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She talks about people not being at parks but if they went during the day, most people are at work.
It depends on which City or town it is too
Yep or kids in school
It's not like no one works during the day in Europe! The difference is, in many places, you might have two or three small parks within a five or ten minute walk...so, weather permitting, people will leave the office for lunch and take it to a park.
We went on a Sunday 😅
Word of advice... If you notice someone carrying a gun legally, open carry or concealed, don't point it out! they aren't going to be the one you worry about.
100%
Truth!!
Stop lying, everyone with a gun is dangerous, concealed or not.
People who intend to commit crimes with a gun, don't typically carry it in a way where you can see it beforehand. The people carrying guns that you can see, aren't the scary ones.
what the entire world doesn't understand about the US
Very true 👍
It’s our version of polite/trusting society
As an American who owns a gun, I'm still freaked out about it. I've seen how people handle guns at shops and ranges. I don't trust the average person not to make things way worse with their gun. Either responding foolishly (like pulling a gun out to stop a property crime) or accidentally discharging the weapon. Again, the number of people I have seen flag entire gun stores or the firing line at a range is crazy. If I was sure people had basic proficiency I'd feel better, but in so many states people can just carry a gun without having demonstrated any ability to safely handle it.
@@nonconsensualopinion I'm also a law abiding, hypersafe excerciser of our 2nd amendment, and I agree with you about gun safety, my point just being that the guy OCing in a convenience store, isn't the guy thats planning to rob the store.
What is this woman talking about there's over a million restaurants in the United States and most restaurants have healthy food options and salads. You can get salads practically anywhere. You can't judge the entire United States by what you experienced in a small area of Ohio.
Then again she's German.
She doesn't consider American salad dressing "healthy" so I think she discounts a lot of them. :)
@@Trifler500 Whether it is healthy or not I love ranch dressing and blue cheese dressing. There's more to life than just olive oil and vinegar 😆
@@jeffhampton2767 Oh, I agree completely!
@@jeffhampton2767 and I think most restaurants also keep a Vinaigrette option
If they went to the park on a weekday, it would be empty. Most people are working. The school year doesn't end until the end of May and sometimes the beginning of June, depending on how many snow days we're taken during the winter. Ohio gets snow like we do in Illinois.
When you live in cities like NY, you live in apts, so seek the parks for outside spaces. In most places in the US, people have back yards, so don’t feel the need to go to a park. And many have pools as well.
I dislike cities.
I don't have a pool but a waterhose works most of the time.
@@garycamara9955Did someone ask?
In Arizona it gets over 100 degrees, yeah I'm not walking in that heat xD
It is not the walking to the store; it is bringing things back home. You are limited to how much you can carry.
The "beater" cars often look terrible but even in states that require a safety inspection they can get by. Since the inspection looks specifically at the "safety equipment" for instance brakes, lights, tires, glass and so on. So a missing bumper is not part of the inspection unless the lights are mounted in them. Heck I personally drove a car with a mangled front-end for 2 years since the lights were properly affixed and aligned even though the hood and fenders were out of shape and the bumper was missing.
If its mechanically safe, who cares what your car looks like.
I have had many beaters mostly to drive around in the winter so the salt doesn’t destroy your good car and I’ve always been a believer that if it runs good and is safe I don’t mind what it looks like.
My dad has a car with rust holes he filled with expanding foam & the driver door is a different color. But it was under $500 years ago when he got it & it's outlived the cost of it so he's happy.
@@carissadallke1345 Exactly, the one I was driving cost me about $650 after purchase and a few necessary repairs (radiator and some "shade tree engineering" for mounting the lights). I mean it was already 10 years old and wrecked when I bought it. I drove it for 2 years in that shape before I found a front-end clip for $200 then drove it another 6 & 1/2 years with a different colored front-end until the engine gave it up. So a grand total of $850 for 8 & 1/2 years of driving sounds alright to me. I guess that's basically $100 a year which is way less than a monthly car payment and cheap AF insurance to boot, but as mentioned above it was indeed mechanically safe.
@@carissadallke1345In the event of an accident, such a car could end its existence in a cloud of rusty dust and kill its driver. Therefore, a safety inspection required in Europe would not allow it to pass.
In many States including Ohio millions of people live in the country and suburbs and they have land they have beautiful backyards that are sometimes an acre or two acres or more and they have lots of trees they don't need to go to a park. There is no reason to go to a park😮
Northern Ohio here and the back yard IS a park!
I live in an "Open carry" state. I have seen 2 people openly displaying firearms. I was not at all unnerved, both were not carrying in a threatening manner.
I’m from Alaska.
Every restaurant has a salad available. Even fast food has fake burgers available.
McDonalds in the US got rid of their salads years ago and they don't have any vegetarian or vegan burgers at all.
"Free Water" is available in 90 percent of the country due to water treatment infrastructure. Something that we Americans take or granted compared to the rest of the industrialized world.
You want a real american experieince, pack a lunch and carry it with you? That what a lot of American do when they go on long road trips.There are thermo carrying boxes, AKA "Coolers" for cold and or hot meals.
I’m actually from Cincinnati and we do have a decent amount of trucks around here, but I believe that’s fairly common for most cities in the Midwest.
I rarely see them but so sometimes in places like LA and Oregon where I live but I see a lot of Teslas these days
I live in Louisville, KY and almost everybody has a big truck in the family!
If you're in a red state particularly away from a big city, if you panic every time you see a gun you'll be exhausted by the end of the day. Kentucky has coyotes and bears and bobcats and the people do not go too far without a gun. You'll find in States like Kentucky people also have a chainsaw in their car in case of storm comes in a tree falls in the road
Same in Missouri!
I grew up in Canada and still carry a 3' axe in my vehicle just in case I need to dispatch an injured animal. When I lived in the NWT I always had a 300 WSM for unfriendly wildlife. Now I keep a Marlin 1895 behind the back seat of the truck. Injured animals can be given mercy with an axe, but there are many animals (hogs etc) that will tear you to pieces if you can't deal with multiple in a short period of time.
@@rich7447 I completely forgot about the Road (not quite) killed.
@@rich7447i don’t actually think it’s legal to dispatch a not quite roadkilled animal here in Florida
'Beater' cars serve the segment of the market that need transportation without a giant price tag. Some people will drive their car from new until it doesn't work anymore through the beater phase of its life. Others will sell the car as it reaches that phase or before, getting some money back from the car while providing the car to another person whom the car is needed or an upgrade from what they already have (often passing their car down the chain at the same time if they are replacing).
In northern climes, it’s “a beater with a heater”
How does a guy from Germany know he's suddenly in a "bad neighborhood" in America?? What gave him that impression??
our bad neighborhoods are borderline 3rd world compared to europe
@@camerontamiko6145 You've obviously never seen the migrant encampments in France, Swedish slums, and third-world conditions in major European cities like Paris, Stockholm, London, and Cologne. 🤷♂
@@gamingtheory6035 a migrant camp is not a hood, it's a camp. the us has vagrant camps. ever heard of skid row? the worst us hoods are far more violent and poverty stricken than any hood in london or paris. it's not even close.
We have wild animals here. In fact we had a Cougar in our yard. We also have deer in our forest. No bears though, and there are no snakes on our hill.
We have counties the size of Germany.
New York city doesn't count as a driving experience. Try driving across the country.
Never run from a bear, you will trigger the bear's chase instinct.
That goes for a lot of predators
Black- Creep Back make unsettling human noise.
Brown- Lay Down, also you're in grizzly territory you should have bear mace.
White- You're too far north and there aren't many polar bears, you're looking for trouble.
@@spaceshiplewisTLDR 😂
Black, fight back
Brown, lay down
White, say goodnight
And you’ll die tired.
And you’ll die tired.
I live in Cincinnati and it was wonderful medium size Midwest city. One of the best things is it is surrounded by several other small/medium Midwest cities within 2 hours driving time.
Yes, we have beaters in America we are car culture. Some people can’t afford to keep up their car or in Michigan we buy a beater cause they put so much salt on the road you want to save your nicer car can you drive the beater in the winter
Agreed 💯
We had a cute little racoon that lived on our porch for awhile. We have an outdoor cat that lives on the porch,she sleeps in the rafters.
Yeah your not walking 20 minutes in a Texas summer. When i first moved the Dallas it was 85 during the day and snowed over night. Texas weather is next level.
Hi guys! The game Cornhole is where you toss a small bag full of, originally, dried corn into a hole in a board set at a slight angle. You can actually fill the bag with beans or beads or almost anything similar. Cornhole is kind of a Midwestern thing. Cornhole, unfortunately, is also a slang term for anal sex, so you've got to be careful when you say it!
Cornhole is played here in Virginia to a lot.
You have to understand,
You can have one state and have a different vibe in each city in one state alone..
Geographically and Culturally.
Now..
Multiply that times 50 states
And you have a extremely diverse country stretching thousands of miles.
Even in a small state like Connecticut or Rhode Island,
There are so many differences in Cultures, Histories, Accents, Foods and People.
I would love to visit Europe, Africa, Asia and so on...
But, I've never been to more than half of the States here in America.
It's just too big.
UK😪 i wish.❤
Someday i might make it to Jersey.
I have to go to Hawaii and Alaska first.
🇺🇸♥️🇬🇧
you also have different vibes on different parts of each city.. like my hometown East side is super chill no gang activity.. West side.. you see some things..
Some state, the car restrictions are more strict than others because some states you have to have an admissions test and a safety test done on your car every year but some states don’t require anything except no cracks in the windshield
In Missouri we have something like 103 separate counties and only 4 or 5 of them require you to have an emissions test. It has something to do with population density here.
I live in the country and it’s common for all kinds of wildlife recently have seen deer bear fox and turkey.
In the city, if you own a pickup truck there's always somebody wanting you to help them move.
When you go Texas you will see lots of people open carry Texas is very 2nd amendment friendly state
They mentioned beaters. That is because they didn’t require an inspection in Cincinnati. There’s a lot of places that you have to have your car inspected.
I live near a park with a walking track and it's just not that busy. Sometimes they will hold sports practices in the green area but mostly it's people walking dogs or jogging for exercise. A lot of families have play sets in their backyards for the kids or they will go play at the school nextdoor.
We are on a road trip right now.. The hotel has free breakfasts.. There's always something healthy to eat.. fruit, HB eggs, juice, oatmeal. And in gas stations, if you need a snack, there's always stuff healthy to eat.. like fruit again, cheese and meat sticks, yogurts. We try to eat at sit-down places, just to decompress after a long day of driving (don't get me started about the cars on roads that are insane!!) But there's always something healthy to eat. Yes, we had a burger for lunch at a FF place, but usually, when not driving, we don't go to FF places.
I honestly don't even pay attention to the trucks vs car ratio. It's just not a thing.
My British parents who have lived in Canada since 1975 wanted to walk to the pool when we lived in Texas (summer). It was about 400 yards/meters. I said okay.....are you sure. They barely made it to the community (HOA) clubhouse. It was a relatively reasonable 105F.
If you want a salad, you can get a better, cheaper one at a grocery store than at a fast food place.
I quite like walking to various places, especially when traveling, since I often travel to big cities. There really is so much more to see and take in when walking. But we are a country so accustomed to driving because of the distance.
Yes, cars are heavily based on location. That’s because our country is the size of Western Europe. So there are some places, the south east for example, where trucks are very common.
Our countryis lrarger than all of Europe..
Texas alone is bigger than Germany or France!
@@garycamara9955 No, thats false
- The European continent (47 countries)
is 10,180,000 km2 (3,930,000 sq mi) big
and has a Population of 745,173,774 inhabitants
- The USA (the only the country you try to compare in a pretty condescending undertone)
is only 9,147,590 km2 (3,531,905 sq mi) big
and has a Population of 331,449,281 inhabitants
*Which means that the European continent is with 1.032.410 km2 (398.095 sq mi) bigger and has 413.724.493 more inhabitants compared to USA*
There is a bar near my home that has turtle racing 😂😂😂
I find it strange to listen to the discussion about housing. Basically they are saying that the poor here sill quite often own their home rather than live in an apartment complex. Is that not a good thing? And doesn’t it also indicate that the poor here tend to be better off than the poor in Germany, given that they often either own a home or at least are able to rent a home rather than just an apartment.
You also make it sound like you're ok with neighborhoods without sidewalks. Plus a lot of places aren't built up for a reason.
She said they were in Kentucky when they seen the guy open carrying the gun. I've lived in Kentucky for almost my entire life, and I'm almost 40. Seeing open carry in Kentucky isn't that common, but concealed carry is EXTREMELY common. They seen 1 guy open carrying, but I'd be willing to bet that they unknowingly seen at least 50 people concealed carrying. Kentucky is a constitutional carry state, which basically means that if you are 21 or older, you can carry any firearm or bladed weapon, that is legal by federal law, and you don't have to have a permit. Constitutional carry also lets us carry stuff like nun chucks, blackjacks, and knuckle dusters. I love constitutional carry.
I'm so confused bout the healthy food issue cus I can get fresh fruit & eggs & vegan options at pretty much all of the gas stations & there's a stupid amount of restaurants alot that are actually next to those same gas stations here in Arizona....there are a few big cities & super small towns that you can walk completely around....also it's completely unsafe to walk along a freeway or highway plus barring extenuating circumstances its basically illegal to do it to begin with....one thing that I haven't seen anyone talk bout is country miles & city blocks....they are so much longer than people think....you also have to take into consideration when people speak in miles & minutes for distances cus most of the time they're talking about how much traffic or crowds you can get stuck in
Where I live, it's against the law to walk on freeways, major highways and even some of the major roads that have several lanes. You can't ride mopeds on them either. I always assumed that was the case everywhere.
What is a meatless sandwich made with? Peanut butter comes to mind.
Could use beans.
Grilled cheese?
I like cheese & lettuce and tomato. Tomato sandwich's are my favorite (New Jersey tomato farmer's daughter). Do egg sandwiches count?
We have fewer parks in the U.S because large backyards are more common! We have so much more space. And more smaller parks, neighborhood parks, that are built near a local ball field. Also, it’s pretty common for most schools to have playgrounds and green outdoor spaces that aren’t labeled as parks on local maps.
Beaters are legal in the US. There are no inspections, apart from emissions. Keep in mind that apart from some limited exceptions, most people can't work without a car in the US. Another consideration is cars in Hawaii and near the coast rust a LOT faster. I knew a guy at work who was driving over a mountain pass in the winter, and managed to completely flip his car and hit a tree. He was super lucky, because the tree crushed in the hood over the passenger seat. If it had been the driver's side, he would have died. He was also lucky in that the car landed on its wheels. He was actually able to continue driving down the mountain and into the city after the accident. He told me a cop pulled him over and asked him if he was ok. He told the cop what happened and that he did not intend to continue using the car after he got home. The cop wished him luck and let him continue on. The car was still legal, if of very questionable reliability at that point.
We don't go to parks because we work and go home when not working. Maybe on the weekend if we have time, but more likely elsewhere like a movie, shopping, restaurant, sporting events or outdoor sports if the area is good for those.
Police will only stop you in the US if you have a headlight, tail light, license plate light out or missing a mirror or something. If you don't have a bumper or even a door, you're usually fine. We have jeeps here where people take the doors off and people ride around with the jeep wide open.
If you are in any state in the south during the summer trust me walking is not advised. It’s not just the heat it’s the humidity….. it can actually get dangerous because a lot of people get dehydrated
You do not have to do any type of vehicle inspections in almost all Ohio counties so you can register practically anything that rolls if you want to.
I'm in the colorado, open carry is normal, trucks are more common than cars because of the weather conditions and we drive an hour an half to the nearest town for grocery and it's normal for us. But also the poor are more pronounced in bigger cities, they are very expensive to live in. We have rattlesnakes, scorpions, bad spiders, bears, mountain lions, and badgers.
I would love to walk more in my city but the infrastructure is just not there. Half the areas don't even have sidewalks and the last thing you wanna do is be walking next to a highway with no space.
Healthy food options when traveling? Find a grocery store while on the road. You will find pre-made salads, deli meats and other healthy options in the grocery store deli. Fresh bread in the bakery area. Also if you want healthy food options on the road, have a cooler filled with ice so your healthy food and deli meats don't spoil 😊
Cincinnati, Ohio is near the southern border of the state. Cleveland, Ohio is near the northern border of Ohio and Lake Erie. The two cities are like night and day!! Just about every state has differences within its own cites.
If you live outside of cities 90% of the families have at least one pickup. Fun fact for several years the Ford F-150 pickup is the number one automobile sold in America.
Re: Boxing Day, I believe (and I could be wrong) that only the UK and British Commonwealth countries, and perhaps some former British colonies and protectorates celebrate Boxing Day. It was first enacted in 19th century in Great Britain, so I believe only countries under British rule during this time recognize and celebrate it.
You guys need to go to Dave and busters! It’s awesome it’s got high end games bar and nice restaurant.
I guess Germans don't know what Google is. When we travel we Google for the local diner or café. If you stay on the main highways all you are going to find is fast food.
there are truck routes. freight is channeled to specific routes to keep it off roads that are generally reserved for automobiles . Pickup trucks are considered passenger cars
Cornhole is a pretty common game in the south. It does go by a lot of different names in other places. The object is to take turns getting close to a hole in a board which is actually kinda hard to do. Closest to that hole or through the hole wins. There’s a specific distance and you throw underhand meaning it’s much harder than you think. It’s a good way to have fun for a couple of hours.
Some states don’t have Car inspections to get rid of beaters.
Games you can play in bars are games you can play drunk. Except pool😁
I think Cornhole is most popular in the mid-western US, I have rarely seen it in the southern US, when I do see it, it is mostly at large outdoor family gatherings, and campground sort of settings.
The only time I've seen it around Memphis is at tailgates
I think more Anerican homes have yards than German homes. I have had alarge yard with every home Ive lived in and didn't need to go to the park.
our backyards are large and a lot of people sit on their patio and enjoy the outdoors.
Beater cars are mostly only in certain states. In PA we have yearly registrations and inspections, so it is very rare to see really beat up crappy cars. However, i have a friend from minnisota and they dont have those laws so he has shown me several pics of cars you would be surprised can still drive. Lol
I live in Minnesota and had a beater. A 1990's Oldsmobile with a different right front colored body panel that was removed from an exact same model from an auto junkyard 😂 Yes beaters are a common sight in Minnesota and Wisconsin 😂
20:07
The game in the U.K. that could be closely comparable to baseball would be cricket
Soccer would be a lot closer to American football
Ik what boxing day because the Bahamas, where I live, is a former British colony and the king is still symbolically head of state here
I'm sure seeing someone open carry was a shock for them. Some states have it, some don't. I grew up in the country. My whole family are hunters on both sides, so guns don't shock me.
The extreem heat 100° in a place like Texas or extremem cold in a place like Maine, Minnesotta etc. 0° or whatever would not be a good idea to walk.
Contrary to popular belief, we do celebrate Boxing Day, in the U.S. Its called National Take Sh*t you got for Christmas back to the store day. :)
Cornhole is very popular in the South. When I moved down the South I was first introduced to it.
Whaddya know! I went to high school in Cincy. My folks live close to Kings Island. You can see the 1/3 scale Eiffel Tower from their driveway.
We have Freddy's where I am now in NM. It's my fav fast-food burger joint. I also know Graeter's Ice Cream and Skyline Chili. I'm not a fan of goeta.
There are a ton of pickups in Ohio, for sure. People in Manhattan don't need a vehicle at all.
We have open carry in Ohio, you don't see it often. But when I do, I could care less, the massive amount of people in this world are good, don't be discouraged.
I'm a 55 year old American who has spent my whole life in the US. I've witnessed maybe 3 or 4 people carrying firearms.
The further south you go, the more often you'll encounter it, I'm from West Michigan.
Car inspection rules differ by state, county, and even municipality. While I live in the greater Atlanta area, I live in a county where we do need regular registration, but we don't need special emissions inspections. In some states, it might be only older cars that require inspection. In some places there can be two or more types of inspection (say, mechanical/frame and emissions).
The cost of an inspection is often capped by law, which leads to a certain pernicious behavior on the part of the inspectors: they always pass you, but they don't do more than a cursory look-over of your car. Others will insist that the car needs certain repairs, which the inspector's shop just happens to provide, before the inspection will pass.
In America, unless you live in the middle of a city, no one will walk more than 10 minutes, if even that far 😂
Except at Walmart. lol
I live 3 blocks from a target and my bank and I drive every time. Lazy, I know, but it has just become habit. I don't even think about walking there.
i do i walk to the convinced store almost everyday
@@joshsmith4512 Enjoy 😁
People will drive down the street and back just to pick up a bag of chips and a soda from gas station lol
Park here is usually busy on the weekends. During the week they are rather bare. Of course, larger cities will have more people in the parks. In the West, cities are more spread out so you have more parks within a city. One thing to remember is in the West is a massive amount of open public land. The need for parks is not as great when you are only a half-hour's drive from the wilderness. It is always hilarious to watch people from back East in our own country get awe-struck at seeing so much open land.
I had a friend from New Jersey come out and I took him to Lake Tahoe. There is a small old castle (teahouse) on an island there. He could not understand why there was not a tall solid fence around the scenic lookout to prevent people from seeing the island so a person could sell tourist film, and souvenirs, and charge people to take pictures of it. Apparently, back east there is no public land so if you want to see a natural site or swim in a lake the property owner can charge you for access to it or even to view it.
You don’t get away with vehicles without bumpers in the US either. A beater may be beat up but it’s fully functional including safety equipment. Beaters are for driving on ice so it doesn’t matter if you hit something.
Corn hole is very popular here.
Walking in NY is more common then in the rest of the country. Many New Yorkers wear sneakers to work and change once they get to work because of the amount of walking they do. It can be faster than taking public transportation or certainly trying to drive.
Best discription I've ever heard of to describe NYC is from Futurama "No one drives in New York, there's too much traffic!"
Baseball is a relaxing game. It can get intense,but mostly a family day game 👍
3:50 love this so far! I’m from Louisville, KY but went to school at Northern Kentucky University, which is right across from Cincinnati, OH. I interned at a CPA firm in Cincinnati during college and I loved they city!
The majority of people have their own yards which they hang out in when it's nice out, and most all apartment complexes have their own park-like areas for families to enjoy, so this reduces the amount of people in the parks. Their are more people in parks where these areas are not available, like in major urban areas.
The State of Ohio does not require car safety inspections.
Corn hole is a staple game for tailgates and a big party game
They are so afraid of guns, why aren't they afraid of knives. In countries where they outlawed guns, stabbing are prevalent.
If you want to see some of the history of the US see some of the places in Virginia.
16:33 Devou Park is HUGE. There could have been hundreds of people there hiking or at any different part and you might not even cross paths.
Ohio doesn't require any kind of permit to carry a gun. You just have to be 21 or older and not legally prohibited from possessing a gun (such as a felony conviction, or being legally deemed mentally incompetent). It's very common these days, and more States have permitless carry than don't.
You'll see plenty of trucks in Texas!
We have a few holidays in May, The Kentucky Derby, Mother’s day, Memorial Day.
As far as people in parks, remember most people live in areas with large lawns.
Parks were popular until the 1980s when crime forced people to avoid them.
If they were freaked out about open carry, less than 1% of gun owners open carry. for every 1 that they saw with their own eyes, 99 others were carrying concealed.
As far the cars, historically a car signified wealth so it was a goal to purchase a vehicle. As for seeing less regular cars (issue sedans), automakers in the US are producing fewer cars and more SUVs and trucks. Ford has discontinued making cars except for one of two models and have completely switched to trucks an SUVs.
Along the same line as cars, historically public parks are for the less wealth and urban dwellers because the goal is have swimming pools, cook outs, etc. on your own piece of land, not shared with others.
I really enjoyed this one. Germany is a bit different now, than when I lived there (left in 1992). I am coincidentally in Cincinnati now. Regardless of the plusses and minuses of each new place, I cannot wait to return to Texas before much time passes. You were correct about baseball being more akin to cricket. A double header is much like an ODI. You basically are taking a day of festivities that include a sideshow of sport. Super video!
In Cincinnati, if you don't see a grocery store for miles... your in a bad neighborhood.
You two should check out the Mall of America here in Bloomington Minnesota. Shop to your content...
We have a road in the Midwest called the Snake Road. There are 3 to 4 weeks where there are hundreds of snakes to see on this road. No cars are allowed people walk on the road to see them. Some are venomous.