Despite the fact that all of you kids think it's terrible, and I agree, nobody would sell the stuff if people didn't buy it. Same goes for that disgusting stinky cheese and those disgusting liqueurs sold in many European countries that are supposedly good for your health but really just makes one throw up.
@@woltersworld love ya dude and it surprises me that a lot of foreigners think we are homogeneous when Europe's even more then we are in school we literally learn about the melting pot called america
For amy tourists: do not be offended if someone addresses you as sir or ma'am. In a lot of the Southern US, it's a mutual expression of friendliness and respect.
That would be an offense in some places? I've thought sir may sound odd in Britain, but aside from that, where? Latin American countries basically do the same thing.
@@alexc2265 yea even some Amercians get pissed about it. It's when a southern person (older females mostly) say bless your heart, they are really saying you're a dumbass, your stupid, your ignorant, your clueless. Take your pick.
I'm glad you like Germany, plz stay there. Pat I'm glad you enjoyed your stay here hope you come back. Tremendous your also welcomed just make sure you leave when your time is up. I'm not saying this to Pat because we don't have a problem with Germans coming here and not leaving.
About the portion sizes: most Americans don't actually eat the giant portions in one sitting. It's very common to take about half of the meal home and eat it as leftovers for lunch the next day.
That’s true. You’ll often hear it referred to as “a to-go box” or a “doggie bag”. Americans in general do not like wasting food, yet the portion sizes are so big that most people cannot finish them. It’s a weird contradiction. It is unusual, but not uncommon, and not rude, for two people to order one meal and share it. Just make sure that you both leave a full size tip.
I travelled USA for 1 month. I gained 10 kilos because I ate burgers and desert pies for breakfast lunch and dinner. Best food is in the Southern States (Tennessee, texas etc)
Rick Muller had little money and made my own sandwiches as finding cheap sandwiches that would be kinda healthy, to go seemed very hard to come by (compare to Paris).
@@colinmayes5892 No, Indians are from a country called India, in mid-to-east southern asia. Native Americans are native to the American continent, hence their name.
An THANK YOU for addressing the friendliness of the people here, I see so many comments from Europeans saying we are all fake friendly, and it's simply not true. We say hi or Hello to random strangers when we make eye contact with them because that's how many of us were raised and because we feel it never hurts to be polite to someone.
Daneen H oh yes! In rural Midwest we have the three finger rule: pointer finger and fake smile lifted from the wheel if you see someone you don’t like, two fingers and a real smile of you pass a stranger, and three fingers and sometimes a wave if you recognize a friend or family member. sometimes (it’s very annoying and happens ALL the time on my gravel road) people stop, roll down their windows and have a conversation with another driver. They’ll chat until another car pulls behind them and then they say something like “ see ya, buddy” and drive off. Iowa is very friendly
I've visited the U.S. for two weeks and tried to pack into schedule as much as I could. Most of the people I met were absolutely lovely. You could trace my travel route as a rough triangle from MD, to OH, then NC. In these two weeks, I did not have a single meal twice on any restaurant or restaurant chain, and I'm certain I didn't even scratch the surface on the variety you can find there. Root beer is awesome. I brought some on the trip home and my friends said it tasted like toothpaste but **** them. I drove, I flew (man, Southwest pilots are actually rally pilots on the tarmac, they taxi 800% faster than any other airline I've flown, the planes even lean), I walked, I petted awesome doggos, I stayed at actual people's homes as a guest, I read up on legislation and courtesy well beforehand. The thing that caught me the MOST off-guard was being yelled at when walking into a Five Guys restaurant. I know it was a welcome, but geez, that could give any lone tourist a heart attack! (I was alone that day...) Hate the tipping system but tipped fairly everywhere I went, even hotel staff I never got to see (left them thank-you notes and weird international chocolate, as well as the tip, for the cleaners). The hardest part was actually getting $5 and $1 bills to actually be able to tip! Nobody seemed to have change, haha. Twenties seemed to be the norm. I only saw a SINGLE $10 note and didn't even use it -- I keep it to this day, as some sort of pink unicorn... OH LORD, THE COINS DON'T HAVE ANY NUMBERS ON THEM, WHAT SORT OF INSANITY IS THIS?! Tag price vs. taxed price? Meh... You kind of just get used to it, I guess. I did. A server in a restaurant asked for my ID when buying alcohol. I didn't carry my passport on me for fear of losing it or being robbed (yeah, habit forms when you live in a violent country) so I was only carrying my own country's driver's license and the geneva International Driver's Licence thingy (which is all you technically need to legally drive in the US if you're from a member country in that agreement)... Our driver's licenses are printed in PAPER and the server was just befuzzled, the DOB wasn't even in the normal US format. He paused for a second looking at it, then simply said "holy hell I'll just start counterfeiting these and get rich!" -- it was just a laugh for my friends and everyone around. "Free" nachos, ice water and salsa upon arrival at a Mexican restaurant also slightly scared me. I was on a tight budget. That kind of thing is DEFINITELY charged in my country and EXPENSIVE, to boot. At special occasions I do indulge on some Ciabattas + Olive oil as an appetizer, but that costs about US$10 where I live. Bread and oil. And that's when they don't charge it per person on the table... Seeing Vodka being sold in Walgreens in OH also looked pretty bizarre. Found it while looking for non-freezing washer fluid for my rental car. SO MUCH SALT ON THE ROADS. Then again, it probably kept me alive and not-upside-down in the middle of winter. My country never goes under freezing temperatures so we just stick plain water in there. People with older cars also just stick plain tap water on their radiator system... Rusts everything to hell... On cars. Everything's automatic and it felt like driving a Playstation instead of a car. Damn I miss being allowed to turn on a red traffic light to this day. It's such common sense. Even the Brits (calling on Clarkson here) admit it! But. My friend was absolutely shocked at me when I didn't STOP at a stop sign in a suburban, empty, deserted area. I'm a very careful driver that never speeds or does anything reckless, but that was just unacceptable! She yelled at me! I *did* read about driving rules there, but hey... We have red stop signs in my country. But they basically mean 'yield with extra caution' -- if noone's coming the other way, just coast right through! NO COP here would ever give you trouble for that. Sorry for the long rant! Have an imaginary banana.
mazzalnx just for the future, don't feel like you HAVE to tip It is an option, and it is generally a nice thing to do, but only do it if you feel they actually deserved it
I loved your rant! It gave me some perspective on things I considered normal. I was in Las Vegas this past week and I swear, I was tipping left and right. Before the buffet, after the buffet, tipping for "free" drinks. It was cray. Glad you enjoyed your stay, @mazzainx!
@Bai ley I think the person was referring to the fact that they can't do it where they are from, and miss doing it in the US. At least that is the way it seemed to me.
David Coleman Ok I’m not even opening up the can of worms about the tragic shootings but Police Do not target black people. It’s all situation based and no two scenarios are exactly the same, maybe watch Body cam footage and place yourself in the officers shoes in that situation. And before you bring up less than lethal methods, those don’t always work. Tasers can fail if both prongs don’t make contact or miss, not every police department has less than lethal and even if they do they may only have Tasers or maybe a bean bag shotgun. The officers are taught and trained to assess a threat and their goal is to protect their lives and go home to their families after their 12 hour shift so they can eat some breakfast or dinner and take a nap to do it all over again the next day
@@Bernesemtdog you were just dying to talk about race when it wasnt even apart of the conversation. dont, you're white so you wouldnt know what a black, brown or any non white person experiences when it comes to police or racism in general. You are apart of the problem. Refusing to acknowledge something you cant relate to so you dismiss it. Stop trying to justify murders that occur without a fair and speedy trial which is every american citizen's legal right. You say look at the footage but there is plenty of edited footage, footage they refuse to release and false reports made that benefits the officer. Stop acting like racism isnt a thing. I've been experiencing racism since i was a child at the age of 6 and this was in the early 2000s. People will hate you because of the way you look for no reason and simply harrass you because they can and will get away with it ESPECIALLY people in powerful positions. But i can tell speaking with you is like talking to a brick wall because you're old enough to know people are judged, stereotyped and are treated differently because of the reasons stated above yet REFUSE to see it. Have a nice life in your bubble sir. Oh and dont say anything about victim cards because people like you love to bring up race then want to dominate the narritve of the conversation to benefit your ideas you're trying to pursued everyone else into believing.
I have been to the U.S. six times before (7 States and Washington, District of Columbia) and have plans to return and I never really had any problems with transportation but, I like to walk a lot so I might not be the one to judge that. The thing that surprised me about America is the lack of racism and violence. We hear on the News that America is very dangerous all the time. And if you watch American movies like 12 Years a Slave, 42, Selma or Red Tails you get the impression that Americans have racist attitudes to one another. America really is a safe place to go to and I never experienced any racism when I was down there.
@@allenwalkeranime7968 You are welcome there eh. I always love Americas weather (+22c in Orlando and people saying Merry Christmas to one another), it's lovable people, it's good food, it's hot African American women, it's good movies, it's pretty flag and it's good presidents (George W. Bush, Barack Obama, {"Donald Trump" might not be perfect but a lot better than Trudeau} and the late George H. W. Bush, John F. Kennedy, Theodore Roosevelt and George Washington). I Thank your country for the help in the two World Wars, Korea and Afghanistan, hot dogs, cotton candy, sunglasses, kevlar, chocolate chip cookies, too many great Guns to list, Stan Lee, Sanaa Lathan, Zoe Saldana, Popeyes, potato chips, light bulbs, TGI Friday's, KFC and the photograph. My favored American cities that I've been to are Las Vegas, Chicago, Orlando and Washington, District of Columbia. Witch is your favored American cities to visit? Your favored American Inventions? Your favored American foods?
@@dljprogun Hmm... I recommend: 1. Albuquerque and Santa Fe in New Mexico and White Sands National Monument 2. The Black Hills and the Badlands in South Dakota 3. There are a ton of historical cities and landmarks in the South. 4. The Grand Tetons and Yellowstone in Wyoming
A lot of racial issues are quieter nowadays as Americans come to comfort with diversity. It's mostly a lot of little things like asking a white employee for help instead of a black one who're both within reach. Sometimes it's coincidental but sometimes it's a subconscious reaction. A lot of POC recognize that subconscious reaction pretty frequently, making them not feel too welcome in certain situations. Glad to hear you didn't experience anything awful! And btw liberals won't hate you for saying that. To say 'liberals will hate you' is part of the accepting-diversity problem we have, except this is about realistic political opinions. ✌🏼
I'll never forget when I took one of my good friends back home to the US for the first time and he was so shocked (in a good way) at how many strangers made small talk with us. I've found the extraversion and confidence that lots of Americans have can be very useful abroad (even if it rubs some people the wrong way), it will instantly make you the life of the party
My street house number is 11. My right neighbor's house number is 15, not 13. It's so funny how superstitious people can be .... And even if you are, why are you trying to cheat? Hope they (whoever) won't notice ....?
+RandomIdiotWhoCan'tFindAName Exactly the point I wanted to make. So, being the 13th floor the floor with number 14 is really bad luck, so why not skip 14 as well? Skip all of them actually, give them names. No I don't wanna sleep on Hillary.
That might sound like a lot but compared to Australia’s largest state which is 5x the size of texas it’s a quick drive aha, all jokes aside id love to visit the south of america one day :)
In Rhode Island you’re never more than 45 minutes drive from any other part of Rhode Island! Except maybe Block Island (an actual island). You need a ferry to get there.
GhostGirl 23 Yeah, my mom lived in the US for over 20 years. When she decided to live in Korea again, she was shocked at how unfriendly Koreans were... she was so used to how Americans would greet each other or at least give a friendly smile that she felt awkward at how Koreans were stone-faced and silent (and my mom is Korean, but she’s used to American behavior). I recall an incident when I was visiting family in Korea. I was traveling with my mom and she wanted to ask for directions- three people just straight up ignored her. Like god damn, she just wanted directions! I feel like foreigners get more friendlier treatment sometimes... (which doesn’t apply to me, even though I’m American, because I’m biologically Korean...)
@Kevin Zhang nope but my dad lives up in NY and told me it is so different from houston. If you acted that way in Houston you would probably end up in an argument or fight sooner or later. In Texas we are big on respect
They probably went to Atlanta. From LA I have traveled all over the country and I got to say Atlanta had to most friendliest people and best customer service.
Yellow Penguin I wouldn’t consider it fake but I give everyone new I meet equal respect no matter what or whoever they are. Most people treat you kindly but if you’re going to be a dick then I’ll be a dick back is basically the American motto.
As an American I was shocked when I went to Europe and we never got ice with our drinks! In the US you almost always have ice in every drink. Also, you can't go anywhere without seeing an American flag. On my 30 minute drive to school I see probably about 40+ flags. I was stopped at a stoplight once and decided to count the flags I could see. I counted 6. They are everywhere. Also, to anyone thinking about visiting the US, come visit the Midwest! Everyone overlooks us, but we have some amazing things to see! The North Shore of Lake Superior, Duluth and its lift bridge, the Twin Cities, Wisconsin dells, the Mall of America in Bloomington, MN (largest mall in America), the Mississippi's source in Itasca state park, Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota and the black hills, the Badlands, the list goes on and on. Plus, we are really friendly!
you want ice, Burger King and McDs in Europe (and any other burger places, even local ones) will come to your rescue, although maybe you will have to specifically asked them for it.
I went to Germany in 1992 and they did not have ice anywhere We ordered ice in our drinks once at a German restaurant the waitress said "ok no problem" and it took them about an hour to bring us our drinks we said why does it take so long and the waitress said "oh we were making the ice" . They literally put water into an ice tray and put it in the freezer when we ordered our drinks.
Ice everywhere??? C'mon that is awful / but very good for the seller, as it makes the selling price much lower/ So, you are just fooled if you accept your cup fill with 50% ice instead of your beveridge
I went to a cheap breakfast restaurant in the US once and the craziest thing to me was that fast food is truly fast food in the US. You get your food, you eat your food and then you leave. There's no like sitting around or enjoying your time after your food because there's other people waiting outside for a spot in the restaurant.
lol there's a mcdonald's near my old high school where there's a sign that says you only get 30 mins to sit at your table then you have to leave, i'm the slowest eater ever so i always take the food to go
I don't have any funny Americanisms, but I do have a Florida-ism: If you come to Florida, don't freak out if you see alligators. They're everywhere, and we really don't pay any mind to them. They're kind like big, scaley cats to us. Just don't let your pets near them, don't antagonize them, and don't go near the nests, and you'll be fine.
Wolters World if you ever get a chance go to Frankenmuth Michigan for their festivals! Also, the Mayville Sunflower Festival is a great experience as well; as long as you like tractor pulls and great fireworks!
Holland, Michigan. Except for Dutch people. Spend all that money to end up looking like you never left home . . . 😁 Actually, it's a great place. Even for Dutch people. Like a little visit home.
@@DDS029 hey what u got against the dutch i live near holland mi my grandpappy came on a boat from the netherlands good farming family what u tryna say foo
I’ve always wanted to visit Germany. I’m still in school, but I think Germany would be an awesome place to visit, the history has always interested me.
If you are visiting the US, please pay Missouri a visit! We are rarely visited because we are in the middle of the state and are landlocked. Trust me, everyone here in so friendly to tourists because we barley get any! We will help you around the state, give you some advice, because we LOVE helping. Just, think about visiting us. We are lonely :)
The midwest is absurdly friendly even for america. People in the midwest will drop everything to help complete stranger for like...hours....it's surreal.
Lets put this out straight Not all Americans are friendly! We are very diverse some can be rude some can be nice 🤷♂️. But don't be afraid if one of us approach you and start a random conversation it happens
I've had a few random people come talk to me about weird stuff like 10 times... once I was surprised to talk about how easy it is to get stuff in the US than everywhere else...
Im new to your channel from Sweden and honestly love how you can joke about yourself thank you. One good thing about americans is how talk friendly they are one of the reason why I want to visit the US.
I reccomend going to a place northeast where there is alot of cities, if you have the funds to go to new york, definitely go, ites breathtaking. If you want to visit anywhere else, cities like Boston, Philly, Pittsburgh, New England, etc are also good places to visit in the northeast
I'm a US American and one activity highly recommend when visiting is try to find and attend a Native American Pow Wow. We have 574 federally recognized tribes, all over the country. Many of them, also called the First Nations, hold pow wows the public is welcome to attend. You can see dancing, native regalia dress, music, crafts, food and hear stories. It's a wonderful educational opportunity that probably not many Europeans get the chance to experience!
It varies, but in general you get the hyper-patriotic Americans (many of whom verge on nationalistic due to their willingness to excuse certain things very easily), and you get the hyper-anti-American Americans. There aren't a lot of people in between. Of course, I think in every other country the US is a rather polarizing country to talk about, so idk whether this is really unique except that in our case it happens to be our own country.
101jir I think if you studied it, you would find the natural reality is that the folks in the middle are not as vocal like the 10% on each wing that you see and hear, and some people probably are just "virtue signaling" to maintain standing in their social group.
I‘m Austrian and I‘ve been to many places in the US within many years. It was funny and true what you said about a European in America in the video. The sizes 😲 The service 😍 The tipping 🤪 The public transport 🧐 The patriotism 🇦🇹🇺🇸 The friendliness 🥰 The food 👌 The freedom 🤠 Some strange customs 😳 Great sports 🙃 Great shopping 🥳 Great museums 🤓 I love your country!
@@wil.d_sage The strange "religion" you create round alcohol is our #1 of strange customs: The existance of "(fully) licensed shops" 😳 🏪 The brown bags to cover cans and so on 😳👜 Signs in parks and even in the countyside, that consuming alcohol is forbidden at that place 🌳😳🛂
I remember being 6 and going to florida, from uk, I loved it! Got stickers from a sheriff when waiting for our hire car, he could see I was bored and he let me wear his stetson hat 😍 never forgot him, I am 30 now and hopefully will be back soon 🇺🇸
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I’ve been to the US many times and it is all true! Many people don’t like the USA because of politics, but don’t let it fool you, people. America is a great country and Americans are a great people, it is impossible not to fall in love with them! God Bless America and thanks for the video! Hoping to visit this amazing nation again as soon as possible! 🇧🇷❤️🇺🇸
Americans are like the golden retrievers of the world really kind and friendly but we can be protective. And not every part of the United States the same kind of friendly. Like if you live in the West like I do it's normal to talk to people in line at the checkout, you go east people will look at you like you're crazy if you do that.
kimmyself Agreed! Mid-Atlantic east coast here and if in a long checkout line I think nothing of starting up a neutral subject conversation. About 3/4 of the people are equally friendly and will talk your ear off. However, being in Maryland we get too much of that southern drift of suspicious, just strange New York and Pennsylvania types (we call them "typs"). Still, their curmudgeonly behavior doesn't put me off my happiness. Life is meant to be fun!
@@peculiarfellow And as if that constitutes America at all, first of all New York is much more than the city and California is waaay different from even that, and Florida... let's not even get started.
"You go to Minnesota they're insanely friendly" Me: OH MY GOD HE SAID MINNESOTA, OH MY GOD WE HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED! OH MY GOD THIS IS TO MUCH TO HANDLE!
minnesotans are assholes...i know..i grew up there..all the motherfuckers mean mug and shit acting all hard and shit. and the cops are the absolute worse..especially in Champlin and Anoka area.
the size difference is incomprehandable, as a European. I was in Tucson, Arizona last year and had to go to Salt Lake City, Utah for a family emergency. my first thought was ; "I'll just rent a car and drive, it can't be longer than Amsterdam - Paris!" until I checked and saw it was over 11 hours, 775 miles. way too long for me to drive on my own in a foreign country! the sales tax is very frustrating when visiting the US for the first time. when looking at something in a store, I see it like "oh, it's $45, so it's like €45 after taxes gets added" I could write a book about those differences, being a 25y/o Dutch woman, having American relatives.
People often cannot discern the boundaries between being Patriotic or Nationalistic in the U.S. Pro Tip: Don't debate or discuss political views in public as some Americans will mistakenly interpret them as a personal attack on their beliefs
@@vinttag4312 patriotism is fine. The nationalistic extrene right mentality is a very bad thing. Exclusivity, only "real Americans" should be in office.
When I lived in France for a few months 30 years ago, one of my reverse culture shocks was our size. Good grief we are big people. As much as I learned to appreciate other cultures from living abroad, it made me more proud to be American. I do think we are getting less friendly now though, which is sad.
I think thats because of how big our portion sizes are in America. Also the plates and stuff sold here. I made sure to buy smaller plates and I lost alot of weight. Eating healthy really isnt hat hard lol
Two things explain the size: American restaurants, and cheap junk food. Junk food is probably the most efficient in terms of calories per dollar, and is a major reason why American poor people are not in danger of starving to death. It’s probably also reason why American men prefer skinny women, because you have to be rich in order to maintain a skinny figure.
@@SonnyBubbaskinny women was a fad from the 80s when cocaine was rampant and homosexuality was not open. Thick women have been preferred since sir mix a lot, and it makes, wanting your chick to starve is gonna make her look less feminine
My first shock when I visited the USA was that it’s basically impossible to walk a few hundred meters in a small town, because almost every car stops and asks if they should give me a ride.
LOL! If you're walking in an area not heavily traveled by foot, they'll think you've broken down in your car or something. Most folks mean well. Especially in small towns/rural areas.
I was an exchange student to Hungary. My host daily took me to McDonald's on the way to my host house for the first time. I don't even eat meat, but I asked for french fries, with 5 or 6 ketchups. Haha They were shocked, and I was, too, when I found out that they had to pay per ketchup packet! Obviously, I didn't insist on actually having 5 or 6 after that. 🙂
@@thiagoevangelista2754 Yep, it’s strange. The American restaurants would rather add a hidden 10-20¢ to the price of the fries and give away the ketchup, rather than try to charge an extra 4-5¢ per packet. And so this is what American customers have come to expect. Sales tax makes it difficult enough to keep track of pennies and nickels.
A funny story about the size of things here in the US. Afew years back I had some aunts and uncles come from Germany to visit my mom. One of them even got an international DL, but when they arrived he was terrified by the wide open space between destinations. I had to explain to him that Texas is roughly five times the size of Germany with one-fifth the population (17 mil vs. 82 mil). And Texas being 700+ miles or 1140+ km across just floored him, he almost fainted. But they loved drinking beer and they loved Texas BBQ and even enjoyed some San Antonio culture like th Riverwalk, Market Square and the tour of Missions.
I looked up the areas of Texas and Germany and found that the ratio's more like 1:2 than 1:5 (maps will mislead us due to their distortions), but yeah, thanks for this example of this common misconception. I feel like I may come to feel like the world's tiny when I go travel to Europe and so on.
My friend from the USSR (back when there was such a thing) said that when you visit an American’s home the host always seems to assume you are thirsty. They want to give you coffee, tea, soda, lemonade, wine, beer, or even just water. In Russia the host always offers food and instead of waiting for an answer they start bringing out whatever they have on hand to eat...even if it was going to be their dinner.
If your English and visit the southern states dont be surprised when you say something people want to take you home and adopt you !!!!! great people. love the south .
+ASE i like yours as well . i think its great . your very lucky to live in such a lovely part of the world . if i had my time again i would move to the south full time .
you right . I think if you are simply yourself and treat everyone no matter who with decency then you will see the real person in return . I am not saying everyone in the south is a saint . I am saying that my personal experience over a very long time of visiting has always been a good one . never had a bad one and thats a fact . you are very lucky to live in a very special part of this earth . I also believe that its the people who make a place great not just the buildings or countryside etc . its the people that make a nice place special . I get to come back again for a second go at this life I would wish to be born in the south this time . your a very lucky person .
+Elisha Ellis i think its the wonderful people on the south that make it great and special . it is what keeps bringing me back over and over again . not the "tourist" people but the normal ordinary people they are the truly special ones .
The best way to experience the beauty and culture all across this country is to get away from the interstate, onto the smaller highways and into the towns. This is an amazingly diverse country.
In December I was driving from Delaware to Las Vegas to move, we took two vehicles, I was towing the U-Haul. On the last day my late Fiancee's son wanted to avoid the larger Arizona cities, so we took the roads less traveled. "No Gas for 250 Miles" really means no gas for 250 miles LOL
Find one of the old US routes (US 66 used to be a good example) like US 40 between Columbus, OH and Indianapolis, IN. It's mostly 4 lane divided highway, but not near the traffic of an Interstate route except during commuter hours.
Yes and do your research. I live in Florida and there are hundreds of places to go to do interesting things other than Disney World, Sea World or Kennedy Space Center. And don't go to the beach where the tourists go. Find out where the locals go and bring a picnic. One place I go to charges $5 to park your vehicle and there is a toll road that charges $1.50 but then that is it. It has the best beaches in the world in my opinion.
@@notthegoatseguy When you go to Boston, go to the North End (Italian neighborhood) and stop at Mike's Pastry. They make the best cannolis. Everyone in Boston knows where Mike's is. Ask anyone. Do a duck tour of Boston. It's so much fun. Catch the Red Line train to Harvard Square and take a tour of Harvard University. Take a walk down Newbury Street. They have the best stores for shopping. Check out the aquarium in Boston. After the aquarium, a short walk away is the old Statehouse. The Boston Massacre happened there and the Declaration of Independence was read there. Take a walking tour and ask them to show you where Ben Franklin was born. It's off Washington Street. Take a tour of Fenway Park, home of the Red Sox and I believe it's the oldest ball park in the country. Have a great time.
Big C so why are there so many different rules from state to state and why can't police cross state lines to catch a law beaker - car thief - speeding motorist for instance?
The people being friendly is super accurate. Coming from a Hispanic background, our people can be so reserved with strangers. Whites are super friendly, though. Especially the older folk, they'll literally just start up a conversation with you in public and start going on about their grandchildren, it's pretty adorable.
I'm British and have visited the USA many times , I love the free refills , I love the squirty cheese , I love the giant cheese burgers and hotdogs , I love the massive shopping mall's and all the American people I met were really nice , nothing wierd for me xxxxx
Michelle Rice Safety Tip: Im texan and the food is big for a reason its artifical and made from a bunch of meats grinded together but we dong care and we still eat 😂😂 everything thats huge and cheap its a downstreak to it but the downstreaks arent that effective in my view
I love how we Americans are so insanely patriotic, from birth may seem to others, but we regularly break one of our own cardinal laws of patriotism...Our own U.S. Flag Code of Conduct - Chapter 10: 176D) The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. 176C) The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free. 176I) The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever... 176I) ...It should not be embroidered on such articles cushions or handkerchiefs and the like... 176I)...or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard. 176J) No part of the U.S. flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform. (WE'VE FAILED SO HARD IN ALL OF THESE!)
wearing, advertising and embroidering mean an actual flag. not just the colors and stars. It has to be a real American flag to fall under these statutes.
Just for those who may be confused about wearing the American flag as clothing. Simple as this... You can not turn a real American flag into clothing, however you can wear American flag colors as long as it is not made from the actual flag.
No mention of guns? LOL ... My friends from Japan were SHOCKED when they realized I carry a Colt 1911 45acp pistol wherever we went ... took them to the shooting range I go to, and they had the time of their life shooting the various guns I brought there for their enjoyment.
yeah he did ignore the large number of guns and gun owners in the US when i was in school we had a couple foreign exchange students and they either expected everyone to have guns at all times or were amazed by how many people know how to handle a firearm and own at least one.
Lots of Americans do have civil war in mind as preppers so they are into guns and very dark topics. Many gun owners do carry and most probably don't own a gun. Road rage is a real public danger in the US and people do get shot dead when it has nothing to do with defense with a right to bear arms. Look out for idiots!
I'm a Korean American but I go to Thailand every year for two months at a time. One thing that always shocks people is when I tell them that there are a lot of poor and homeless people in America. Everyone assumes it's just this country where there is absoloutley nothing to do with poverty.
@@djsjmc511 maybe in your area of the country but there's still large sections of the country where that's not true. It is slowly getting worse though.
@@jeremiahblake3949 what do you consider a city? In florida its everywhere almost iv ben to many of the major cities in America and iv seen homeless in all of them
After 2 trips in the US as a Frenchman, I can say what shocked me in the US. I think the main positive thing that shocked me is how gorgeous it is. Now, I visited California, Arizona, Utah and on another trip Boston, Cape Cod and Maine. In New England I was surprised by the cleanliness, the pretty colonial houses everywhere... In the South West, it was the parks. And more than the National Parks, there's also a lot of non-protected beautiful areas. Everywhere you go there's pretty mountains. Also, the coast is much better preserved in the US than in France for example, including in touristy places like Cape Cod. Cote d'Azur is a tourist nightmare, with concrete everywhere and crowded beaches. Our pretty coast is in Brittany, Corsica, or Normandy. The main negative thing that shocked me in the US is how ugly the cities are. I liked Boston and Moab. That's it. I found LA, Phoenix, Tucson, or Portland, Maine, to be just ugly. Sprawling, industrial, not interesting architecture-wise. No public transport to visit on foot, it's like you need to take your car and drive 10 miles to go to a restaurant... Hated the big traffic jams and the fact that everyone has a car. For such a car-oriented people, the roads are not in good shape. Potholes everywhere, poor signage, the infrastructure IS crumbling and it's no wonder it's was the ONE thing in common from both presidential candidates' program in the recent election. The food also shocked me but in different ways: it can be very good. Especially Mexican oriented cuisine in the South West. There's also amazing beer in the US, American are even doing "beercations" where they visit breweries during a road trip. That was a real enlightenment. Now it also shocked me by the number of rubbish fast food chains you have. Wendy's, In and Out, Dunkin' Donut, it's everywhere. Some cities like Tucson are just this, petrol stations and supermarkets. It's depressing. The people didn't "shock" me. Once thing for sure: I didn't see one gun while I was there, or felt uneasy (maybe in East LA, that's it). Granted, I wasn't in the Southern states (that'll be next year), but I didn't get the "nasty creationist judgemental asshole" vibe in Arizona or Utah. I think you only feel how divided the country is if you live in it. But just passing through it doesn't really come up when you talk to people. Another thing that shocked me was the driving. On one hand people drive 10 miles an hour over the speed limit, and if you don't you slow down traffic. But on the other hand the sheriff in his white and black car waiting to chase you, parked in ambush on the middle of the road, is frequent. There are no automatic speed cameras like in Europe, so it's only police cars, you need to be careful. It seems like they don't care much if you go 5-10 miles an hour over the speed limit. Since everybody does it, why bother. But go faster than that and they'll chase you. All in all, people say Canada is friendlier, but Americans and Canadians are really similar. Canadians aren't THAT nice (they can drive like maniacs in Montreal for example) and Americans are definitely not that rude (haven't been to New York though, hehe). As for the food, as a Frenchman I can tell you it's easier to find good food in America. Why ? Because it's easier to spot a nice diner or good restaurant in America. In France, there are too many restaurants, and going on chance will get you a bad meal more often that in many other countries. Go to the countriside or the wild west in the US, and it's where regular people, locals, eat. If the food isn't good, they don't go, and the restaurant loses money, that's it. In France, there are so many tourists that as long as you have a good spot, you can serve bad food and still make money... The number of restaurants serving frozen food in France would shock you I'm sure. That's why they've recently created this "homemade" official label for restaurant so you can filter the bad ones.
Cheers for the South-Western Mexican food! You really had a treat with that one, it's a unique style only found in Southern California and the northern part of Mexico near the border (Tijuana), Even moving six hours North the food is.. different. The over-the-speed limit part, it really depends on the state, some are seriously stricter on that than others. I remember visiting Washington State and was shocked to see no one drove a mile over the speed limit. Growing up in San Diego California, however, we had a running joke that there's an unwritten speed limit of closer to 85mph (20mph over the speed limit) 75mph if you want to be safe. Living there you learn where the police cars tend to park (under overpasses, and built-in emergency lanes) and slow down when passing them. However, I've been driving 80+mph before and a police car came up behind me, went around, and kept speeding ahead. From what I can tell a speeding ticket is a lot of paperwork and if you go to court the officer who issued the ticket has to be there (otherwise the judge will cancel the ticket) Thus they prefer to catch people who wont show up at court (out of town license plate, expensive cars) or catch someone going fast enough that the fine is worth the paperwork. Why pull me over at 80 when he can go another 5 minutes down the road and catch someone pushing 100? Interesting about French restaurants and bad food, having been to Paris, I totally understand where that's coming from. I have a philosophy when shopping for good Mexican Food down in Cali - the worst shape the building is in (pealing paint, rotten wood, broken windows ect) the better the food is - why? Because that restaurant wouldn't still be in business in it's current shape if the food wasn't good enough for people to keep coming back. Near my parents house there is a 24h place that's just that, yellow paint repainted so thick it peals off in layers, rot everywhere, two boarded up windows, and black mold ingrained in the tiles... but man - you could drive by that place in 3am in the morning on a Tuesday and see 3 cars in the drive-through and a group of kids lined up at window outside.
Yeah the "unwritten" speed limit is true for a lot of countries. In Norway, the speed limit is usually 80 km/h, everybody drives 95. Because there it's the opposite of the US: only automatic speed cameras, signed well before. Canada is like the US, you can drive way over (and contrary to popular belief, they're rubbish at driving, talegating, full beams all the time...) but watch out for police cars. I lived in Australia, and over there the fines are so high (like 300 $ for barely over the speed limit) that no one goes over unless deep in the outback. In New Zealand, they're respectful despite their pathetic fines (we received a fine in the mail with a friend, and were scared of the amount, it the end it was 30 NZ dollars, which is like 20 euros...).
yeah there is a price hike on tickets going 25mph over the speed limit, so they want to catch you going 90mph/faster in Cali - I believe the ticket price triples, so a 85mph ticket may cost 350usd, then a 90mph ticket goes up to 1000+ My brother was pulled over going 93 once and the ticket was 1350. The judge ended up *lowering* the clocked speed to 89 and reducing the ticket price to 1000 since it was his first offense. But it's a serious offense (or strike on your license) for going that fast, since that faster is considered an endangerment to others (where as for some reason 89 is not "fast enough") Everyone hates him driving down, he never goes a mile over the posted limit >.>
also, I've lived in South Korea for two years, funny with the signed automatic cameras, all the taxi drivers have hacked gpses (vaguely illegal, no one cares) that track the cameras/speed sensors and will alert them when they have to slow down. Basically resulting in a rollercoster experience of speeding up to 100km/h then slowing to 65km/h every few kilometers when passing by the cameras.
Travelled around America last year on a tour. I loved it, great place. Generally the people are friendly. They helped me as a tourist when i was in trouble. The food was good and the refills are handy on a really hot day. Where I'm from nothing is free. The only thing i didn't like was the coffee. Everything else was super. I will definitely be visiting again in the future.
@a l You realize that Christopher Columbus never set foot in North America, right? The Bahamas are not part of USA. Or are you referring to the history of the North American Native Indian?
I live in maryland and when i go to pennsylvania it seems normal and when i go to virginia it is different but WV reminds me of home because im from western maryland
I feel like I'm traveling to different countries when I freakin go across the USA... The cultures are so different everywhere because this country is so big
I'm from Orlando, Florida and work in the travel tourism business so I interface with lots of international tourists every day, and the number one thing that shocks me about them is how often they visit and how they much they genuinely love it. I have spoken to many British people that come like every year, sometimes even multiple times. People are seriously obsessed with Orlando.
The first is very true. Friends from England visiting us outside Washington DC asked if we could drive to California for the weekend. They were surprised to hear that it takes about a week of full-time driving to get there.
Jens Clarberg the small size dumb thing was purely designed to be insulting, clearly, but mate, we have ten states bigger than your whole country. You’re small.
Make sure that when you go to a big city, make sure that you visit some of the small towns near by. Example: I'm from New York State, not NYC. There is so much more to the state than just NYC.
should have said something about being honest with the cops they normally will give you a warning. but if you try to lie you get a ticket. That is all cops pull you over for here is to see if your scared and trying to hide something. Iv seen people get pulled over and become almost instant friends with officers. Like when my dealership buddy was working on a hot rod and was test driving it he got clocked at 130 MPH didn't get a ticket because he didn't lie and the cop understood he why he was doing it.he also loved the car. Its not like on TV were they just want to arrest you.
Just saying anything to do with cops its all about trust. If you can gain the cops trust they are always nice. Start acting up and crazy and you will have a problem.
And you should have told them to stay away from the motels and stick to hotels. the motels with the door like 2 feet from the parking lots are pretty scary and dirty sometimes.
I visited the USA and people were friendly. But they never stop asking "How are you?" I thought maybe I looked ill as in Germany we do not ask people their health unless we know they have been sick. Lots of food and diverse kinds. I had first Mexican food in Arizona. Very tasty. True they give you too much to eat at one time. My American friends told me about tipping (Trinkgeld) and tax on things first. I encountered mostly nice people. Everyone drives everywhere. No one walks distances as in Europe.
Mike Gehre Good to know you had an alright time in my home state Arizona. "How are you" is commonly used as a way of saying "hello" and most people don't expect a serious response. I can only tell you about Arizona and not other states, but walking is rarely seen. Sometimes it gets so hot that many do not recommend it, especially during Summer in Phoenix. Hope you come by again!
How are you, is just another way of saying hi A normal conversation between Two friends would be Hey how are you Good how about you Good ( And they would talk about something)
went to Rochester Ny last year (from the uk myself) and the amount of friendly people I encountered was so welcoming and not one single look of judgement (I dress gothic) it was wonderful . can't wait to go back asap . such a beautiful place
Australian here i can relate to the size with tourists people actually die here thinking they can just drive from Sydney to Perth and dont realize there is a desert in between the two
Most tourists die in the desert regions of Western Australia's remote north and the Northern Territory. I am not aware of any deaths of motorists using the Eyre Highway.
And another thing, y'all have police checkpoints for drinking and driving. But you don't hold your hands up in the air so cops can see your hands and you don't explain before making every move like we do. My OZ friend was sleeping and I was driving in QLD. I pulled into the checkpoint and held my hands up in the air. Mr. Police said, "Hey, you alright there?" "Yes sir. Thank you sir.", my reply. "You can put your hands down." As he handed me what looks like an insertion device for a tampon! I said, "I'm reaching my hand up to take that." He looked at me like I was crazy. I held it in my hand. My friend woke up and started laughing and said, "Blow". So I blew it like a birthday candle. Cop said, "Right. You must be American. Put your lips on it and blow inside. Ok, off you go." As I drove away I looked in the rear view mirror and could see he was telling his buddies and they were all laughing at me. It is still, 30 years later, the only time I ever took an alcohol test and it was 7am in the morning!
I’m from Jamaica 🇯🇲 and I’m shocked at the amount of poor and homeless people in America, also the fact that Americans can buy everything on credit...also eating raw food and food without seasoning 👀
I don't eat all that food - get a "doggy bag" for take home! No one is obligating you to eat it ALL in one sitting! :-) Americans CARE about others - even if we don't know you.
As a foreigner living in the USA, I can add some more. -Animals. You can see them in the cities. Squirrels, bunnies, geese and ducks, deers and elks, minks and bears, racoons and big birds feel comfortable living side by side with people. It was shocking, but so amazing. Americans respect wild nature and animals are not afraid to walk near by or even live on your balcony and demand food every day. -Too many homeless people on the streets of big cities. Probably as many as on the streets of undeveloped countries. -Possibility of meeting a person from any country in the World, try food from anywhere in the World in one District. -Domestic airlines don't serve food, even if a flight 7 hours long. All you will get is a bag of pretzels and a cup of juice/water. -Medical bill is going to shock you for sure. -Anasazi ruins at Mesa Verde on your must-to-visit list.
The homeless have been a problem since 2008. Not just in the US, but also in Canada. I heard the problems spreading to Europe now too because of how the housing market in general is heading. Truly a sad thing. I hope our leaders find a way to atleast addrress this. Medical Bills are pretty shocking. You gotta be pretty healthy to have good insurance in the US. The wild animals part tho is the best part abt NA in general. My friend lives in Britain and can basically leave his window open overnight, and he doesnt have to worry about squirrels or birds flying in. No screens either. I live in Canada rn, and I know places where you gotta be carefull of Bears if u leave the windows open LOL
The homeless are horrendous but it’s because we stopped prosecuting drug crimes and closed all the mental asylums. Most homeless are mentally I’ll or drugged up, we need to give people mental healthcare and arrest drug addicts again to lower the homeless count
As a veteran Uber driver (9406 passenger trips plus however many Eats deliveries) I've had a lot of cool conversations with people visiting from other countries. I usually ask them what they like and don't like about the US and/or what surprised them. A woman from France said she loved the insane amount and variety of entertainment choices. What did she not like? "Oh my, what you guys call chocolate... UGH!"
Shout "BILL! BILL! BILL!" in public with a decent-sized crowd and see what happens. Disney has conditioned us to "Bill Nye the Science Guy." If that doesn't work try singing "Amurica!" somebody should say "Fuck yeah!" You could also try "Red Robin!" and listen for a "Yum." I love how memeable american marco polo is.
I can personally relate to a few of your points. First thing I noticed was how polite people are. When my family and I went to South Florida (we are from Denmark) we landed in Miami (of course) early in the evening. We were very tried and just wanted our rental car at get to the hotel. We looked left and right but didn't see the rental company. I asked a guy who looked to be of some kind of authority standing behind a line. He eagerly explained that we needed to go on a bus and wanted to follow us along but had to stay behind his line. He gestured directions to us all the way to bus stop. That wasn't the only time I noticed. Next morning (very early) I went for a walk (yes there were sidewalks were we lived). I only met poor Black and Hispanic people in work clothes walking (or biking on the sidewalk) but everybody said hello or "how are you". I never felt insecure even thou I had bought along my big DSLR camera (I got offered a ride in a private car but politely declined and walked to the opposite of the road - maybe he had bad intentions but I'm not sure). Second thing is the size of the people. I have to admit we had a preconceived idea of how big the people are and the receptionist at the hotel confirmed that. She was 6 feet tall and must have weighed more than 300 pounds. But she was the only obese person we saw the whole week we were. One thing that chocked me (maybe just surprised me) was that Americans clap their hands a lot. We saw the Sun going down in Key West and when it went under the horizon everybody stated clapping. We atended my brothers wedding a the beach and when the minister "presented the couple for the first time" he had to give us "signal to clap". Danes don't clap that often and almost never at ceremonies (a don't in Denmark: You never clap in church).
Dan Man 9mm is the only common one..... pretty sure 5.56 is the most commonly sold rifle cartridge. 7.62 close behind. If I had to guess, top 3 selling ammo are 9, 5.56, and 7.62. Fourth is caliber in .22. .22 caliber might be third
what got me was the lack of footpaths (sidewalks) in suburbs, they stopped at the end of the street, there was no way to safely walk along the main road into the city centre, I was even stopped by the cops for suspicious behaviour for walking
Suburbs can be very different about this, at least if you're talking about the Chicago area. Almost always you'll find sidewalks in inner ring and older suburbs of the Chicago area, while for outer ring and newer suburban areas you won't always find sidewalks. Sorry you got stopped for walking on a suburban street without a sidewalk, that's ridiculous that occurred to you! It's never happened to me, while walking in suburban areas without proper sidewalks.
SquidPies77 My town is small enough to walk everywhere, but to get to the store, you have to wait for the right moment and bolt across the street before you get hit by a car.
this guys makes me, an American, want to travel to America
LOL!
He really has me hype about America as an American
I'm a American and live in America
Crime, SJWs, and hot temperature (jeez it can be hot here in the south) are all you gotta worry about.
I thought that he isn't an American
like .01% of Americans eat spray cheese on a regular basis.
Tsrif Tsal v 0.0% where I live
Exactly. A lot of folks, myself included, think that is disgusting. Those that like it, more for you guys.
If I bought spray cheese, it would be a novelty item. I would then never buy it again.
the rest spray shit
Despite the fact that all of you kids think it's terrible, and I agree, nobody would sell the stuff if people didn't buy it. Same goes for that disgusting stinky cheese and those disgusting liqueurs sold in many European countries that are supposedly good for your health but really just makes one throw up.
Texans are the biggest buyers of our own souvenirs
Nathan Kelley Souvenirs in Texas are made for people who live in Texas.
True day lmao
Nathan Kelley, YES
*looks nervously around family living room* whoops
Vanna Del Rey I can’t tell if that means you have a fuck-ton of souvenirs or if you don’t have any souvenirs
Can we just appreciate he filmed this whole video across the entire country!!
Thank you Harrison
Or, ..... he is standing in front of a green screen!? :-)
@@okaloosacountyemergencyres407 The smiley was intended to indicate that the comment was not very serious...
What up 217/618!
@@woltersworld love ya dude and it surprises me that a lot of foreigners think we are homogeneous when Europe's even more then we are in school we literally learn about the melting pot called america
Dont sell us short on the metric system. We use it all the time when it comes to drugs
We also use it in aviation, as well as imperial. We also use metric in science. We are able to use both.
😂
We use parts of the metric system, just as much as Britain still uses mph and miles as measurement
Converting from ounces to grams is a suspicious skill...
I buy coke by the ounce
For amy tourists: do not be offended if someone addresses you as sir or ma'am. In a lot of the Southern US, it's a mutual expression of friendliness and respect.
That would be an offense in some places? I've thought sir may sound odd in Britain, but aside from that, where? Latin American countries basically do the same thing.
Alexander Colon sir isn't strange in the UK. We call all the male teachers Sir and after 5 years of doing that it sort of sticks in your head
@@alexc2265 yea even some Amercians get pissed about it. It's when a southern person (older females mostly) say bless your heart, they are really saying you're a dumbass, your stupid, your ignorant, your clueless. Take your pick.
TheHesK9 oh, ok. I didn’t know.
pullstringgoboom0811 Yeah, sir and ma’am can be sarcastic like that. It’s just not my first thought.
I'm from Germany and the friendlyness and the service of the americans shocked me at first. I was not used to it, but i loved it instantly.
I'm glad you like Germany, plz stay there. Pat I'm glad you enjoyed your stay here hope you come back. Tremendous your also welcomed just make sure you leave when your time is up. I'm not saying this to Pat because we don't have a problem with Germans coming here and not leaving.
are we americans suppose to be means or what???...
do you realize 3 times as many people in America are in prison per capita tthan UK?
For using free public toilets?
Vance, people get arrested for things that you're not thinking of
About the portion sizes: most Americans don't actually eat the giant portions in one sitting. It's very common to take about half of the meal home and eat it as leftovers for lunch the next day.
That’s true. You’ll often hear it referred to as “a to-go box” or a “doggie bag”.
Americans in general do not like wasting food, yet the portion sizes are so big that most people cannot finish them. It’s a weird contradiction.
It is unusual, but not uncommon, and not rude, for two people to order one meal and share it. Just make sure that you both leave a full size tip.
@@SonnyBubba how is taking leftovers wasting food?? 😂
@@Deadlyserpent1They mean they take the to-go bags so they don't waste food.
@@psychlover42 yea mb I misunderstood
Smart !
"Don't think every American just goes to McDonald's and gets fattened up, that's just me" 😂😂
There's not a country on this earth, on the moon, or under the sea that doesn't have at least one MacDonalds.
Lieutenant BaconWaffles Myanmar
I avoid Les Arcs D'Or like the plague.
North Korea
Antonia Aiello you’re not alone...no one judge me plz
10 things that will shock you:
10: - tasers
ZKB rhodas I just hope noones gonna shoot me when ill be visiting texas in the summer😂😂
Yep
XDDD
LOL!
@raffle baffle lol
I travelled USA for 1 month. I gained 10 kilos because I ate burgers and desert pies for breakfast lunch and dinner. Best food is in the Southern States (Tennessee, texas etc)
I don't have a license, so I walked all the time, and actually lost weight in the US haha ;)
s3lfFish Didnt you pig out on all the food? I walked everywhere and caught public transport. Still gained weight hahaha
Rick Muller had little money and made my own sandwiches as finding cheap sandwiches that would be kinda healthy, to go seemed very hard to come by (compare to Paris).
s3lfFish Hahah you missed out.
Rick Muller don't worry i did try some food ;) just not every day
Me, a born American who has lived here my whole life: 😮
Not yet you haven't
Anaiah Hubenschmidt how do you know
I'm native american!
Star Platinum So your what is known as Indian ?
@@colinmayes5892 No, Indians are from a country called India, in mid-to-east southern asia. Native Americans are native to the American continent, hence their name.
Who else here is from America watching this
zepher26 night DesMoines, IA
Excuse me, not all Americans eat that crap cheese in a can!!
Same here.
And if we do we damn sure don't squirt it into our mouths like this guy.
Zach Sapp me
An THANK YOU for addressing the friendliness of the people here, I see so many comments from Europeans saying we are all fake friendly, and it's simply not true. We say hi or Hello to random strangers when we make eye contact with them because that's how many of us were raised and because we feel it never hurts to be polite to someone.
ItIsFunnyDamnIt I’m in Indiana and drivers randomly wave at each other. Does anyone else in the country do this and think it’s normal?
Daneen H oh yes! In rural Midwest we have the three finger rule: pointer finger and fake smile lifted from the wheel if you see someone you don’t like, two fingers and a real smile of you pass a stranger, and three fingers and sometimes a wave if you recognize a friend or family member. sometimes (it’s very annoying and happens ALL the time on my gravel road) people stop, roll down their windows and have a conversation with another driver. They’ll chat until another car pulls behind them and then they say something like “ see ya, buddy” and drive off. Iowa is very friendly
Art & Junk We are so friendly in the Midwest! Much different than the big cities.
@@TheAnimationGirl You make want to visit Iowa lol
KanzlerOtto come to UK my friend you'll feel immediately at home!
I've visited the U.S. for two weeks and tried to pack into schedule as much as I could. Most of the people I met were absolutely lovely. You could trace my travel route as a rough triangle from MD, to OH, then NC. In these two weeks, I did not have a single meal twice on any restaurant or restaurant chain, and I'm certain I didn't even scratch the surface on the variety you can find there. Root beer is awesome. I brought some on the trip home and my friends said it tasted like toothpaste but **** them. I drove, I flew (man, Southwest pilots are actually rally pilots on the tarmac, they taxi 800% faster than any other airline I've flown, the planes even lean), I walked, I petted awesome doggos, I stayed at actual people's homes as a guest, I read up on legislation and courtesy well beforehand. The thing that caught me the MOST off-guard was being yelled at when walking into a Five Guys restaurant. I know it was a welcome, but geez, that could give any lone tourist a heart attack! (I was alone that day...)
Hate the tipping system but tipped fairly everywhere I went, even hotel staff I never got to see (left them thank-you notes and weird international chocolate, as well as the tip, for the cleaners). The hardest part was actually getting $5 and $1 bills to actually be able to tip! Nobody seemed to have change, haha. Twenties seemed to be the norm. I only saw a SINGLE $10 note and didn't even use it -- I keep it to this day, as some sort of pink unicorn...
OH LORD, THE COINS DON'T HAVE ANY NUMBERS ON THEM, WHAT SORT OF INSANITY IS THIS?!
Tag price vs. taxed price? Meh... You kind of just get used to it, I guess. I did.
A server in a restaurant asked for my ID when buying alcohol. I didn't carry my passport on me for fear of losing it or being robbed (yeah, habit forms when you live in a violent country) so I was only carrying my own country's driver's license and the geneva International Driver's Licence thingy (which is all you technically need to legally drive in the US if you're from a member country in that agreement)... Our driver's licenses are printed in PAPER and the server was just befuzzled, the DOB wasn't even in the normal US format. He paused for a second looking at it, then simply said "holy hell I'll just start counterfeiting these and get rich!" -- it was just a laugh for my friends and everyone around.
"Free" nachos, ice water and salsa upon arrival at a Mexican restaurant also slightly scared me. I was on a tight budget. That kind of thing is DEFINITELY charged in my country and EXPENSIVE, to boot. At special occasions I do indulge on some Ciabattas + Olive oil as an appetizer, but that costs about US$10 where I live. Bread and oil. And that's when they don't charge it per person on the table...
Seeing Vodka being sold in Walgreens in OH also looked pretty bizarre. Found it while looking for non-freezing washer fluid for my rental car. SO MUCH SALT ON THE ROADS. Then again, it probably kept me alive and not-upside-down in the middle of winter. My country never goes under freezing temperatures so we just stick plain water in there. People with older cars also just stick plain tap water on their radiator system... Rusts everything to hell...
On cars. Everything's automatic and it felt like driving a Playstation instead of a car. Damn I miss being allowed to turn on a red traffic light to this day. It's such common sense. Even the Brits (calling on Clarkson here) admit it! But. My friend was absolutely shocked at me when I didn't STOP at a stop sign in a suburban, empty, deserted area. I'm a very careful driver that never speeds or does anything reckless, but that was just unacceptable! She yelled at me! I *did* read about driving rules there, but hey... We have red stop signs in my country. But they basically mean 'yield with extra caution' -- if noone's coming the other way, just coast right through! NO COP here would ever give you trouble for that.
Sorry for the long rant! Have an imaginary banana.
mazzalnx just for the future, don't feel like you HAVE to tip
It is an option, and it is generally a nice thing to do, but only do it if you feel they actually deserved it
I loved your rant! It gave me some perspective on things I considered normal. I was in Las Vegas this past week and I swear, I was tipping left and right. Before the buffet, after the buffet, tipping for "free" drinks. It was cray. Glad you enjoyed your stay, @mazzainx!
You can turn right on red, unless its stated otherwise
mazzalnx the longest comment I've ever seen
@Bai ley I think the person was referring to the fact that they can't do it where they are from, and miss doing it in the US. At least that is the way it seemed to me.
Hugs to all my american people!! From Italy! 🇮🇹🤝🇺🇲
Hugs! Love Italian culture, especially the cars. Stay healthy!
Hugs
It's weird how I enjoy this and I'm American.
I know.
Ти славабуу!
I'm here to get shocked about my own Country.
IAmNot_Clifford same 😂😂
IAmNot_Clifford Agreed
pretty sure most of the people watching this one are american. How Typical right?!
As an American I was shocked to know we are nice. I just thought everyone was nice everywhere
"People from the USA are extremely nice"
Yeah.
Until you get on the roads.
@@DonaldTheChicken sounds like a ghetto man
A thumbs down ... It hurts more then flipping the bird
Or if you have different political leanings. Or follow a different religion. Then people are most definitely not nice.
David Coleman
Ok I’m not even opening up the can of worms about the tragic shootings but Police Do not target black people. It’s all situation based and no two scenarios are exactly the same, maybe watch Body cam footage and place yourself in the officers shoes in that situation. And before you bring up less than lethal methods, those don’t always work. Tasers can fail if both prongs don’t make contact or miss, not every police department has less than lethal and even if they do they may only have Tasers or maybe a bean bag shotgun. The officers are taught and trained to assess a threat and their goal is to protect their lives and go home to their families after their 12 hour shift so they can eat some breakfast or dinner and take a nap to do it all over again the next day
@@Bernesemtdog you were just dying to talk about race when it wasnt even apart of the conversation. dont, you're white so you wouldnt know what a black, brown or any non white person experiences when it comes to police or racism in general. You are apart of the problem. Refusing to acknowledge something you cant relate to so you dismiss it. Stop trying to justify murders that occur without a fair and speedy trial which is every american citizen's legal right. You say look at the footage but there is plenty of edited footage, footage they refuse to release and false reports made that benefits the officer. Stop acting like racism isnt a thing. I've been experiencing racism since i was a child at the age of 6 and this was in the early 2000s. People will hate you because of the way you look for no reason and simply harrass you because they can and will get away with it ESPECIALLY people in powerful positions. But i can tell speaking with you is like talking to a brick wall because you're old enough to know people are judged, stereotyped and are treated differently because of the reasons stated above yet REFUSE to see it. Have a nice life in your bubble sir. Oh and dont say anything about victim cards because people like you love to bring up race then want to dominate the narritve of the conversation to benefit your ideas you're trying to pursued everyone else into believing.
I love how you treat every country equally, giving the good and bad stuff and explaining very well for tourists! Love your channel.
Thank you so much. We try to be equal and fun with all places.
I have been to the U.S. six times before (7 States and Washington, District of Columbia) and have plans to return and I never really had any problems with transportation but, I like to walk a lot so I might not be the one to judge that.
The thing that surprised me about America is the lack of racism and violence. We hear on the News that America is very dangerous all the time.
And if you watch American movies like 12 Years a Slave, 42, Selma or Red Tails you get the impression that Americans have racist attitudes to one another.
America really is a safe place to go to and I never experienced any racism when I was down there.
Thank you for that. As an American I find it heartwarming when foreigners actually like our country. Thank you
@@allenwalkeranime7968 You are welcome there eh.
I always love Americas weather (+22c in Orlando and people saying Merry Christmas to one another), it's lovable people, it's good food, it's hot African American women, it's good movies, it's pretty flag and it's good presidents (George W. Bush, Barack Obama, {"Donald Trump" might not be perfect but a lot better than Trudeau} and the late George H. W. Bush, John F. Kennedy, Theodore Roosevelt and George Washington).
I Thank your country for the help in the two World Wars, Korea and Afghanistan, hot dogs, cotton candy, sunglasses, kevlar, chocolate chip cookies, too many great Guns to list, Stan Lee, Sanaa Lathan, Zoe Saldana, Popeyes, potato chips, light bulbs, TGI Friday's, KFC and the photograph.
My favored American cities that I've been to are Las Vegas, Chicago, Orlando and Washington, District of Columbia.
Witch is your favored American cities to visit?
Your favored American Inventions?
Your favored American foods?
@@dljprogun Hmm... I recommend:
1. Albuquerque and Santa Fe in New Mexico and White Sands National Monument
2. The Black Hills and the Badlands in South Dakota
3. There are a ton of historical cities and landmarks in the South.
4. The Grand Tetons and Yellowstone in Wyoming
Yes, we are proud of our Southern fried chicken, and chocolate chip cookies!
A lot of racial issues are quieter nowadays as Americans come to comfort with diversity. It's mostly a lot of little things like asking a white employee for help instead of a black one who're both within reach. Sometimes it's coincidental but sometimes it's a subconscious reaction. A lot of POC recognize that subconscious reaction pretty frequently, making them not feel too welcome in certain situations. Glad to hear you didn't experience anything awful! And btw liberals won't hate you for saying that. To say 'liberals will hate you' is part of the accepting-diversity problem we have, except this is about realistic political opinions. ✌🏼
I'll never forget when I took one of my good friends back home to the US for the first time and he was so shocked (in a good way) at how many strangers made small talk with us. I've found the extraversion and confidence that lots of Americans have can be very useful abroad (even if it rubs some people the wrong way), it will instantly make you the life of the party
As an american I'm surprised how i overlook most of these somewhat unnatural things.
wait hotels skip the 13th floor. Never noticed
isaiah monroig, you'll start looking at every elevator for #13. You'll be surprised at how many skip it.
My street house number is 11. My right neighbor's house number is 15, not 13. It's so funny how superstitious people can be .... And even if you are, why are you trying to cheat? Hope they (whoever) won't notice ....?
+RandomIdiotWhoCan'tFindAName
Exactly the point I wanted to make.
So, being the 13th floor the floor with number 14 is really bad luck, so why not skip 14 as well? Skip all of them actually, give them names. No I don't wanna sleep on Hillary.
Especially the lack of public transit, that's a huge negative of this country.
And when you're in Texas, you can drive one direction for 24 hours and still be in fucking Texas.
And the enforce the speed limit strictly in Texas. I got pulled over for being only 5 over!
That might sound like a lot but compared to Australia’s largest state which is 5x the size of texas it’s a quick drive aha, all jokes aside id love to visit the south of america one day :)
Tell me about it. Two days to get from here in Arizona back home to Oklahoma, and most of that is spent in Texas.
In Rhode Island you’re never more than 45 minutes drive from any other part of Rhode Island!
Except maybe Block Island (an actual island). You need a ferry to get there.
Obviously u don't need to come back
I'm honestly shocked that foreigners think we're so friendly and nice I genuinely assumed people were just like that in most places
GhostGirl 23 Yeah, my mom lived in the US for over 20 years. When she decided to live in Korea again, she was shocked at how unfriendly Koreans were... she was so used to how Americans would greet each other or at least give a friendly smile that she felt awkward at how Koreans were stone-faced and silent (and my mom is Korean, but she’s used to American behavior). I recall an incident when I was visiting family in Korea. I was traveling with my mom and she wanted to ask for directions- three people just straight up ignored her. Like god damn, she just wanted directions! I feel like foreigners get more friendlier treatment sometimes... (which doesn’t apply to me, even though I’m American, because I’m biologically Korean...)
Shit in the north like new york people are rude.. Im from texas so i guess im used to the southern hospitality
@Kevin Zhang nope but my dad lives up in NY and told me it is so different from houston. If you acted that way in Houston you would probably end up in an argument or fight sooner or later. In Texas we are big on respect
They probably went to Atlanta. From LA I have traveled all over the country and I got to say Atlanta had to most friendliest people and best customer service.
Yellow Penguin I wouldn’t consider it fake but I give everyone new I meet equal respect no matter what or whoever they are. Most people treat you kindly but if you’re going to be a dick then I’ll be a dick back is basically the American motto.
As an American I was shocked when I went to Europe and we never got ice with our drinks! In the US you almost always have ice in every drink.
Also, you can't go anywhere without seeing an American flag. On my 30 minute drive to school I see probably about 40+ flags. I was stopped at a stoplight once and decided to count the flags I could see. I counted 6. They are everywhere.
Also, to anyone thinking about visiting the US, come visit the Midwest! Everyone overlooks us, but we have some amazing things to see! The North Shore of Lake Superior, Duluth and its lift bridge, the Twin Cities, Wisconsin dells, the Mall of America in Bloomington, MN (largest mall in America), the Mississippi's source in Itasca state park, Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota and the black hills, the Badlands, the list goes on and on. Plus, we are really friendly!
you want ice, Burger King and McDs in Europe (and any other burger places, even local ones) will come to your rescue, although maybe you will have to specifically asked them for it.
As a born American, I hate the ice, it just takes up space and waters down my drink
Red Drink it fast enough to enjoy the crunchy cool goodness that is ice
I went to Germany in 1992 and they did not have ice anywhere We ordered ice in our drinks once at a German restaurant the waitress said "ok no problem" and it took them about an hour to bring us our drinks we said why does it take so long and the waitress said "oh we were making the ice" . They literally put water into an ice tray and put it in the freezer when we ordered our drinks.
Ice everywhere??? C'mon that is awful / but very good for the seller, as it makes the selling price much lower/ So, you are just fooled if you accept your cup fill with 50% ice instead of your beveridge
Another cultural shock is Americans drink everything with ice
Ice is one of the main things I miss when I'm abroad. I cannot imagine how people can actually enjoy drinking lukewarm water or soda.
They don't use ice?!?!?!
@@DorianTMChannel only with alcoholic drinks.
When I go to any fast food place I want a glass full of ice. You can keep the actual drink, I'm all about the ice.
If the drink is cold I don't use ice.
I went to a cheap breakfast restaurant in the US once and the craziest thing to me was that fast food is truly fast food in the US. You get your food, you eat your food and then you leave. There's no like sitting around or enjoying your time after your food because there's other people waiting outside for a spot in the restaurant.
I thought it was like that everywhere. But yeah, restaurants are not a place to hang out. It's really just a place to eat. Drink. Pay. And leave.
Where are you eating then? I have to wait 30 mins most of the time
it's completely different over here. fast food here is just "the place you can cheap food quickly" and then you sit down and eat and talk and dine.
lol there's a mcdonald's near my old high school where there's a sign that says you only get 30 mins to sit at your table then you have to leave, i'm the slowest eater ever so i always take the food to go
I don't have any funny Americanisms, but I do have a Florida-ism: If you come to Florida, don't freak out if you see alligators. They're everywhere, and we really don't pay any mind to them. They're kind like big, scaley cats to us. Just don't let your pets near them, don't antagonize them, and don't go near the nests, and you'll be fine.
If anything the crazy people there are the bigger threat. Always hear some really fucked up shit when "Florida man" is in the headline of an article.
lol it's not that bad
Florida is lit I live in Miami
I’m Dutch and same goes here for bikes 😂😂😂
Don’t drive around the villages unless you wanna get into a accident with a blind old person. 🙄
When visiting America make sure to go see the the small towns. Especially during their festivals or fairs
yes! the county fair is an experience of its self :) we take the kids to at least one every summer.
Wolters World if you ever get a chance go to Frankenmuth Michigan for their festivals! Also, the Mayville Sunflower Festival is a great experience as well; as long as you like tractor pulls and great fireworks!
Just love middle America. Would love to go back to Walla Walla, Washington.
Holland, Michigan. Except for Dutch people. Spend all that money to end up looking like you never left home . . . 😁
Actually, it's a great place. Even for Dutch people. Like a little visit home.
@@DDS029 hey what u got against the dutch i live near holland mi my grandpappy came on a boat from the netherlands good farming family what u tryna say foo
I'm from Germany and i hate it when people say "the us has no culture". that's absurd and cheecky too. I love the USA.
Madame Petralini thank you!! Love from the states ❤️
Come visit Hagerstown Maryland or Frederick Maryland we like German culture too.😊
Lol come to fort wayne indiana, we literally have a germanfest. (Its pretty fucking good)
Thanks! Love from The US!
I’ve always wanted to visit Germany. I’m still in school, but I think Germany would be an awesome place to visit, the history has always interested me.
If you are visiting the US, please pay Missouri a visit! We are rarely visited because we are in the middle of the state and are landlocked. Trust me, everyone here in so friendly to tourists because we barley get any! We will help you around the state, give you some advice, because we LOVE helping. Just, think about visiting us. We are lonely :)
The midwest is absurdly friendly even for america. People in the midwest will drop everything to help complete stranger for like...hours....it's surreal.
Yes! Same with Kansas! The heartland is a wonderful, wonderful place. ❤️
@Ur Mom damn bro you really gotta bring the rivalry into this now
@@theswarmsquad3606😅
Lets put this out straight Not all Americans are friendly! We are very diverse some can be rude some can be nice 🤷♂️. But don't be afraid if one of us approach you and start a random conversation it happens
Kinda makes us sound like wild animals when they come up to you
I've had a few random people come talk to me about weird stuff like 10 times... once I was surprised to talk about how easy it is to get stuff in the US than everywhere else...
emile I hope you have a nice time in America. Where do you plan on visiting?
Im new to your channel from Sweden and honestly love how you can joke about yourself thank you. One good thing about americans is how talk friendly they are one of the reason why I want to visit the US.
HxH Killua Hope you can someday! We would welcome you with open arms!
Come to the US! You will love it! Believe me you won’t regret it😁
I reccomend going to a place northeast where there is alot of cities, if you have the funds to go to new york, definitely go, ites breathtaking. If you want to visit anywhere else, cities like Boston, Philly, Pittsburgh, New England, etc are also good places to visit in the northeast
@@Roman-uz2pn nice to visit. But those are ghetto cities.
@@sm3675 Better than detroit
*Says it takes forever to get around the USA*
*Jumps from Las Vegas to Miami in one cut*
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Really? That's your beef? He's in front of a green screen mate.
That's the joke mate.
I don't think he actually is in front of a green screen tbh. There is wind in his mic and the lighting is too close.
He is not live, he is traveling to each place. More than likely flies, then merges all his video together.
I'm a US American and one activity highly recommend when visiting is try to find and attend a Native American Pow Wow. We have 574 federally recognized tribes, all over the country. Many of them, also called the First Nations, hold pow wows the public is welcome to attend. You can see dancing, native regalia dress, music, crafts, food and hear stories. It's a wonderful educational opportunity that probably not many Europeans get the chance to experience!
Thank you so very much I didn't know this. ❤️.
As an American, I was unaware that spray cheese is still being manufactured. I am shocked.
Same
As a Floridian, I'm not shocked at all lol
HI
Same. I also feel like 90% of the population of this video is American😂
I’m not American but my Aunt is but it freaks me out how many things come in cans in America like cheese
I feel bad for the foreigners just driving through the us and being like "Dammit, another god damn Taco Bell"
😂😂😂
Where I live its a Mcdonalds every 5 miles.
Banana lol
I would live to eat taco bell! they closed the stored in my country 10 years ago due to low demand as taco is not really popular in Asia
@@blooduhz which country?
An Americanism you might have forgotten
We aren't afraid to make fun of ourselves
Xtreme Otaku everyone does this.That's nothing special.
LOL yes you are. You get so triggered
It varies, but in general you get the hyper-patriotic Americans (many of whom verge on nationalistic due to their willingness to excuse certain things very easily), and you get the hyper-anti-American Americans. There aren't a lot of people in between. Of course, I think in every other country the US is a rather polarizing country to talk about, so idk whether this is really unique except that in our case it happens to be our own country.
God Bless the United States of America and may He help me lose 20 pounds.
101jir I think if you studied it, you would find the natural reality is that the folks in the middle are not as vocal like the 10% on each wing that you see and hear, and some people probably are just "virtue signaling" to maintain standing in their social group.
I‘m Austrian and I‘ve been to many places in the US within many years. It was funny and true what you said about a European in America in the video.
The sizes 😲
The service 😍
The tipping 🤪
The public transport 🧐
The patriotism 🇦🇹🇺🇸
The friendliness 🥰
The food 👌
The freedom 🤠
Some strange customs 😳
Great sports 🙃
Great shopping 🥳
Great museums 🤓
I love your country!
WienGolf Love your choices of emojis.
Glad you love it 😊 gotta ask what the strange customs are though lol
Gday mate put some shrimp on the barbie
We love you too, no homo
@@wil.d_sage The strange "religion" you create round alcohol is our #1 of strange customs:
The existance of "(fully) licensed shops" 😳 🏪
The brown bags to cover cans and so on 😳👜
Signs in parks and even in the countyside, that consuming alcohol is forbidden at that place 🌳😳🛂
I remember being 6 and going to florida, from uk, I loved it! Got stickers from a sheriff when waiting for our hire car, he could see I was bored and he let me wear his stetson hat 😍 never forgot him, I am 30 now and hopefully will be back soon 🇺🇸
I’ve never been outside North America the farthest I’ve been Is Mexico City or Vancouver I’m from California
Hoping to have you back! ❤ from the US 🇺🇸
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That's awesome. What country are you from?
Happy you enjoyed Florida! Hope you're able to visit again!
I’ve been to the US many times and it is all true! Many people don’t like the USA because of politics, but don’t let it fool you, people. America is a great country and Americans are a great people, it is impossible not to fall in love with them! God Bless America and thanks for the video! Hoping to visit this amazing nation again as soon as possible! 🇧🇷❤️🇺🇸
Thank you!! Brazil is an amazing country too
We’d love to have you
Thank you and we’d love to have you!
Brazil! I love your music! Wow! So much more advanced than any of our pop genres.
Only if you're vaxxed ! 🙄😬 Unvaxxed not welcome, such as me... The rest of the World has opened back up, even Australia !
I'm American and I do not eat spray cheese.
Likewise. That stuff's fucking gross...
eugene bean Same..
Same
I haven't even seen anyone with spray cheese since the '80s. Most Americans don't eat that stuff.
yea i hate that stuff lol
He seems like such a nice and friendly guy I think having a conversation with him would b so nice
People once told me to get into shape.... so I became round
FreeTheInsanity 😂😂😂🤣🤣
Americans are like the golden retrievers of the world really kind and friendly but we can be protective. And not every part of the United States the same kind of friendly. Like if you live in the West like I do it's normal to talk to people in line at the checkout, you go east people will look at you like you're crazy if you do that.
kimmyself cuz people got shit 2 do nobody wants 2 hear about why your buying stuff
kimmyself HAHA! Now I’m picturing Dug from the movie “Up”...that is awesome. “Hi, there! I just met you, and I LOVE you!” 👍🏻
kimmyself Agreed! Mid-Atlantic east coast here and if in a long checkout line I think nothing of starting up a neutral subject conversation. About 3/4 of the people are equally friendly and will talk your ear off. However, being in Maryland we get too much of that southern drift of suspicious, just strange New York and Pennsylvania types (we call them "typs"). Still, their curmudgeonly behavior doesn't put me off my happiness. Life is meant to be fun!
not the south east only in the north theyre all dicks
Trevor Umbarger Ya' definitely got that right. Nice places to visit, lousy place to live (yes, I've done both).
I feel bad for any European that thinks they can go on expeditions in New York, Florida, and California in the same day while traveling in a car 😂
Clay Soggyfries trust me as someone from Europe , no one with at least 7 braincells actually thinks that
@@jamesedwards1284 which is why he feels bad for them, poor souls
@@peculiarfellow And as if that constitutes America at all, first of all New York is much more than the city and California is waaay different from even that, and Florida... let's not even get started.
You are joking aren’t u mate
Gracchus Babeuf don’t forget! Once you cross the 49th parallel it automatically turns to snow and ice even in summer ...
Every state is DIFFERENT! Every state is like its own country! Every state has its own history, its own culture!
Agreed. From Iowa.
Sometimes. Southern New England is effectively all the same state.
Agreed. From Michigan.
Agreed. From Colorado.
@@man-uk8cz agreed from Virginia
"You go to Minnesota they're insanely friendly"
Me: OH MY GOD HE SAID MINNESOTA, OH MY GOD WE HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED! OH MY GOD THIS IS TO MUCH TO HANDLE!
Minnesota girls are especially friendly if you catch my drift ;)
ThatNailGirl123 Still no Wisconsin mention...
No Maryland mention yet...
Minnesota is my favorite state to fly over ;^)
minnesotans are assholes...i know..i grew up there..all the motherfuckers mean mug and shit acting all hard and shit. and the cops are the absolute worse..especially in Champlin and Anoka area.
the size difference is incomprehandable, as a European. I was in Tucson, Arizona last year and had to go to Salt Lake City, Utah for a family emergency. my first thought was ; "I'll just rent a car and drive, it can't be longer than Amsterdam - Paris!"
until I checked and saw it was over 11 hours, 775 miles. way too long for me to drive on my own in a foreign country!
the sales tax is very frustrating when visiting the US for the first time. when looking at something in a store, I see it like "oh, it's $45, so it's like €45 after taxes gets added"
I could write a book about those differences, being a 25y/o Dutch woman, having American relatives.
ies Make a video, those get lots of views here on UA-cam.
I live in America and I don't like how the sales tax works
Only 775 miles? I would drive it. But then I love to drive. I have taken several long road trips. One was 4895 miles over a two week period.
Salt Lake City is my home :)
America used to not have sales tax, but it was added during WW2.
People often cannot discern the boundaries between being Patriotic or Nationalistic in the U.S.
Pro Tip: Don't debate or discuss political views in public as some Americans will mistakenly interpret them as a personal attack on their beliefs
Nationalism isn't bad
@@vinttag4312 patriotism is fine.
The nationalistic extrene right mentality is a very bad thing. Exclusivity, only "real Americans" should be in office.
@@thecoolnerdplaysvr5674 LMFAO you mean white nationalism hey dumbfuck news flash white nationalism isn't nationalism
@@vinttag4312 you keep telling yourself that
@@starmano34 good argument
When I lived in France for a few months 30 years ago, one of my reverse culture shocks was our size. Good grief we are big people. As much as I learned to appreciate other cultures from living abroad, it made me more proud to be American.
I do think we are getting less friendly now though, which is sad.
I agree. Some good values are going away. And, yeah, we are MASSIVE.
I think thats because of how big our portion sizes are in America.
Also the plates and stuff sold here.
I made sure to buy smaller plates and I lost alot of weight. Eating healthy really isnt hat hard lol
Two things explain the size: American restaurants, and cheap junk food. Junk food is probably the most efficient in terms of calories per dollar, and is a major reason why American poor people are not in danger of starving to death.
It’s probably also reason why American men prefer skinny women, because you have to be rich in order to maintain a skinny figure.
@@honkhonk8009or all the sodas, beer, and inactivity catches up
@@SonnyBubbaskinny women was a fad from the 80s when cocaine was rampant and homosexuality was not open. Thick women have been preferred since sir mix a lot, and it makes, wanting your chick to starve is gonna make her look less feminine
Anyone else live in the U.S?
Chad Bowling millions of people
Chad Bowling Me. Wouldn’t want to live anywhere else. I love my country. ❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸
@calin m lol, yes it is😂
My first shock when I visited the USA was that it’s basically impossible to walk a few hundred meters in a small town, because almost every car stops and asks if they should give me a ride.
for real? people do that?
@@MP-tz2yn yeah, most people are surprisingly friendly
@@Daniel-wy2kx STRANGER DANG3R
@@Randish depends on the town you’re in and the people. Smaller towns where everyone knows each other you’re better off
LOL! If you're walking in an area not heavily traveled by foot, they'll think you've broken down in your car or something. Most folks mean well. Especially in small towns/rural areas.
I had German exchange students. Free soda refills always amazed them. ☺️
I was an exchange student to Hungary. My host daily took me to McDonald's on the way to my host house for the first time. I don't even eat meat, but I asked for french fries, with 5 or 6 ketchups. Haha They were shocked, and I was, too, when I found out that they had to pay per ketchup packet! Obviously, I didn't insist on actually having 5 or 6 after that. 🙂
@@thiagoevangelista2754
Yep, it’s strange. The American restaurants would rather add a hidden 10-20¢ to the price of the fries and give away the ketchup, rather than try to charge an extra 4-5¢ per packet. And so this is what American customers have come to expect.
Sales tax makes it difficult enough to keep track of pennies and nickels.
Happy to know that other countries speak of our friendliness and our eager to help…I had no idea. Just seems like a normal thing to do for me.
A funny story about the size of things here in the US. Afew years back I had some aunts and uncles come from Germany to visit my mom. One of them even got an international DL, but when they arrived he was terrified by the wide open space between destinations. I had to explain to him that Texas is roughly five times the size of Germany with one-fifth the population (17 mil vs. 82 mil). And Texas being 700+ miles or 1140+ km across just floored him, he almost fainted. But they loved drinking beer and they loved Texas BBQ and even enjoyed some San Antonio culture like th Riverwalk, Market Square and the tour of Missions.
I visited New Zealand and realized that the square mileage of the entire country was about equal to the square mileage of Colorado! Crazy stuff.
PhoenixB4U aye I'm from new Zealand!
I looked up the areas of Texas and Germany and found that the ratio's more like 1:2 than 1:5 (maps will mislead us due to their distortions), but yeah, thanks for this example of this common misconception. I feel like I may come to feel like the world's tiny when I go travel to Europe and so on.
it takes me two full shifts as a semi driver to get across texas
You're very likeable, Wolter! Keep on making videos, they're great. Greetings from Switzerland.
wrong. fake news 2018 is gonna be huuuuuge
His name is mark
I agree that the USA is huge! It sometimes still shocks me as an American! It's amazing how much there is to see too.
It seems a lot smaller when you travel a lot and see how similar it is every where
Travel from CA to GA you'll get rid of any travel bugs
I moved 2 states over from my last and it takes 7 and a half hours to drive that
My friend from the USSR (back when there was such a thing) said that when you visit an American’s home the host always seems to assume you are thirsty. They want to give you coffee, tea, soda, lemonade, wine, beer, or even just water. In Russia the host always offers food and instead of waiting for an answer they start bringing out whatever they have on hand to eat...even if it was going to be their dinner.
If your English and visit the southern states dont be surprised when you say something people want to take you home and adopt you !!!!! great people. love the south .
David Harrison lmao us Southerners fuckin love accents
+ASE i like yours as well . i think its great . your very lucky to live in such a lovely part of the world . if i had my time again i would move to the south full time .
David Harrison I live in the south
Thank you. Most people think we walk around in tattered overalls... The south isn't what people make it seem
you right . I think if you are simply yourself and treat everyone no matter who with decency then you will see the real person in return . I am not saying everyone in the south is a saint . I am saying that my personal experience over a very long time of visiting has always been a good one . never had a bad one and thats a fact . you are very lucky to live in a very special part of this earth . I also believe that its the people who make a place great not just the buildings or countryside etc . its the people that make a nice place special . I get to come back again for a second go at this life I would wish to be born in the south this time . your a very lucky person .
+Elisha Ellis i think its the wonderful people on the south that make it great and special . it is what keeps bringing me back over and over again . not the "tourist" people but the normal ordinary people they are the truly special ones .
The best way to experience the beauty and culture all across this country is to get away from the interstate, onto the smaller highways and into the towns. This is an amazingly diverse country.
In December I was driving from Delaware to Las Vegas to move, we took two vehicles, I was towing the U-Haul. On the last day my late Fiancee's son wanted to avoid the larger Arizona cities, so we took the roads less traveled. "No Gas for 250 Miles" really means no gas for 250 miles LOL
you sound like that chick from cars
Dean Winchester Two words: Gila Bend
Find one of the old US routes (US 66 used to be a good example) like US 40 between Columbus, OH and Indianapolis, IN. It's mostly 4 lane divided highway, but not near the traffic of an Interstate route except during commuter hours.
Yes and do your research. I live in Florida and there are hundreds of places to go to do interesting things other than Disney World, Sea World or Kennedy Space Center. And don't go to the beach where the tourists go. Find out where the locals go and bring a picnic. One place I go to charges $5 to park your vehicle and there is a toll road that charges $1.50 but then that is it. It has the best beaches in the world in my opinion.
People think Maine is all logs and lobster. Ok. Maybe. Yeah. They're right. We are all logs and lobster. Come eat our lobster. Do it. Do it now.
That's my plan for next year. Fly into Portland, spend a few days and then take a train down to Boston and another to NYC.
@@notthegoatseguy we only have 2 seasons: hot and cold.
@@notthegoatseguy When you go to Boston, go to the North End (Italian neighborhood) and stop at Mike's Pastry. They make the best cannolis. Everyone in Boston knows where Mike's is. Ask anyone. Do a duck tour of Boston. It's so much fun. Catch the Red Line train to Harvard Square and take a tour of Harvard University. Take a walk down Newbury Street. They have the best stores for shopping. Check out the aquarium in Boston. After the aquarium, a short walk away is the old Statehouse. The Boston Massacre happened there and the Declaration of Independence was read there. Take a walking tour and ask them to show you where Ben Franklin was born. It's off Washington Street. Take a tour of Fenway Park, home of the Red Sox and I believe it's the oldest ball park in the country. Have a great time.
Don't forget the moose
No
What shocks me is how un-united the United States really is. Different rules for different States
Every state is pretty much a different country. I’m from Iowa btw.
What can you expect when a single state is twice as big as England lol
Marcus so it's not united
@@colinmayes5892 you can say whatever you want but the United States are the most united country in the world disregarding the politics of the time
Big C so why are there so many different rules from state to state and why can't police cross state lines to catch a law beaker - car thief - speeding motorist for instance?
The people being friendly is super accurate. Coming from a Hispanic background, our people can be so reserved with strangers. Whites are super friendly, though. Especially the older folk, they'll literally just start up a conversation with you in public and start going on about their grandchildren, it's pretty adorable.
Ángel Andrés Torres Are you Salvadoran?
***** You must be lucky living in a coastline nation.
***** I didn't say I am Bolivian
***** I know mate
Edgar Sandoval true! Southerners are this way for sure!
I'm British and have visited the USA many times , I love the free refills , I love the squirty cheese , I love the giant cheese burgers and hotdogs , I love the massive shopping mall's and all the American people I met were really nice , nothing wierd for me xxxxx
Michelle Rice Safety Tip: Im texan and the food is big for a reason its artifical and made from a bunch of meats grinded together but we dong care and we still eat 😂😂 everything thats huge and cheap its a downstreak to it but the downstreaks arent that effective in my view
Michelle Rice And its an american instinct to be nice in public its like a norm
Michelle Rice and hispanics\Mexicans build nearly every building in the us but now arent allowed here not how it seems tbh
It's refreshing to hear that
Squeezy cheese is good because of that extremely goofy movie where Pauly shores character says "cheddar whizzy" and squirts it in his mouth.
I love how we Americans are so insanely patriotic, from birth may seem to others, but we regularly break one of our own cardinal laws of patriotism...Our own U.S. Flag Code of Conduct - Chapter 10: 176D) The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. 176C) The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free. 176I) The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever... 176I) ...It should not be embroidered on such articles cushions or handkerchiefs and the like... 176I)...or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard. 176J) No part of the U.S. flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform. (WE'VE FAILED SO HARD IN ALL OF THESE!)
We're not breaking any laws. Title 4 is a guideline, nothing more, nothing less.
wearing, advertising and embroidering mean an actual flag. not just the colors and stars. It has to be a real American flag to fall under these statutes.
That code is about an actual flag, so flag like colors or patterns don't count
Just for those who may be confused about wearing the American flag as clothing. Simple as this... You can not turn a real American flag into clothing, however you can wear American flag colors as long as it is not made from the actual flag.
@Geronimo who are talking to?
"Americans are super friendly"
Sometimes, in some places, in some situations.
on the road, expect extreme aggression, set to kill.
Colorado people are nice
so pretty much a 50/50 chance
Right SOME lol
The extent to which this is true depends on the region.
No mention of guns? LOL ... My friends from Japan were SHOCKED when they realized I carry a Colt 1911 45acp pistol wherever we went ... took them to the shooting range I go to, and they had the time of their life shooting the various guns I brought there for their enjoyment.
yeah he did ignore the large number of guns and gun owners in the US when i was in school we had a couple foreign exchange students and they either expected everyone to have guns at all times or were amazed by how many people know how to handle a firearm and own at least one.
Lots of Americans do have civil war in mind as preppers so they are into guns and very dark topics. Many gun owners do carry and most probably don't own a gun. Road rage is a real public danger in the US and people do get shot dead when it has nothing to do with defense with a right to bear arms. Look out for idiots!
go cry libtard
Fuck off I know more liberals that own guns then republicans. Does it matter that I only know 5 republicans?
nyctreeman I love the colt 1911.
I'm a Korean American but I go to Thailand every year for two months at a time. One thing that always shocks people is when I tell them that there are a lot of poor and homeless people in America. Everyone assumes it's just this country where there is absoloutley nothing to do with poverty.
People from the Caribbean are always amazed at amount of poor and homeless in the first world country of America...I was truly shocked!
It's only in some areas, I was 17 before I ever saw openly homeless people
@@jeremiahblake3949 it's all medium to big cities hell even most small ones
@@djsjmc511 maybe in your area of the country but there's still large sections of the country where that's not true.
It is slowly getting worse though.
@@jeremiahblake3949 what do you consider a city? In florida its everywhere almost iv ben to many of the major cities in America and iv seen homeless in all of them
After 2 trips in the US as a Frenchman, I can say what shocked me in the US. I think the main positive thing that shocked me is how gorgeous it is. Now, I visited California, Arizona, Utah and on another trip Boston, Cape Cod and Maine. In New England I was surprised by the cleanliness, the pretty colonial houses everywhere... In the South West, it was the parks. And more than the National Parks, there's also a lot of non-protected beautiful areas. Everywhere you go there's pretty mountains. Also, the coast is much better preserved in the US than in France for example, including in touristy places like Cape Cod. Cote d'Azur is a tourist nightmare, with concrete everywhere and crowded beaches. Our pretty coast is in Brittany, Corsica, or Normandy.
The main negative thing that shocked me in the US is how ugly the cities are. I liked Boston and Moab. That's it. I found LA, Phoenix, Tucson, or Portland, Maine, to be just ugly. Sprawling, industrial, not interesting architecture-wise. No public transport to visit on foot, it's like you need to take your car and drive 10 miles to go to a restaurant... Hated the big traffic jams and the fact that everyone has a car. For such a car-oriented people, the roads are not in good shape. Potholes everywhere, poor signage, the infrastructure IS crumbling and it's no wonder it's was the ONE thing in common from both presidential candidates' program in the recent election.
The food also shocked me but in different ways: it can be very good. Especially Mexican oriented cuisine in the South West. There's also amazing beer in the US, American are even doing "beercations" where they visit breweries during a road trip. That was a real enlightenment. Now it also shocked me by the number of rubbish fast food chains you have. Wendy's, In and Out, Dunkin' Donut, it's everywhere. Some cities like Tucson are just this, petrol stations and supermarkets. It's depressing.
The people didn't "shock" me. Once thing for sure: I didn't see one gun while I was there, or felt uneasy (maybe in East LA, that's it). Granted, I wasn't in the Southern states (that'll be next year), but I didn't get the "nasty creationist judgemental asshole" vibe in Arizona or Utah. I think you only feel how divided the country is if you live in it. But just passing through it doesn't really come up when you talk to people.
Another thing that shocked me was the driving. On one hand people drive 10 miles an hour over the speed limit, and if you don't you slow down traffic. But on the other hand the sheriff in his white and black car waiting to chase you, parked in ambush on the middle of the road, is frequent. There are no automatic speed cameras like in Europe, so it's only police cars, you need to be careful. It seems like they don't care much if you go 5-10 miles an hour over the speed limit. Since everybody does it, why bother. But go faster than that and they'll chase you.
All in all, people say Canada is friendlier, but Americans and Canadians are really similar. Canadians aren't THAT nice (they can drive like maniacs in Montreal for example) and Americans are definitely not that rude (haven't been to New York though, hehe). As for the food, as a Frenchman I can tell you it's easier to find good food in America. Why ? Because it's easier to spot a nice diner or good restaurant in America. In France, there are too many restaurants, and going on chance will get you a bad meal more often that in many other countries. Go to the countriside or the wild west in the US, and it's where regular people, locals, eat. If the food isn't good, they don't go, and the restaurant loses money, that's it. In France, there are so many tourists that as long as you have a good spot, you can serve bad food and still make money... The number of restaurants serving frozen food in France would shock you I'm sure. That's why they've recently created this "homemade" official label for restaurant so you can filter the bad ones.
Oh and yeah Mountain Dew shocked me. I mean how can you guys drink this ??
Cheers for the South-Western Mexican food! You really had a treat with that one, it's a unique style only found in Southern California and the northern part of Mexico near the border (Tijuana), Even moving six hours North the food is.. different.
The over-the-speed limit part, it really depends on the state, some are seriously stricter on that than others. I remember visiting Washington State and was shocked to see no one drove a mile over the speed limit. Growing up in San Diego California, however, we had a running joke that there's an unwritten speed limit of closer to 85mph (20mph over the speed limit) 75mph if you want to be safe. Living there you learn where the police cars tend to park (under overpasses, and built-in emergency lanes) and slow down when passing them. However, I've been driving 80+mph before and a police car came up behind me, went around, and kept speeding ahead. From what I can tell a speeding ticket is a lot of paperwork and if you go to court the officer who issued the ticket has to be there (otherwise the judge will cancel the ticket) Thus they prefer to catch people who wont show up at court (out of town license plate, expensive cars) or catch someone going fast enough that the fine is worth the paperwork. Why pull me over at 80 when he can go another 5 minutes down the road and catch someone pushing 100?
Interesting about French restaurants and bad food, having been to Paris, I totally understand where that's coming from. I have a philosophy when shopping for good Mexican Food down in Cali - the worst shape the building is in (pealing paint, rotten wood, broken windows ect) the better the food is - why? Because that restaurant wouldn't still be in business in it's current shape if the food wasn't good enough for people to keep coming back. Near my parents house there is a 24h place that's just that, yellow paint repainted so thick it peals off in layers, rot everywhere, two boarded up windows, and black mold ingrained in the tiles... but man - you could drive by that place in 3am in the morning on a Tuesday and see 3 cars in the drive-through and a group of kids lined up at window outside.
Yeah the "unwritten" speed limit is true for a lot of countries. In Norway, the speed limit is usually 80 km/h, everybody drives 95. Because there it's the opposite of the US: only automatic speed cameras, signed well before. Canada is like the US, you can drive way over (and contrary to popular belief, they're rubbish at driving, talegating, full beams all the time...) but watch out for police cars. I lived in Australia, and over there the fines are so high (like 300 $ for barely over the speed limit) that no one goes over unless deep in the outback. In New Zealand, they're respectful despite their pathetic fines (we received a fine in the mail with a friend, and were scared of the amount, it the end it was 30 NZ dollars, which is like 20 euros...).
yeah there is a price hike on tickets going 25mph over the speed limit, so they want to catch you going 90mph/faster in Cali - I believe the ticket price triples, so a 85mph ticket may cost 350usd, then a 90mph ticket goes up to 1000+ My brother was pulled over going 93 once and the ticket was 1350. The judge ended up *lowering* the clocked speed to 89 and reducing the ticket price to 1000 since it was his first offense. But it's a serious offense (or strike on your license) for going that fast, since that faster is considered an endangerment to others (where as for some reason 89 is not "fast enough")
Everyone hates him driving down, he never goes a mile over the posted limit >.>
also, I've lived in South Korea for two years, funny with the signed automatic cameras, all the taxi drivers have hacked gpses (vaguely illegal, no one cares) that track the cameras/speed sensors and will alert them when they have to slow down. Basically resulting in a rollercoster experience of speeding up to 100km/h then slowing to 65km/h every few kilometers when passing by the cameras.
Travelled around America last year on a tour. I loved it, great place. Generally the people are friendly. They helped me as a tourist when i was in trouble. The food was good and the refills are handy on a really hot day. Where I'm from nothing is free. The only thing i didn't like was the coffee. Everything else was super. I will definitely be visiting again in the future.
If you come to the Mid-West don't be surprised at the ranch consumption.
We don't even have ranch dressing in my country
@@henk-3098 I am so sorry!
I went to DC and asked for ranch, got a weird look and prepackaged container made for salads
Same in the south.
@@henk-3098 I will send you a 6 Gallon bottle
Well, 100 miles is a long distance in Europe and 100 years is a long time in the US
@a l we made your history just saying
omine OL to bad now your the size of one of our medium sized states.
@a l You realize that Christopher Columbus never set foot in North America, right? The Bahamas are not part of USA. Or are you referring to the history of the North American Native Indian?
@Hardev Singh you who exactly? I'm not aware of any USA vs Europe wars, unless you mean the 2 world wars which of course weren't the US vs Europe
@a l We've got 1400 years of history. 600
I live in WV and I feel like I'm travelling to a different country just crossing the state border.
Mitchell Alerding Exactly, I live in the northern part of Indiana and when I go down to Indianapolis I feel like I’m in a different country.
I live in maryland and when i go to pennsylvania it seems normal and when i go to virginia it is different but WV reminds me of home because im from western maryland
bro, same, but i live in Georgia. Seeing palm trees in Florida or yellow hills in kentucky is surreal
WV native here and I second that
I feel like I'm traveling to different countries when I freakin go across the USA... The cultures are so different everywhere because this country is so big
I'm from Orlando, Florida and work in the travel tourism business so I interface with lots of international tourists every day, and the number one thing that shocks me about them is how often they visit and how they much they genuinely love it. I have spoken to many British people that come like every year, sometimes even multiple times. People are seriously obsessed with Orlando.
The first is very true. Friends from England visiting us outside Washington DC asked if we could drive to California for the weekend. They were surprised to hear that it takes about a week of full-time driving to get there.
Jens Clarberg they’re only good for accents and discovering elements
Jens Clarberg We're not dumb it just that britans tiny
Jens Clarberg no one said anything about Scandinavia
He claims the UK is small, which it definitely isn't and the reason they are dumb because of their small size.
Jens Clarberg the small size dumb thing was purely designed to be insulting, clearly, but mate, we have ten states bigger than your whole country. You’re small.
Make sure that when you go to a big city, make sure that you visit some of the small towns near by. Example: I'm from New York State, not NYC. There is so much more to the state than just NYC.
Upstate gang?
As an American who has visited Europe I thought this video was going to be crap but it was good.
+Gabri'el Alexander thanks Gabri'el! I tried to make it fun and informative. All the best to yo!
should have said something about being honest with the cops they normally will give you a warning. but if you try to lie you get a ticket. That is all cops pull you over for here is to see if your scared and trying to hide something. Iv seen people get pulled over and become almost instant friends with officers. Like when my dealership buddy was working on a hot rod and was test driving it he got clocked at 130 MPH didn't get a ticket because he didn't lie and the cop understood he why he was doing it.he also loved the car. Its not like on TV were they just want to arrest you.
Just saying anything to do with cops its all about trust. If you can gain the cops trust they are always nice. Start acting up and crazy and you will have a problem.
And you should have told them to stay away from the motels and stick to hotels. the motels with the door like 2 feet from the parking lots are pretty scary and dirty sometimes.
other than that your pretty honest. besides the fact we do have ghettos you don't wanna want walk around at night. defiantly not alone.
I'm Indonesian but
🇺🇲🇺🇲 GOD BLESS AMERICA 🇺🇲🇺🇲
Same to Indonesia!
I visited the USA and people were friendly. But they never stop asking "How are you?" I thought maybe I looked ill as in Germany we do not ask people their health unless we know they have been sick. Lots of food and diverse kinds. I had first Mexican food in Arizona. Very tasty. True they give you too much to eat at one time. My American friends told me about tipping (Trinkgeld) and tax on things first. I encountered mostly nice people. Everyone drives everywhere. No one walks distances as in Europe.
Mike Gehre Good to know you had an alright time in my home state Arizona. "How are you" is commonly used as a way of saying "hello" and most people don't expect a serious response. I can only tell you about Arizona and not other states, but walking is rarely seen. Sometimes it gets so hot that many do not recommend it, especially during Summer in Phoenix. Hope you come by again!
“How are you” is a common greeting here in the US, and your response would be “Good/Great, how are you?”
Mike Gehre : how are you is part of the standardized reading in the United States.
How are you, is just another way of saying hi
A normal conversation between Two friends would be
Hey how are you
Good how about you
Good
( And they would talk about something)
When someone asks how you’re doing they mean it as a greeting and the polite thing to do is say “I’m good. How are you”
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We love you too!😘😘
A Turk with a Portuguese name?!
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I've lived in the US my whole life. Can't wait to be shocked!
went to Rochester Ny last year (from the uk myself) and the amount of friendly people I encountered was so welcoming and not one single look of judgement (I dress gothic) it was wonderful . can't wait to go back asap . such a beautiful place
Australian here i can relate to the size with tourists people actually die here thinking they can just drive from Sydney to Perth and dont realize there is a desert in between the two
Most tourists die in the desert regions of Western Australia's remote north and the Northern Territory. I am not aware of any deaths of motorists using the Eyre Highway.
And another thing, y'all have police checkpoints for drinking and driving. But you don't hold your hands up in the air so cops can see your hands and you don't explain before making every move like we do. My OZ friend was sleeping and I was driving in QLD. I pulled into the checkpoint and held my hands up in the air. Mr. Police said, "Hey, you alright there?" "Yes sir. Thank you sir.", my reply. "You can put your hands down." As he handed me what looks like an insertion device for a tampon! I said, "I'm reaching my hand up to take that." He looked at me like I was crazy. I held it in my hand. My friend woke up and started laughing and said, "Blow". So I blew it like a birthday candle. Cop said, "Right. You must be American. Put your lips on it and blow inside. Ok, off you go." As I drove away I looked in the rear view mirror and could see he was telling his buddies and they were all laughing at me. It is still, 30 years later, the only time I ever took an alcohol test and it was 7am in the morning!
If act that way in the us people are laughing at you here too fyi. You're just weird or something
Americans also know the metric system through buying and selling drugs...
Glenn Pittsley this is actually true. Milk and gasoline = imperial, cocaine and soda pop = metrics. So simple!
I know the metric system through geographic information systems classes, and my meteorology classes. :D
Very true, just set your scale to grams and sell a gram for $10 and you gone be ballin out
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God bless the American people, indeed they are very friendly and good guys.
Can't tell if this is sarcasm
Thanks
thanks dawg
Kabul Khan most of us are friendly or rude but at lest we are honest
Yep.
I’m from Jamaica 🇯🇲 and I’m shocked at the amount of poor and homeless people in America, also the fact that Americans can buy everything on credit...also eating raw food and food without seasoning 👀
raw food ? Can you give example ?
@@JasongCLJ I know a lot of people say that medium rare is raw so that might be it
Sushi amazing. You gotta try it lol.
Most Americans realize that canned "cheese" doesn't technically qualify as cheese :)
Im from Wisconsin, canned "cheese" is an abomination.
Greg Larson Same in Ohio
same anywhere is the usa
that stuff's gross
Where im from I have never seen a single person eat that. It's classified as an abomination to most of us.
I don't eat all that food - get a "doggy bag" for take home! No one is obligating you to eat it ALL in one sitting! :-) Americans CARE about others - even if we don't know you.
As a foreigner living in the USA, I can add some more.
-Animals. You can see them in the cities. Squirrels, bunnies, geese and ducks, deers and elks, minks and bears, racoons and big birds feel comfortable living side by side with people. It was shocking, but so amazing. Americans respect wild nature and animals are not afraid to walk near by or even live on your balcony and demand food every day.
-Too many homeless people on the streets of big cities. Probably as many as on the streets of undeveloped countries.
-Possibility of meeting a person from any country in the World, try food from anywhere in the World in one District.
-Domestic airlines don't serve food, even if a flight 7 hours long. All you will get is a bag of pretzels and a cup of juice/water.
-Medical bill is going to shock you for sure.
-Anasazi ruins at Mesa Verde on your must-to-visit list.
The homeless have been a problem since 2008. Not just in the US, but also in Canada. I heard the problems spreading to Europe now too because of how the housing market in general is heading. Truly a sad thing. I hope our leaders find a way to atleast addrress this.
Medical Bills are pretty shocking. You gotta be pretty healthy to have good insurance in the US.
The wild animals part tho is the best part abt NA in general.
My friend lives in Britain and can basically leave his window open overnight, and he doesnt have to worry about squirrels or birds flying in. No screens either.
I live in Canada rn, and I know places where you gotta be carefull of Bears if u leave the windows open LOL
The homeless are horrendous but it’s because we stopped prosecuting drug crimes and closed all the mental asylums. Most homeless are mentally I’ll or drugged up, we need to give people mental healthcare and arrest drug addicts again to lower the homeless count
As a veteran Uber driver (9406 passenger trips plus however many Eats deliveries) I've had a lot of cool conversations with people visiting from other countries. I usually ask them what they like and don't like about the US and/or what surprised them. A woman from France said she loved the insane amount and variety of entertainment choices. What did she not like? "Oh my, what you guys call chocolate... UGH!"
Who else here is from Earth watching this
Nah fam I'm from Pluto
Jonathan Lemon omg me!
No I’m from mars
I’m from Mars
I’m from the moon
Shout "BILL! BILL! BILL!" in public with a decent-sized crowd and see what happens. Disney has conditioned us to "Bill Nye the Science Guy." If that doesn't work try singing "Amurica!" somebody should say "Fuck yeah!" You could also try "Red Robin!" and listen for a "Yum." I love how memeable american marco polo is.
Yeah definitely don't do any of that
I can personally relate to a few of your points.
First thing I noticed was how polite people are. When my family and I went to South Florida (we are from Denmark) we landed in Miami (of course) early in the evening. We were very tried and just wanted our rental car at get to the hotel. We looked left and right but didn't see the rental company. I asked a guy who looked to be of some kind of authority standing behind a line. He eagerly explained that we needed to go on a bus and wanted to follow us along but had to stay behind his line. He gestured directions to us all the way to bus stop.
That wasn't the only time I noticed. Next morning (very early) I went for a walk (yes there were sidewalks were we lived). I only met poor Black and Hispanic people in work clothes walking (or biking on the sidewalk) but everybody said hello or "how are you". I never felt insecure even thou I had bought along my big DSLR camera (I got offered a ride in a private car but politely declined and walked to the opposite of the road - maybe he had bad intentions but I'm not sure).
Second thing is the size of the people. I have to admit we had a preconceived idea of how big the people are and the receptionist at the hotel confirmed that. She was 6 feet tall and must have weighed more than 300 pounds. But she was the only obese person we saw the whole week we were.
One thing that chocked me (maybe just surprised me) was that Americans clap their hands a lot. We saw the Sun going down in Key West and when it went under the horizon everybody stated clapping. We atended my brothers wedding a the beach and when the minister "presented the couple for the first time" he had to give us "signal to clap". Danes don't clap that often and almost never at ceremonies (a don't in Denmark: You never clap in church).
Yeah, you want to hear some hollering and clapping, start singing the American national anthem.
yes - fireworks, gunshot in the air :-D something like that.
Can't lie, clapping at the sun going down is kinda daft
Don't clap anywhere in church in Europe, its really bad idea and it gets people confused 😂
This is heartwarming. I love my country.
when he mentioned the “silver box” i thought he meant the trash can in the stall🤦🏻♀️
Emily Kiefer you mean for the used tampons in the women's stalls?
Fun fact, we also know the metric system from bullet cartridges!
Hahaha! Awesome.
True enough
BP Lup and public schools... we all have to learn conversions... if your state didn't then well... your state sucks
Dan Man
5.56 7.62 rifle ammo
Dan Man 9mm is the only common one..... pretty sure 5.56 is the most commonly sold rifle cartridge. 7.62 close behind. If I had to guess, top 3 selling ammo are 9, 5.56, and 7.62. Fourth is caliber in .22. .22 caliber might be third
what got me was the lack of footpaths (sidewalks) in suburbs, they stopped at the end of the street, there was no way to safely walk along the main road into the city centre, I was even stopped by the cops for suspicious behaviour for walking
Suburbs can be very different about this, at least if you're talking about the Chicago area. Almost always you'll find sidewalks in inner ring and older suburbs of the Chicago area, while for outer ring and newer suburban areas you won't always find sidewalks. Sorry you got stopped for walking on a suburban street without a sidewalk, that's ridiculous that occurred to you! It's never happened to me, while walking in suburban areas without proper sidewalks.
There are in the suburbs I live in
SquidPies77 My town is small enough to walk everywhere, but to get to the store, you have to wait for the right moment and bolt across the street before you get hit by a car.
Sidewalks are only in the cities - lack of sidewalks is a sign you're in the suburbs.
Kevin Fox If your in the suburbs, yeah. We only have sidewalks everywhere in cites because they aren't really needed in suburbs.
Love the USA 🇺🇸 from the uk 🇬🇧