Is Life Better in the US or Europe?
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- I'm French and my boyfriend Bobby is from the US, together we compare Europe and the US to see where life is better!
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This was such a fun and special video to make! We sat down and talked about our experiences living in Europe and in the US and as an international couple.
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I've never been to Europe (I'm from California) but I lived in México for 13 years. The best thing we can do is enjoy what we do and where we live but also explore different places. We are lucky that today, if we don't have the means to travel, we can learn so much online! And with people from so many cultures living everywhere, we can say hi to our neighbors who speak a different language, get to know them, try their food. The world is smaller than we think it is. Enjoy life wherever you are!
I live in the EU and have never been to the USA either, although i was going to fly to you a couple of times 🙂
Such a fun video Lucile :) thanks for inviting me on :D
I am taking my family of four including two daughters 12 and 11 for a cultural exploration of Europe for 37 days. It is my wish this experience leaves a lasting impression and for them to strive to explore things outside of their location and comfort zones. I know this trip will be great for me and my wife. I look forward to every challenge and success of our trip. Thank you for your great videos.
Wow this seems like such a cool family trip! Have so much fun :)
I hope you plan to stick to one location or two maximum because you can't do any cultural exploration of Europe in 37 days.
@@puccaland Most of our stays are five days. I don't believe you can get a true sense no matter how long you stay in any region. Being our first time, we will hit the highlights. I'm not expecting to become French, Italian, or Spanish from this trip. That could be another time. 37 days is what we have and it will be amazing.
@@xTremeSequencesThat's my point. Too many tourists go to Europe going on a marathon and they end up not seeing anything and spending their time always being in a hurry moving around and jet lagged. That's why I am warning you. 37 days is enough to visit two big cities. 5 days per location maybe if you're visiting only small towns but you'll miss the cultural part. If that's 5 days per country you'll just spend your time moving somewhere, then packing then moving somewhere. Again some people don't mind because they just want to be able to say "I was in Europe", take few pictures of the flagship monuments and do some shopping. That's what tour operators are all about. But I replied because you talked about a cultural exploration and many people don't realise what they are getting into.
@@xTremeSequencesWith 37 days you can get a true sense if you stick to one or two locations depending on their size.
You will find very good Indonesian food in Europe, but mainly in The Netherlands, as we have colonial ties and a very large Indonesian community
But ppl romantizise the US as well, in fact all nations/countries has some glorification ongoing.
Thank you so much for creating this video! Unfortunately, I don't have any friends who are born and raised in Europe, and I've always been SO curious to know what it's like to be from there/ live there. I strongly believe that the walkability of many European cities and fresh food/better diets, contribute to a much higher quality of life in Europe. But I guess at the end of the day, a lot of people's experiences in a country really depend on personality, job opportunities, and family/health circumstances. Social media really makes us believe that everyone else's life in another place is a million times better. I look forward to seeing more of your content and hope I can visit France one day!
I love this comparison video, such a helpful topic! :D I definitely was struck right way the difference between the food and the walkability difference when I traveled in Europe vs living the US. I was thankful that most people were understanding if you spoke some of the native/local language; people were friendly and would help you as a English speaker 😃Also, the streets felt smaller lol
Love this comment Dominique! :)
My mom is from Eastern Europe, and when she moved to Sweden from the Soviet Union in the 80s, there was a stigma on Eastern Europeans, too, like Italians experienced in the US. So after several years, when she had me, she didn’t teach me her native language either. Luckily, as borders opened up, I could visit and learn more.
Agree on the availability and public transit infrastructure - I live in London now and originally from Atlanta. Atlanta has no transit system to speak of. However, not sure your examples are giving a fair shake. The US is so massive. Saying "I can go from Paris to Belgium" is the equivalent in the states of saying I could go from Orlando, FL to Fort Myers, FL in terms of distance. The same mileage/kilometer distance leaves you in the same state in the US often. Chicago to Cleveland is 5 hours by train and car to cover 350 miles and Paris to Belgium is 3.5 hours by train to cover 160 miles. Not a huge difference when train routes are an option.
Yes that’s exactly what I mean: in Europe a train can take you to another country, in the US you are at best in another state if you take a one hour train ride !
@@LucileHR True - it’s great having countries so close together. I am loving exploring Europe from the UK. But different states in the US are unique as well, so all about perspective. People in the states get obsessed with seeing things internationally and most of the folks I meet in Britain think it’s cool how they can visit so many unique states in America. 🤷🏻♂️ Enjoy your content, thanks for sharing!
This was really good video. Please please please make more videos like this 😍👌
Thank you so much, I'm happy you enjoyed it!!
Top niveau, naturel and what a breath of fresh air! keep it up guys. The best is yet to come
I will take the donut over the croissant any day.
I just got back from Paris and I can still say there’s no place like NYC.
I love the story about the lady that complimented you about the beauty of the french language, for some reason nobody has ever said anything nice about my german,...
Hey Lucille and Bobby! Love your reviews Europe vs U.S.
Thanks for watching, I always enjoy seeing you in the comments section :)
The French are among those leaving their country the least in Europe and when they do they don't stay abroad long. The countries where people move abroad the most are the Switzerland, Germany, the UK and those from the poorest countries in Eastern Europe. And they don't really leave for work opportunities but to keep studying, learn a language and follow a spouse.
Probably fewer from the UK now, for obvious reasons 😬
@@tarrynlea Twice less French leave their country compared to the British and it's been that way for years. Not related to Brexit. Moreover when the French go abroad that's for a few years, then they come back to France. The British that's to settle somewhere else and live permanently there.
Because of language barrier
@@LEKIPE1 What language barrier? The French are taught a wide range of foreign languages and those who don't speak any can simply study them. Guess what? That's one of the main reasons why they go abroad. While the world mostly emigrates to neighbouring countries the British are the only ones crossing the world to go to English speaking countries. The French mostly go to non French speaking countries. If language for a factor the France is surrounded by French speaking countries so that's even easier to do like the British.
@@puccaland I'm French myself, you can't teach me nothing about my country lmaoo. Most people speak English, that's why more British move abroad. The French move to Quebec when they go to Canada, what are you talking about? But anyway, French move abroad for CAREER/ECONOMIC purposes/reasons !!! Because the job market is very poor in France
That's a great video!❤
Thank you!!
If you want to find authentic Indonesian food in Europe you need to go to the Netherlands. After all it was a Dutch colony and that's where most Indonesian immigrants came to live.
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Don't really agree with a few points you made... London is incredibly cosmopolitan and has so many cuisines to offer - they are very authentic (often you would feel like in completely different country/continent), so not just NY, you can easily experience this in London too… After the war there was influx of Jewish people who were desperate to leave their old life behind - they often changed their surnames to English sounding ones as feared to "stand out" and be discriminated... It’s not only the case of Italians moving to the US. Also... Europe is not as walkable as you might think! In London almost everywhere is far and you spend hours on public transport/driving and getting stuck in traffic. Even though the city is well connected not many people can afford to live in central London and walk everywhere... We have National Health Service in the UK which is free and I often feel that people are less likely to go to doctor (with every little thing) compared to continental Europe where people are often hypochondriac and go to doctor with every ich and scratch.
Agree with your point on cosmopolitan London and different neighbourhoods (used to live in NYC and been calling London home for 12years now). London is still very walkable unless you live in the suburbs, but even then there is always high street. As a city all these smaller villages grew in population and merged eventually to what we call London these days.
As for NHS, it's extremely inefficient and poorly run sorry. Even private "consultants" are utter mess and you can't get good reliable basic medical help as easily as, for example, in Germany (my partner is German and we spend a lot of time there)
I think, it depends on you, what you want in life or with your life. If you like the mindset of America or one of the countries in Europe. Because, as you sad, each one is different. Coming from Germany, for me Germany felt up-tight and stressful. America, there I don't like the healthcare system, and then I fel in love with Norway. Cooler weather , chill atmosphere, healthcare system like Germany and even more life -work balance, that's the country for me and I love it, moved here and living here ever since.
Europe is just a great place to live. US is good if a person is very ambitious and wants to work all the time. I feel that there are more opportunities in US for professional growth other than that everything is better in Europe hands down.
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I think Europeans will mostly go out with people they went to school or in southern Europe with their relatives and family members. In US it is more easy to meet people. You can just start talking with somebody on the street, but in Europe it would be very awkward. Although, when talking with Americans, they use a lot of movie references. I have not watched that many movies. So, I think it would be almost impossible to make new friends in Europe for a new comer.
The topic of being friendly and social interaction are so interesting between Americans and the French. My impression is that French people and Europeans generally are more polite to strangers while Americans are friendlier. A subtle distinction but perhaps you understand. One thing seems universal if you are American or European, If you have little interaction with the others you assume your culture is superior, if you interact frequently with others you see the strengths and weaknesses of both.
One thing Canada shares with the U.S. is the obsession with work. When you meet someone new the first question they ask is what your occupation is -- very annoying because that is how they assess and judge you. They don't take the time to know you (as an individual) because they have already placed you in a category.
Life style in Buenos Aires is so similar Lucile (of course we are not France hah we have so many things to improve ) but I see many similarities. We go for a walk for getting food,we have fairs and books shops, we walk a lot, eat a lot of croissants and pastries at breakfast, meet a lot with friends nobody care about work or how much money people have.
Love your content, Besos! Mercedes
Great video. I just wanted to give a vote of confidence to Washington DC. Not only do we have a great Metro system, but we are now bicycle-friendly. I live in the center of DC and can walk and bicycle everywhere. Also, considering we’re such a small city (600,000), it’s pretty amazing that we have more than 100 museums - many of which are free! We also have places like the Library of Congress, World Bank, and all the embassies, that host free concerts and art exhibits, etc. (Btw I spend 2-3 months a year in Paris; and, as much as I love DC, the lifestyle in Paris is so much better. I love that there are 850 marchés and that everyone is outside walking around, most days. And I love it that the arts and education - and friendly debate - are such a high priority to my Parisian friends.)
I hate determining what is better. It all depends on the person. Everyone wants to categorize, label and make a list. I’m American but I prefer France. Why ? Because it suits my personal nature. We are individuals and life offers a wonderful variety of for us to select.
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I am from another American country and I moved to USA, Chicago, Il and become a citizen. I love here so much south side , north side, west side and near east. There are everything and people of every where in the world in Chicago. Chicago has good public transportation from the city to the suburbs, horrible parking spaces although. The magnificent mile, state street, Harold Washington Library, museums, planetarium, navy pier, Lolopalooza, free music festivals, parks, sirens 🚨 all the time, Bank of America Marathon, always construction, bike paths, places to hike, lake front, 🤤 Portillo restaurants 🤣, CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS, CUBS & WHITE SOX, BEARS, BULLS, and much more. Variety of cuisine you can see when you visit here after you find yourself not fitting in one of your regular clothes. Also, I want to add that in America 🇺🇸 people speak English and broken English and we all understand each other (or use your imagination or phones to help to communicate).
Now Europe is charming, romantic, dreamy and very historical. We Americans one day in the past came from there toooooooooo 🤣👍 or some other place 🌎🌍🌏 thanks for this video it is well done. Also I like the earplugs to expand communication.
Couple seconds in and I feel certain I know the outcome. The travel segment is a bit bupkis, if you’re talking about size and walking distance is one thing. Availability of public transit is one thing. Look at Morgantown, WV for one with its own PRT (Personal Rapid Transit) just to travel through the city which is important for students, staff, workers, public, and game day visitors to travel. Buses we have in my tiny town. Train rides over there are Uber rides here. There’s not a nearby country in my landlocked state, but there are towns like Helvetia that are Swiss. There’s a lot of outside people that bring their culture here and have made their own towns based on where they are from. That would be like me saying there’s not any Indigenous people in France. I learned Portugese to communicate with my best friend in high school who is from Brazil. Before that I learned Spanish, French, and German for another friend, started learning Ukrainian language to converse with another exchange student but they had to go before I got it down right. Trying to learn Mandarin. Spanish was all that was offered in high school. That travel adapter is a huge development I’m going to get that thank you! At my age I would hope it’s easier to make friends overseas, that’s about the one thing I hold out hope for. Maybe one day international travel I can make friends I sure honestly don’t have any here. It’s definitely an American issue, I don’t want to go to the doctor ever either Bobby. Dang it Lucile that’s not the ending we needed 😅. Either way I love your videos and thank you for wading into these usual rough waters of a conversation!
Cleveland to Chicago, oh dear. Those are some grim, grim miles. Toledo is so boring that John Denver dunked on the place and if you start in Pittsburgh you may lose the will to live before you hit Youngstown.
I still don't understand why people compare a country with a continent. It's not a fair comparison.
Lucy , you are the greatest in the universe.!
Weird, Ive gone to a lot of towns and cities in the hole central/south part of the US and everything feels the same to me, all the gas stations, the neighborhoods and the shoping places and centres
yep, it's more like Texas different from California or Florida/Miami
New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, etc. are all VERY culturally diverse. Also, there are 40 million people in the U.S. for whom Spanish is their first language.
Yes I really love that!! In NY I used to speak Spanish a lot :)
Merci Lucile, grace à toi j’ai essayé du roquefort. C’était super !
Hey 👋 👋 👋 Lucille & Bobby I'm so lucky to have both of you has a part of ny life ! And there's a lot of people who speak French if u know what I mean ! lol 😆 thanks for this video 📹 Lucille and Bobby always take joy 😊 😃 when I see 👀 u and learn . And just have fun 👍 so thanks ! Love ❤️ you Lucille & Bobby your friend jamie 😊
Thank you for watching, Jamie!
@LucileHR thank you for responding Lucille it makes me feel good inside knowing I have such a good friend . Thanks again, jamie
Great video!
Thank you for being here :)
USA shares a border with Canada and Mexico. And Canada is multicultural and bilingual. It doesn't truly detract from the spirit of your video, but i grew up in Ontario and we were exposed to many languages. I grew up in French and am bilingual. My nonna was Italian and the neighborhood was Italian.
I think many Americans romanticize Europe because of the social services and basic necessities. I really wish America offered that. I Live in NYC and I don't think I could live in another state in the United States.
Dear Lucile ! What do you do for entertainment in Paris in particular , or in the entire Europe( besides eating and drinking out) ?
78% of Americans in the US speaks only English- what would be the figure for a European country such as UK or Ireland?
Actually people also oppose processed USD food with processed European foods, many of those processed US foods being banned in Europe because they don't meet the standards. Even for a same product same brand, the list of ingredients can be very different. That was a big topic during the Brexit debate because the British feared they would have to accept those American products after leaving the EU.
At the end of the day the average American household eats 65% of ultra processed food. In comparison in France that's 14%. Following the same diet in the US is way more expensive because fresh food is expensive. In Europe the countries which come closer to the US situation with 50% of ultra processed food in their daily diet is the UK, then Ireland, Germany and Belgium at about 45%. At the bottom there is Portugal with 10% (data for the EU or former EU countries only).
@@tube.brasil Never said the opposite. I said it's too expensive. Many people simply can't afford it. The price of fresh fruits and vegetables doesn't make any sense in the US which is one of the biggest producers in the world for such products. Ultra processed food is simply more affordable.
@@tube.brasil That's only very recently that soda stopped being cheaper than bottled water and I am not even sure if that's still the case.
Agreed. That was my favorite part of traveling Europe, all the food tastes way more real and is healthier. Food in America is mostly going to kill you 😭
@@puccaland worldwide problem, even in Europe.
@@tube.brasil Yes and McDonald's France makes more than half of its revenue from real estate not food. The most successful McDonald's restaurants are in the touristy areas and are packed with tourists and there are a looot of tourists in France. And if anything the quality of the food in Macdonald's France is superior to the quality in most countries. The type and quality of the ingredients. Moreover McDonald's in France is also used as a mere café with the Mccafé. Or when context is everything.
Anyway I don't know how it is of any relevance with the subject for McDonald's and restaurants in general are a recreational thing in France. That's not where people go to eat daily.
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I have healthcare and checkups are free and very encouraged but I rarely go.
Love your videos! I hope you travel to Canada one day and are able to show the world how unique and different Canada is!
I like that the US has a lot of international foods, but it is a fusion catered to what we would typically eat. When I went to Paris, the French food was so awesome. I did not care for the foods which came from other nationalities. In the US the portions are so large. I felt satisfied after I had a meal in France. I feel so stuffed and bloated after a meal in the US. In the US we are always snacking. Our foods are made for mass consumption with economy, so we use a lot of fillers, and much of our foods are processed. I think tolerance is probably similar all over the world which is less than what it should be. I don't know why, but many people want others to assimilate to them. I really don't care if people do or do not. I would just want them to live how they want, wherever they want, as long as it is within our federal, state, and local laws. People in the US have a better chance of becoming prosperous, but they also have even a greater chance of becoming bankrupt from trying. Most people here live risk-free and average lives which is probably how most in Europe live. We do have a problem with the ultra-rich getting richer at the expense of having more poor people. I'm sure Europe had that problem between the Bourgeois and the Proletariat. Universal healthcare is something that I think everyone should have, and whether you're rich or poor, people have a right to healthcare. I could never live outside the US. Most of all because I only speak English, but I don't understand the change in the current political state. Actually, I think it is due to social networking. People can now be in public and hide behind their monitor without repercussion. The saying, "The pen is mightier than the sword." has changed to, "The keyboard is the greatest weapon of all." Let's see what happens when AI takes over the world.
Don’t feel bad Bobby. I don’t go to the Doctors very often either. It’s expensive and I hate going to the Doctors.
Hi.I have been to Paris several times. I know the hotel rates are crazy now, and will be during the Olympics. Do you think they will return to normal in mid September, and early October? Thanks for your videos!
Rates always go up and down depending on different events so they should probably go down after the Olympics :)
Parisian hotel rooms are significantly smaller in size but more expensive than many other metropolitan cities. Make sure you also avoid Paris Fashion Week - rates go completely through the roof
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Would be nice to just say hello to you
For some time I watch your videos and like your travel’s share.
Greetings from Tinyhouse builder in Brussels
Thank you for watching! I love Brussels and Belgium and go there regularly :)
I hardly ever go to the doctor and I'm Dutch
First, yeah... Belgium has the best fries in the world, bar none. Belgium actually I think is WAY underrated for food... those Belgian waffles can't be compared to waffles from anywhere else. Moules (mussels) are amazing - and generally cheap compared to someplace like the US. Dark Belgian chocolate... the best in the world. And while I don't drink (at all, and always hated beer, anyway), Belgium supposedly has among the best beer in the world (sorry, Germany).
As to nearly everything else... size matters. The US is HUGE, and we have only two countries that neighbor us: Canada and Mexico. Apart from that, there's an ocean separating us from everyone else, so it isn't like we could just drive someplace (except Mexico or Canada, depending on how north or south you might be). I live in LA, and the nearest state would be if I went to Las Vegas, which is about a 4 hour drive (traffic willing) and that's just the very closest tip of Nevada. Going east, the next decent size city is Phoenix, and that's a roughly 8 hour drive. Go NORTH, and you're driving roughly 12 hours before you hit Oregon. Drive east from Paris and in 12 hours, you've crossed Germany and are in Poland.
Which is part of the language thing; a LOT of people in the US speak Spanish (more than 50% of LA speaks it as a first or second language; sadly, I do not - I speak French and German on top of English). But apart from immigrants, few had any reason to learn a foreign language OTHER than maybe Spanish. You're likely never going to need it except maybe for a week in your life if you travel someplace, and really, if you're traveling on a trip like that, you don't really need to know much in that other language.
Surprisingly, I've seen studies that show that FRENCH people are among the lowest in the world at knowing a second language, and I've seen reasons listed as France being so large and diverse that French people tend to take their vacations in France more than people in other countries. More and more - especially the younger generations - ARE learning English because it is by default the universal language, spoken more internationally than anything else (even if more people worldwide speak Mandarin Chinese because they have such a huge population). But you're more likely to find a German person who speaks English pretty well and maybe a little French than a French person who speaks German.
New York is KNOWN as a foodie's paradise, and it IS a lot like Paris in that it is not designed for vehicular traffic, does have halfway decent public transportation (the subway), and particularly in Manhattan, tends to be quite walkable with shopping within walking distance. Because of that, bad restaurants don't survive long, whereas in LA, while there ARE a lot of really great restaurants, you're also likely going to find a lot of mediocre or downright terrible ones.
So while New York might have "authentic" food available from a lot of different places, other places might not be QUITE so diverse, but large, very populace cities like LA, San Francisco, Chicago, etc. tend to also be SOMEWHAT diverse. We can get decent (or better) Greek, Thai, Italian, Chinese, Japanese/sushi, Vietnamese, Mexican, Tex-Mex, French, Alsatian, Jewish (deli)... even Ethiopian. Italian is probably the biggest, not a ton of French places (but some very good ones). For some reason, we just don't have a single DECENT German place. Not that German food is known as being great, but GOOD German food is actually pretty decent. Chinese food - throughout much of the world - is actually not really "authentic" but is really more CALIFORNIA Chinese food. One of my trips to Germany, we ordered Chinese in this small town where my sister-in-law and family lives and it was the typical, California Chinese - won ton soup, spare ribs, fried rice, sweet and sour chicken, etc. I could go into the history of Chinese food, but... too long a subject.
But I think the same is true in big cities in Europe... you can get a LOT of decent different ethnic foods in Berlin, or in Paris, or anywhere "big." Best Italian food I ever ate wasn't in Italy but in Paris.
Europeans - the French in particular - work fewer hours per week on average than people in the US. Despite individual "I seem like I'm always working" thoughts, the scientific, studied information says otherwise. Which is not to say that people in the US are correct in thinking that Europeans (particularly the French) are lazy because that's not true; when they're working, they're WORKING. They just tend to work fewer hours, and when they're off work, they're OFF work. Here in the US, you may very well be called or texted or emailed on a weekend or at 7 PM (19:00 for you), and that's not only unthinkable but ILLEGAL in France.
We also tend to eat as a means of survival, getting the food in as quickly as possible and getting on our way and on to something else as quickly as possible. The French, in particular, tend to think of eating as a SOCIAL event, to be shared with family and friends. That's part of life, and not just on weekends or special occasions, but as something done all the time.
Someone on another channel ("A Musing Aida") had mentioned that Parisians, in particular, are SO inundated with annoying tourists that they tend to just try to avoid contact with them as much as possible. Understandable, and likewise, I wouldn't be caught DEAD on Hollywood Blvd. unless I happened to have friends visiting from out of town and I'm showing them around.
The French (and the Germans) also tend to build lifelong, REAL friendships, and that takes really getting to know someone and building trust. The attitude tends to be that someone ACTING like they're a friend is being totally disingenuous, and especially in Paris with so many scammers, someone being overly friendly is someone not to be trusted.
Which is a bit of a shame. Sure, we in the US tend to be more likely to be "fake friends" who will say, "Oh, come over for dinner sometime" and not really mean it, whereas if you said that to someone in France (or Germany) they're more likely to pull out their calendar and ask you, "Ok, when are you available?" But the whole "small talk" thing can be nice. Sure, I don't really care about someone I'm going to see for 5 minutes standing in line at the store and then never see again in my life. But that doesn't mean I'm not actually INTERESTED in what that person has to say. No, it won't make a difference to my life if you came from Chicago or New York and moved to LA when you were 3 or 63. But I'll put those stories in the back of my head, filed away, and know I met someone once who was from that particular place and who told me some particular story. No, I won't remember who told me that their grandfather survived the holocaust, but I WILL for the rest of my life remember that I was casually chatting with someone who told me that story.
By the way, my wife (who is from Germany, but lived in the US most of her adult life and who has absolutely no accent at all) and I plan on retiring in a couple of years and moving to Europe. I'd like France, but she wants Germany. And frankly, as of June this year when the new citizenship laws take effect, Germany is a better option for me for getting EU citizenship (she's already dual, so that's not a concern for her).
PS. I STILL can't bring myself to call it a "chocolatine" 🙂
Wow loved reading your long and thoughtful comment! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with me :)
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I always think American cheese may have flavour factor , but for wider range of variation of colour , shape , flavour and texture , European cheese are more better in this category
American "cheese" is pure processed garbage and food regulation in Europe would not let it to label as such!
There is no need to go to a particular country to speak fluently a language especially if that's the language spoken at home. Most immigrant families don't go back to their country of origin let alone several times a year or even just every year.
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very interesting video but the video quality is terrible. Poor lighting, focus hunting, no color correction and the resolution is only 1080p in 2024??
Bobby looks French
I don’t know where is better but I can tell you where is much worse. Yes, it’s the UK where atm we “enjoy” american style public services and european level taxes. The worst of both worlds, aggravated of course by the weather
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I grew up in a small town in the United States most of my life. I moved to and lived in Atlanta for five years after I graduated college, and I have been living in New York since 2017. My perspective is that you don't really live in America... you survive America.
That's...a little extreme. Sounds like you need to make a change (perhaps a career change or a move to a different state) to improve your circumstances.
@@LuvThyMind29 Sounds like you ought to reread my comment without adding your own narrative… perhaps doing so will change your perspective on doling out trite advice such as “change your career” or “just move”. I’m fortunate enough to have been able to improve my circumstances from growing up below the poverty line in the American South to living rather well in New York. Not everyone in America, many of my childhood friends included, is afforded opportunities to improve their socio-economic circumstances. Many Americans are simply trying to survive. That’s the point of my comment.
@@coreyaaron7954 I read your comment and responded to it quite bluntly. You didn't like it. Too bad. If you don't like your situation, make an effort to change it. We're hardly struggling to survive out here. Our problems are all petty to people around the world that are truly struggling.
If you were able to change socioeconomic classes then know that this is one of the few countries where that is possible! Get real.
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The point on work was misleading sorry. Most people all around the world move first and foremost to a neighbouring country. In the case of the French that's Switzerland, the UK, Germany, Belgium etc. And the Europeans go mostly and by far somewhere else in Europe. Only the British are an oddity for they feel the need to cross the world to go to another English speaking country and their first destination isn't the US but Australia. Many countries offer more job opportunities and higher salaries even higher than in the US. Moreover the salaries aren't higher in the US but the Americans work more and longer. And a salary means something withing the context of the cost of living. The cost of living is more expensive in the US than in most European countries. Back to the French example the first destinations are in Europe and by far, then Africa then North America. If if take by countries the US is like the 6th most popular destination. The Europeans represent only 15% of the immigrants in the US and only about 5% of them take a green card. The US is far from being the land of entrepreneurs either. You will be able to find the stats easily. Still comparing to France there are the same number of businesses per capita in the US and France. But 10 times more new business incorporations per capita in France which numbers are skyrocketing while they have been dropping for years in the US. The survival rate of those businesses is also higher in France or Europe in general. There are simply clichés and stereotypes which are hard to kill.
For locked off shots like this, please turn off autofocus. Yes that's petty, but it's really distracting.
Europe by far food in america is gross
Excellent video. Yes, there are EXCELLENT, cultural foods in cities like New York, San Francisco, L.A., Chicago, Seattle, Miami……those are the largest, most DIVERSE U.S. cities. But MOST of the U.S. we call “Flyover States” because they’re really NOT worth visiting, (EXCEPT to see National parks), and the food is HORRIBLE (processed, white flour, white sugar, McDonald’s, bad, Bad, BAD!), it’s the reason MOST Americans are overweight, or OBESE! I can’t even articulate how BAD most American food is! I’m American, born in Chicago, lived in Seattle and San Francisco, and L.A…..and even Las Vegas. I’ve traveled ALL OVER the U.S., from Butte, Montana (horrible food) to Palm Beach, Florida (excellent food). Here’s another fact, many, Many, MANY Americans living in these “Flyover states” rarely travel. (unless you call a trip from Butte, Montana to Disneyland and back once every 10 years traveling!!). It’s the Americans in big cities (mostly) that travel to other parts of the world. So, to sum it up, Europe’s food is INFINITELY better (yes, I understand the Asian food in Queens was incredible, and authentic, but it doesn’t represent the U.S).
@@johnt2267 …..I’ve been to many of those places you’ve mentioned, as I am well traveled too (Hotel du Cap Eden Roc Cap D’Antibes next month!). …..what I say is true about many Americans and their awful eating habits! 🤷🏼♂️
@@johnt2267 ….and OF COURSE there is an occasional “local flavor” that can be experienced in Antlers, Arkansas or Podunk, Montana that isn’t McDonald’s or KFC, perhaps a recipe passes down generations, but they’re rarely healthy, or worth writing home about. ……I’ll stick to the cities.
@@johnt2267 …….I can’t even IMAGINE the hygiene habits of the person selling “boiled peanuts” (yuck, sounds AWFUL) on a road in Georgia!! 😂👎🏻😂👎🏻
San Francisco, Miami and Seattle aren't even in the top 10 largest cities in the US.
I disagree with the reason of people who don’t speak any other language than English. There is no justification for not speaking Spanish having most of the American continent speaking Spanish.
No justification? You can get by just fine in the US without ever speaking Spanish. You cannot say the same for English.
What about the hotties? Are they hiding in Europe? lol
I hardly ever go to the doctor and I'm Dutch