Very nice , ... as always
Brno, ... Brno , ... Brno ... My hometown ...
As I listened to you, I realized that I don´t have to visit Czechia. I have all of that in Slovakia 😀😀😀
And have you been here? 50°2'58.243"N, 14°24'16.971"E Yet another unusual amazing view :))) Love your videos!
I will be visiting Prague for the 3rd time to "again" participate in an English Immersion Program in August. I would love to have a coffee with you and talk about relocating to Prague.
... again you have polished the Czech ego, perfectly :) ... a very nice video, again! But you have forgot of Bata´s "mrakodrap" - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba%C5%A5a%27s_Skyscraper :) .
I stayed in a friend's panel flat for a few weeks. I really liked it. Everything was nearby within walking distance, even the subway, or the bus stop was 50 meters away if you didn't feel like walking.
I’m no gun nut, but obtaining a gun license in the Czech Republic, all with concealed-carry permit, is about as difficult as getting a driver’s license.
Arguably, that’s part of why the country is relatively safe, though it’s a combination of factors.
What’s the difference between Czechia and Texas?
In Czechia, breastfeeding in public is OK; open carry is not.
That. Our concelaed carry rules are more permissive than many US states in fact.
I have been through the process and I would say that it is bit easier than driver's licence even. Then again, I do hate driving...
The difficulty is relative. It's still more difficult than most places than Jen has a reference for (in the US).
Well, even total idiot can have driver license, they literally give it to everyone who pays, so I hope obtaining a gun license is at least slightly harder. Some people have literally IQ of room temperature, they have no idea about basic mechanics and physics and still, they have driver license. I believe that even orangutan could obtain driver license in Czech Republic.
I would be a poor fit for a gun license. I'm very glad the potential attacker doesn't know that.
And I'd say among Czech gun license holders, the system helps a lot to have quite a lot of *responsible* gun owners while having minimal gun-crazed idiots armed.
Greetings from Czech Paradise :) Nice to mention us :) ....and that stroke/cut line to Moscow just mean you are getting Czech sense of humor into your blood :) Jen tak dál Jen. Jsi více a více Čechem s každým dílem Tvého videa :)
Oh, you're finally a naturalized citizen to this city! You should check the "Prague institute for insulting the Brno" :-) Cheers!
Insulting what? 😉
@@Fjertil The only joke you can live in. Thank me later.
11: 40 its the same in UK, i guess in both countries( and prolly in others as well) they are concerned about cheating and using illegal means to pass those tests. I've been searched- well, my pockets and wrists and such- for written answers on me and for any elctronic device, those as well as watches and excessive clothing had to stay in the locker outside the actual testing room, then in the room itself strictly separated from others and very precisely instructed what to do and not to do during and after the test as well, so i dont think that in this exact situation it was due the mythical k.u.k. bureaucracy and its legendary anal adherence to every rule available and even remotely applicable.
For any Vegans planning to visit Brno, don't worry it is as vegan friendly as Prague is ! ( I totally recommend the "Pilgrim" restaurant ) :) But beware of Olomouc, there are not so many options. And unfortunately their best restaurant closed it's business recently.
Ahoj Jen, thanks for really great video! :-)
Just for information - we don´t have any skyskaper, but we had! Check out a skyscaper in Zlín - it was built in 30s and it was the second highest building in Europe ;-)
BTW Be welcome in Zlín :-) You can see historical garden city there, but also quite unique rounded "paneláky" in the district Jižní Svahy. And much more... ;-)
No nevím jestli je zrovna na obou Segmentech něco k vidění :D. Možná z dálky, ale zblízka bych tam radši nešla.. Pokud bych nechtěla vidět místo, kde vypukla metanolka :D. Aspoň co jsem teda tak slyšela..
As far as unique architecture of Zlín goes, I can recommend Letná district with unique small houses for workes in Baťa´s factory :-). Or architectual experiment called Colective House. But I think Zlín has much more to offer, that´s definitely true :-).
@@whealtea Zlín není pěkné město. A nemá skoro nic nabídnout pro turistu. Ale možná i skrz to stojí se tam zajet podívat. Aspoň na den :-)
A asi nejvíce ze všech měst v ČR dokáže prezentovat ten brutalismus dvacátého století co se týče architektury.
Podpisy modrým perem - Neexistuje žádný právní předpis, který by stanovoval, jakým perem je dokument třeba podepsat. Podepsat se můžete čím chcete. Modrý inkoust se ale doporučuje z praktických důvodů. Podpis by měl být čitelný, voděodolný, neblednoucí a dobře schnoucí (nemaže se, nepropíjí, nelepí). Proto pro psaní kronik, nebo na matrikách je doporučen inkoust testovaný mimo jiné na světlostálost a vodostálost. Všeobecná rada podepisovat se modře vychází z praktických zkušeností, ve snaze učinit podpis co nejméně zpochybnitelným. Modrý podpis je oproti černému podpisu hůře zaměnitelný s černou fotokopií (barevná fotokopie modrého podpisu je většinou dobře rozpoznatelná), je obtížněji padělatelný (je lepší i pro grafologický rozbor) a ve shluku černých tištěných písmen je na první pohled dobře viditelný. Je to také otázka tradice a je pokládán za kulturnější, kultivovanější. A jde dobře k pleti ;-)
Např. představa, že by politik v Evropě podepsal důležitý dokument třeba černým tlustým fixem, je naprosto nemyslitelná a šílená. :D
ha ha ha ... semi functioning .... ha ha ha
Jen, super video. Mám však otázku - kedy prídeš konečne do Bratislavy. Chcelo by to stretávku s fanúšikmi. Určite ťa ich sleduje kopec. :-)
Jen, we have quite open gun ownership laws. As long as you pass the psychotests and dont break laws, you may own an attack rifle (no full auto). There is not even a strict rule limiting number of weapons you may own, like germany has. We also have considerable amount of them in populace, though much less than USA. The important thing is to use them responsibly, and to have users be part of a community. For example, becoming hunter (myslivec) means you have to pass their tests, learn their traditions, take part i their actions. You will first shoot at living animal year after joining. And during hunting season events, police will always show up to check alcohol level of all participants.
You should look into this topic, I bet this would interest american viewers.
And the psychotest is not mandatory, its up to your doctor.
Well Jen, you must think of following the rules of the nationality test as the part of the test. Look at it as a hidden task :D Also congratulations on talking about our country without mentioning beer once :D Yea aaand ... finding a "smart" way to disobey rules is somewhat one of our national habits :D
Wonderful. Well done indeed. Splendid idea might be, if you were in touch also with Texas Czechs and Chicago Czechs (the 6~7th generation of American Czechs). They still call themselves Czechs, they especially love Czech traditional music called "dechovka." They can be contacted via sport organisation Sokol or via their Czech~American organisation // they sometimes are called Bohemians.
You'd have a lot of new spectators ...
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I bet you aced that test 😉
4:45 oh no, there were 2 tragic accident past week. after almost 2 yrs without death under tram. :(
Tak jsem zhlédnul další fajn video o naší zemi očima „cizinky" a při pohledu na fotky paneláků jsem zjistil, že je tam ulice Jizerská v Ústí nad Labem. 😂
10:20 Jsem ráda, že to říkáš, aspoň jsem si uvědomila jednu z mála výhod paneláku - rychlejší Wi-Fi. :D Jinak ale není o co stát, zdi jsou tu jak z papíru a člověk slyší, když má někdo nahlas TV a snad i každý uprdnutí nebo zakašlání.
You mean back to Czech republic ? ;-)
Czechs love paneláky coz it’s nice to have a place live and not everybody can afford a place in Dejvice, or in the Old Town
You know you are a true citizen of Prague when you make fun of Brno.
Semi-functioning xD xD .... you are killing me. Anyway. I kinda envy Americans. They can come, visit our beautiful czech country and come home with ther budgets relatively intact. I have to admit I am a nature lover and I fell in love with nature in the USA. Especially Norhtwest - Orgeon, Washington and Yellowstone national park. Sure I can leave anytime with my homeoffice style work. But damn. I cannot afford it. So much money for just "not to die from hunger" there..... Once I will have enough money and time to finally visit, I will be an old man and I will not have enough energy and health to actually enjoy those wonders of nature. Oh well.....
To put it another way: if you watched lord of the rings movies and thought hobbits were pretty cool, then you’d love it here :)
Domnievam sa, že mrakodrapy v Prahe nie su stavané práve kvôli UNESCO. Sú nejaké pravidlá na to, aby dané mesto bolo zapísané v zozname UNESCO a ak ich porušuje môže byť vylúčené a to asi Praha nechce (keď je niečo na ich zozname, tak to viac naláka turistov).
mimo centrum muzes, blby argument
Jen měla byste se podívat do Ostravy. Ostrava je naše 3. největší město, má 285 000 obyvatel. A z nejbližšího zahraničí by jsi měla navštívit Bratislavu, hlavní město našeho jazykově nejbližšího souseda. Tvořil východní část našeho bývalého státu.
My great grandparents moved from Bohemia (Sruby/Prochody from what I can tell) in the 1880s. Consequently I've become interested in Czechia over the last decade or so and visited a number of times. My wife and I talked about moving to Brno when I retired but she can't take the cold and I'm not up to learning the language. So we moved to Spain instead. But we still visit. In November we're heading back to Brno for the Janacek festival and then exploring Christmas markets in Central Europe.
I know 100 years seem like a long time to an American, but in European history, it's just a drop in the water. Things we can blame Austria for are present to us daily. Like we have the densest train network in the world, because emperor Franz Josef was a fan of trains. Guys like Sheldon Cooper build models of trains, he had the whole empire for that. Or trafikas - only the countries formerly of Habsburg empire have stores/stands combining newspapers and tobacco - because the Habsburgs used to give the license to sell these as a retirement plan for war veterans. 2022 and they still exist together.
As a Prague's resident, I love what cool tips you give to people. Absolutely great content and explain better than a rodily Cech. Thank you again for sharing all of your knowledge. Sending much love.
No thanks, can't live without the ocean 🐬🌊🌅🏖️🐳🐟🐠🐡🦐🦞🦀🦑🐙❤️
i love your videos
World's best beer, and at really cheap prices. That's enough for me.........and I don't drink much in the USA.
question is it warm friendly and lgbtq friendly? is there lots of nature ?
I don't get the difficulty getting weapons. Czech Republic is one of the few European countries where you're allowed to carry concealed. Und everybody has a right to bear arms there
Beautiful video! Thank you. We are visiting Europe after helping a new school open in Lviv. Slava Ukraine! We're in Krakow, also amazing. We will stay in Tallinn for February, hopefully longer after my Digital Nomad Visa application interview on Feb 1st...Prague looks amazing too!!! I wish Czech Republic had a DNV!
Beautiful, really beautiful, but no sea, no ocean. Not feasible for me :-(
Nice video. One point, its not problem to get gun if you are without criminal past, irreproachable and do test and manipulation in front of commissioner. So, many people are armed, but only the "good" ones :-). So in my opinion, we have the best gun laws over the world. Anyway, thanks for nice videos a that you talking so kindly about our nation.
Ahoj. Great video. I love Czech Republic for many of the same reasons. But I live in a panelaky in Ceske Budejovice 4-6 months of the year, when I am not in my "primary" residence in Cleveland, and I love the minimalism. I can leave all the clutter behind and live a minimalistic life in Ceske Budejovice, which I note does not make it into your videos. Dis Brno, but CB is a fantastic university town with amateur musicians jamming in the pubs and wonderful fish pond parks good for a stroll or bike ride. I like Prague, but I like it here better. I will keep watching and maybe watch some of the earlier videos to see if you get out of Prague.
Big Brother? During communism 😀? Dear all, nowadays the Big Brother is watching you ! We weren't escaping from Big Brother. But because it was pretty affordable to have garden or cottage out of the city. Nowadays only for those who inherited, or have more money.
Ignore this woman! You’ll be much happier moving to North Carolina! Fifty years of “Best Places to Live” lists in American, glossy, financial periodicals can’t be wrong, can they?
Opět skvělé video, jsem nadšená :). Mentalita národu odhalena aůůůůůů :)
Díky za propagaci naší země...a za tu malou podpásovku Brnu :) Je vidět že jsi už Pražanda :)
Neznám nikoho, kdo by miloval bydlení v paneláku - většinou akorát nadávají na "papírový" stěny, sousedy nahoře a že nic nefunguje 😂
Já znám těch lidí mraky, i když se mezi ně sám neřadím. To bude jen sociální bublinou ;)
Jako dítě jsme bydleli ve starém domě kde s námi bydleli houby a plísně a potom jsme se stěhovali do paneláku a byl to od začátku ráj teplá voda,plyn.ustřední topení.sucho a teplo.Pro spoustu lidí byly paneláky a stále jsou skvělé protože do nich přišli taky z hnusných domu které zabíjeli naprosto spolehlivě.
Sorry, but your sense of humour is pure czech :) Therefore, you`re one of us :)
You have really czech sense of humor, Love it!❤️😂
Im new to your channel and love your videos. My dream is to move to Prague. Problem is- I dont know where to begin. From necessary documents, to finding a job, to finding a place to live. It all seems so out of reach.
Hi, I am pretty sure that someone must have said that already (but I promise that I scrolled through the comments and didn´t see it) but pedestrians vs. trams is 0:2 a few weeks already :(
4:35 Weapons (can)exist everywhere that 3D printers do. Violent crime correlates to a single thing that I know of - racial demographics.
Semi-functioning government 🤭 I think you are being too nice.
I don't know. Some of the ladies in úřad kinda look (and act) like they've been there since the Austro-Hungarian Empire 😂😂
Hey who allowed you do give others instructions how to infiltrate foreign country??
I'm sorry, but I just paused the video at 1:00 and I"m sold. Now, I've seen the whole thing and I think I'm gonna start Czech lessons so I can go spend a year there. Or forever, maybe.
Czech republic is now totally overpriced in terms of housing, especially compared to local salaries.Not a good moment to move there...
Hi Jen, you had your hair done! Nice job👍
Thank you for pointing out that Czech Republic has reached the Christ years! I see big things coming our way...
You atribute our safety to "difficulty of getting firearms". Almost nowhere else in the world are the laws so relaxed. Definitely not anywhere else in Europe. You can carry just about any firearm for self defense and a lot of people do.