European Reacts: HOW I SEE THE USA AS A EUROPEAN (after 6 months)
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20 in and yes we are. Well 29.
I like her videos; but most of her takes here are bad. I don’t want somebody’s dirty feet or dirty dog next to me when I eat.
@@bryanreighn3498 you like her videos because she's attractive and she's half naked in a lot of them. Half the time she's just complaining about stuff
When it comes to the date we just ended up writing it the way we would speak it. So since we always said "January 5th we would write it the same way .
There are sidewalks in cities and most towns, but the country is so big that in a lot of places there’s little point in a sidewalk because there’s nowhere within walking distance.
A ;pt of it was when mailmen used to walk a route delivering mail. You gad to have a sidewalk and maintain it for them.
The sidewalk situation differs dramatically by town/city
Or even what part of the city it is and what time period it was built up
Also when I was a Usps letter carrier we were told not to use the sidewalks but to take the fastest path regardless of the lawn etc
Maybe I just had a weird boss but that’s really what I was specifically trained to do.
Typically small towns and rural areas will not have sidewalks in areas that were built after the 1960s unless they are subdivisions they were built all at once with all services included. Many small towns do not have zoning laws in effect and so they stretch down the highway with gasoline stations and fast food restaurants and no sidewalks. Money for sidewalks are something that people are not willing to pay for if they are not used. In America wherever you see housing estates/subdivisions they will come fully built in with sidewalks on at least one side of the street. One of my favorite things about Texas was that they required all of the streets/utilities to be built before any houses in new sub divisions.
Sidewalks are put in by the property owner. They are required when there is any new construction on a plot of land, they are not put in by the city / county (unless it's municipal property). Sometimes developers of large tracts will put in sidewalks at the same time they put in roads, but not always.
Or you are just going to walk wherever you want anyways even if there are sidewalks. You can tell this is a very small town, and you can see where people made their own "sidewalk" in the dirt next to the road. It doesn't have to be paved to be a place to walk beside the road.
The American date format actually started in Britain. Then Britain changed their format, but the US kept it month/day/year. If you put the month first, you can quickly file paperwork by month and then by day.
Everybody hates on us for being traditional.
almost all of our measurements come from Britain, it's why theyre are still kind of used in the UK, they are the ones who changed eventually not us!
The American date system is much better. Starting with a random day doesn’t tell you anything and it sucks for filing systems.
Also, our date format is created from the written out format. I.E. today is Sunday, February 11th, 2024
Remember, we use the only format that's ever been used on the surface of the moon. Until another country lands some people on the moon our way will remain superior.
The shoes are required by law. It’s not an option and not a restaurant choice. It’s a law for health reasons.
And a safety issue, if you step on something and hurt yourself they are liable.
It's more of an insurance liability rather than safety, health, and definitely not law.
It is a law in many places. In the 1960s many cities, towns and counties enacted health and safety laws to try to control the obnoxious hippies who were perceived to be unhygienic. The most common form of those laws is to prohibit bare feet and bare chests.
@@robertallison9044 dude I wish Spicoli was here, he’d have lots to say believe you me heh heh.
Weird. I never run into this issue in Cali…
As a Ram truck owner and driver, she’s not wrong we drive really fast regularly. Also, her comment about her driving 60mph in Montana and getting passed up by driver’s frustrated with her going slow, the speed limit in Montana is 80-85mph. Just to have context on the frustration.
Yes if she’s so frustrated, then go home 🖐🏻
To drive to slow is dangerous. It makes every other "Ram" driver have to pass you. 😊 Me and my 2500 included
I watched all of her videos while she was driving around the USA for 6 months. She did not drive across the USA. She drove from Texas to Alaska. If she wanted to drive across the USA she would have driven from the West Coast to the East Coast. She stayed on the West coast and didn't see the majority of the USA.
FYI. When we say "you guys", that refers to men, and women, all are referred to you guys.
exactly! Guys = men...but when people (especially younger people) say something like C'mon guys let's go!" that means both genders. Informal speech.
Unless you're from Brooklyn. Then it's "Youse guys"...
Guy used to mean a male, so "gal" would mean female, but I think in the last 15+ years in the US it has changed, because of the "inclusive" cult wanting to make it seem like there is no difference between men and women. 🤔
Technically, "guys" should only refer to males. But it is often very commonly used for both genders.
The female counterpart is "gals".
Men/Women
Boys/Girls
Guys/Gals.
First of January is perfectly acceptable. But our numbering months first comes from saying the month first. "May, Fifth, 1952."
The Four-Way-Stop rule is the car on the right goes first.
I'm 67 and say you guys.
I lived and worked in Yellowstone for two years, and it is amazing. Many people feel like Eva does because they drive into the park, watch Old Faithful erupt, get a souvenir, then leave saying how disappointed they were with the experience. Yes, it is a huge parking lot around the popular areas waiting to cater to these types of pit stop tourists. You need to take several days and hike just a few miles away from the tourist trap spots, and you can stand within feet of amazing natural wonders and wildlife, with no sign of people or vehicles. Take the time to see it correctly and you will never be disappointed.
I don't go by anything that Eva says
Haha 💯 spot on, these are typical experiences. Gotta get out there. BTW Glacier Nat P is the bestest.😅👌
Right. I worked at Yellowstone twice living there for several months at a time and still didn’t see all of the park because there’s just SOOOO much of it. Some people only see Old Faithful though and the boardwalk surrounding it. It’s amazing in itself but definitely gotta get out there more.
When I visited Yellowstone I went last week of august / first couple days of September. And it was great, not a Parking lot at all except when bison blocked the road or cars in front of us stopped to take pictures I’d animals close to the road. Which was fine cause we wanted to see the animals too. I knew not to go in the middle of July when it was known to be super crowded. We got to drive 90% of the main roads and stop at all the main popular attractions and a few short hikes. All in one week and even had a day leftover to check out grand Tetons. Never felt like parking lot. Guess when you go makes a difference
Agree! I worked there 4 mths and it is a wonderful place. Great outdoors!
For the most part, in America, we don’t talk politics with strangers that much. If someone starts talking politics and the other people don’t want to, we’ll just talk about anything else.
I don't know where you live but I've talked politics with plenty of strangers and I live in Florida. Of course that's probably why my state has better legislation and government leadership than most other states, because we discuss what we do and don't support with each other.
@@sirraf23 There's some truth on both sides. It is common knowledge in America that politics and religion are both divisive topics that it's often best to avoid. Even so, some people handle these conversations really well, so if a person discusses it with tact, and their interlocutor is not sensitive about these things, then politics and religion can be, and often are, profitably discussed without issue.
@@Real_LiamOBryan it's also not hard to discuss politics when everyone is fed up with the inflation and pointless wasting of tax dollars by the federal government. A couple of people complaining about the price of groceries can turn into a political discussion really quickly. Religion is a whole nother can of worms lol
@@sirraf23 True!
@missam3404 Florida does have better than most, based on my values. I wish I could get out of Oregon. Still, it's largely going to depend on your values. If you are from a blue state or a large city, or are just more liberal, then Florida may not have the best, in your opinion.
I’ve seen some of Eva’s other videos. About the cars honking at her, well, she said she had no idea that the left lane is the fast passing lane. You’re expected to to the speed limit and only use it to pass. So she said her wreck could only go 60 mph. Many places in Montana, Nevada etc, the speed limit could be 75 mph. She was getting honked at because she was hogging the left lane at below the speed limit.
American here. I don’t understand why y’all think the way we write dates is wrong. We write it how we say it: April 9th, 2024 = 4/9/24.
@@anastasia10017 for you not us
There are only 12 months but 28-31 days. So if you do the least first then it’s month then day. Also, it’s nice to know what month you are talking about first and THEN what day. When you look at a calendar, it is based on month first and THEN days. I cannot image it any other way lol
I've watched for months her drive here in the US. She did not go to major towns and cities or suburbs. 😮WE DO HAVE SIDEWALKS!
I'm really surprised at a lot of what she said on this video.
She didn't say that there is no sidewalks at all but that there are areas where those are missing. People should learn to listen.
@@halmond8713I just listened and she said there were no sidewalks
She did say there were no sidewalks. But then she showed places that were obviously out in the country. Sidewalks cost money. There has to be enough local people paying taxes to have sidewalks. Town or county governments aren't going to pay millions of dollars to put sidewalks everywhere where few people live.
Her saying shes been across america is like going through Italy, Switzerland & Germany and saying youve been across Europe
I know. She only went through West America and still skipped areas, totally ignored Midwest, south, the east.
Also I’m going to Germany, France, and possibly Belgium and Ireland this fall and I definitely can’t come back to the US and say I’ve been across Europe, people would think I’m crazy. Especially since most would ask about Italy or England 😂
@@kolaidashe did go back east as well but it was an after thought. She really thought she was seeing America by driving through the inter-mountain west, western Canada and Alaska.
eh true but she is 100x better than most of these youtubers who only go to NYC and then claim to know everything about the US lol
Right? First thing I thought was "you said you travelled all across America, then showed a map where you went across like 20% of it" lol
I will also add that her trip from what I remember wasn't entirely "all around America" it was more of a north-to-south trip on the west half of the US
If you are looking for public transportation you need to go for big cities on the east coast mostly 🤣
Also, Yellowstone is 2.2 million acres so she must not have gone farther than the parking lots
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Not even western half, she was on the western edges
Yes. European perspective on “all over the US”. She covered a lot of miles, but didn’t come close to seeing most of the US.
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I was born in South America and have lived in the USA for 45 years!😳 The pickup trucks was confusing to me to. Americans are hard working people and do things themselves. Like for instance, remodel a part of their home or their landscaping. To do that they go to stores like Home Depot where they can buy all the materials necessary for these projects and haul them home. Pickup trucks are also handy for moving furniture to donate or when purchased or….to help a friend or a neighbor. PLUS..the reason it is so strange to people outside of the USA is because of gas prices in other countries vs USA.
A lot of Americans don't travel abroad because the U.S. is like 50 countries. So diverse. Traveling to other states is like traveling a abroad, but we're getting to see our own country.
No, it's not.
@@CabinFever52 yes it as. usa has all but 1 climate within its borders.
@@aengusdedanann181 , oh, so travel is all about the weather.....good one----NOT
@@CabinFever52 "good one----NOT"
sorry didnt know i was talking to an intellectual superior
@@aengusdedanann181 , if that's your take away...well then...okay.
When she said Washington State has the best drivers, I laughed out loud in the Diner xD
😂 Said the person who encountered far less than 1/4 of the country’s drivers.
Btw I’m agreeing with your sentiment.
I think Oregon and California drivers are much worse.
Washington (state) drivers have not impressed me, in-the-main.
Any time I see a Washington license, I know to get past them immediately and leave them to their miserable attempt at driving.
Same!! She must like bumper to bumper insanity
4-way stop signs (also called "all-way") are usually located at intersections of roads which have light-volume traffic that doesn't justify a traffic light. An all-way stop may also be justified if the intersection has shown a history of collisions involving pedestrians or vehicles (making every vehicle stop). So the chances are that when you pull up to one, it is easy to tell who arrived first. If 2 people arrive at the same time, the vehicle on the right proceeds first. I have never had a problem at these intersections...Roundabouts or "traffic circles" are becoming more common in many areas of the US to control traffic flow.
If in doubt, be courteous and either motion the other car on by hand or flash your lights at night to indicate you're deferring to their passing through first.
She made it sound like there is a line of cars at all 4 points. LOL You know who got there first, let them go then you go. There is always that one person who doesn't want to wait, you let them go and honk at them. (well, in California you probably get a few chosen words.
All-way stops make a lot of sense and it's frustrating to see how people criticize them.
St.Louis has a few 4way stops that also have left turn lanes. Six to eight?!? cars all trying not to kill each other. I'll admit there are times i have no idea who is supposed to go next. I might need to go back for a refresher on driving etiquette. I never thought I'd be the guy wishing for a new stoplight, but at intersections like this, i really do think they'd be safer and faster traffic.
Well stated
I'm a social worker for individuals with disabilities and the lack of public transportation is a huge barrier for this community.
There's no sidewalk because that is a state highway going through the town in the example seen, not a street or a boulevard. Those have sidewalks. Highways and interstates have shoulders, not sidewalks. In fact, the shoulder on the highway pictured is pretty wide.
American here. Such a European complaint to say there are no sidewalks. Go to any main Major city and they have sidewalks. She is filming country roads
yea but thats major cities, they kinda need that most suburbs dont have them or they used to have them but tend to be overgrown and forgotten
But major cities are not the American norm by any stretch of the imagination. The vast majority of the U.S. is suburbs and country.
Us sidewalks 2024= full of homeless ppl and trash and junkies..living the american dream
San Antonio is one of the largest cities in the country, and there are several areas where sidewalks just disappear or do not exist at all. I lived there for 6 years and after moving from New York it is wild how unfriendly the city is to pedestrians, bicycles, ect.
This is very city dependent.
@@nickrounsville Us sidewalks 2024= full of homeless ppl and trash and junkies..Living the american dream .
There are LOTS of sidewalks in American. Just not in big open spaces.
I'm from Guatemala, and spend a lot of time in the U.S. because of my business, and It's getting SO OLD hearing Europeans complain about the stupidest things in the USA. Complaining about pick up trucks?! "Who gives a shit". The whole traveling thing is also such a dumb take too. Why does anyone who has the landscapes they do in their own country, need to travel outside of it to a place like Europe where everyone dislikes them or has a bad opinion of them to begin with(obviously not all). Come to Latin America amigos, the foods better here anyways. 'Murica!
I love this. 😀❤
Thanks!
Let’s gooo!
Best food in the world!
It’s called broadening your horizons
Educating yourself about the world you live in,and not thinking you are the whole world
Love traveling there,been doing it since the early nineties,but wouldn’t live there
29. and yes just in my state Georgia, we have beaches, swamps, forest, and mountains.
She obviously only visited the tourist area of Yellowstone.
Yellowstone has a lot of access to wonderful camping spots and sight seeing areas where you can absolutely find solitude and peace.
for a follow on, see Yosemite. Every pic you take is an instant postcard. I have been to both, love both, but she seeks beauty, so, Yosemite.
She drove from Texas to Alaska so she missed a lot of cultural and regional differences in America.
Not mentioning BC, she probably took the ferry from Bellingham to Alaska.
Texas to Alaska is still impressive, but yes she missed out on A LOT of culture.
But you are still in the same country with the same language and culture
@@Winnywutzthere are a lot of regional cultures within American culture as a whole
@@paulwarner7508 but only regional differences. You're still in the same country
She was probably driving slow in the passing lane, causing a blockage in traffic. Bare feet in establishments are a lawsuit waiting to happen. If they step on glass or anything, it's a liability for the business.
Her view of the United States is kind of skewed, because she consciously avoided going to cities, suburbs, and larger towns, which is where most Americans live. Almost all of her impressions were from remote rural areas, on a trip that only went through a few Western mountain states and Alaska on a south to north route.. Hardly representative of most of the USA. How can she proclaim which states have the best and worst drivers, when she only went to seven states?
Most Americans like 80% live within 100 miles from a coastline.
Sweet, guess the rest of us should just fuck right off then huh@@Bea-Dubya
Even between northern and Southern California the drivers are different. Can’t generalize a whole state
@@Bea-Dubya40% live within 100 miles of the coast. 80% of Americans live east of the 98th meridian line and 20% live east of it. Looking at a map of the USA divide it in half. 80 percent of the population lives in the eastern half. Which makes total sense. Because it was where everyone lived before we migrated west towards the pacific.
Her opinion is skewed because it is her opinion. I thought it was fun seeing her perspective.
This woman is something else. I am an Asian living in the USA and we see and experience life here in the USA without comparing with ours Welove living in this free country and Americans are wonderful if not the most I have known. I have lived here most of my life and never back to live anywhere.
We default to the person on the right having priority when we reach the intersection at the same time.
Yeah, it's pretty simple. The one who stops first goes first. And if you stop at the same time, the person on the right goes first.
She seemed surprised that higher quality food would cost more....what do vegans know about high quality foods.
When your driving on an expressway slower traffic has to be in the right lane and faster traffic in the left lanes....she was driving slow in the left lane guarantee it. 29 minutes in, I'm still with you brother.
And isn't the speed limit in most of Montana 80 mph? Going 20 miles under the speed limit - that's going to be problem no matter which lane you're in. And anything below that - you can get pulled over and ticketed. Yes. We have minimum speed limits on freeways.
@jeandiatasmith4512 yeah it's 15-20 under. If you get more than 5 vehicles behind you because of speed pull over let them past you. Little things.
She is somewhat of an airhead
SUVs are the most popular. She spent most of her time in rural America. She doesn't realize what a low percentage of the population lives in rural areas.
I'm not sure exactly what you mean by rural, but having looked at the US Census Data, a solid 20% of the US population lives in what one might think of as hardcore rural areas, but a huge percentage of so-called urban areas are pretty well in the "boonies" and out of the way. They are small pockets of communities effectively out in the countryside. If you add those, I guarantee you that the 20% figure will shoot straight up to at least half the US population. I also guarantee you that the people living in those areas have far more in common with rural life than anything in the big cities. Many of those places have farms and ranches within town limits or right next to them. My own town is technically considered urban, and while it's a decent sized town there are literally farms and cattle ranches all around and within it.
Medium sized cities like Reno have tons of pickups. I agree SUVs are really popular, but pickups are also, in certain areas.
SUVs are the most popular in North America from the East Coast to the Mississippi for pick up trucks begin to compete heavily until you get to the mountains of California west of the coastal range at which time SUVs and expensive vehicles take over. Many people in the inner mountain west and the Midwest live in rural areas and think of trucks as not only a practicality but a cultural necessity.
Don't even think about it when they take my card! Tipping at Starbucks ? I don't do Starbucks but at Dunkin I leave the change in the tip jar. The sales tax thing is different in different states, here we don't have sales tax on food. My twin nephews, and niece all have pickups. The twins use the back for fishing tackle and golf clubs. My niece needs her's to transport her horse. Her idea of the 4 way stop isn't right. My state is 37 miles by 47 miles. I can be in Massachusetts in 20 minutes and Connecticut in 30 minutes. She didn't visit New England. Lol
Actually, I think she does, which why she didn't want to go the big cities. She wanted to be out in the boonies so to speak.
Smiling so much. That is true. I was told in Italy that they could always tell an American even if they don’t see you walking because we walk down the street smiling. We smile at wait staff. I know when I go down into my home town I find I usually smile at people as I walk along. It is just what we do. I will speak to complete strangers. I was at the grocery when a lady was buying several cases of soft drinks. It is a time when people get together to watch a big American football game with friends. I told her it looked like she was getting ready for a Super Bowl party (smiling of course). And she replied, also smiling realizing I was joking, that it was for s school dance! And we parted happily.
My daughter makes great tips! She worked for 3 hours on Saturday, and in addition to her hourly wage, she made $200 in tips! That's an extra $67 an hour!
Pick up trucks... we haul our building materials, gardening supplies, furniture, etc. We help and move our friends and neighbors. We donate materials and supplies on our truck beds. Most of the United States by land mass is rural. Pickup trucks reflect our self reliance.
Sidewalks are entirely dependent upon the area. Even within cities, some areas have them, and some don't. It is extremely rare to find an urban area in a large city that doesn't have sidewalks.
On the flip side...what is the point of a sidewalk in a mostly rural or sprawling area? There will not be enough foot traffic to justify the cost of a sidewalk.
In the middle, most roads in the US have a fairly generous shoulder where you'll find people walking quite happily.
One thing you must keep in mind regarding the US is the sheer size of the place, as well as how towns develop. Some cities started out with a population of 4000 in 1825 and there was no need for sidewalks because most people rode horses. 150 years later the town has grown to 100,000 and now there are suburbs, downtown, outskirts, and countryside all technically within the city limits. Downtown areas mostly have sidewalks, suburbs are hit or miss based on the vision of the developers, and there are no sidewalks in outskirts or countryside.
That woman sometimes takes her preconceived ideas and spouts nonsense without considering the relative needs and costs of sidewalks.
A lot of it also used to depend on whether the postman delivered directly to your house. Here where it snows you had to have a sidewalk and keep it clear for the mailman to walk on. Most of the newer housing developments or bedroom communities will now have a central or entry area where all the mail is delivered and you pick it up.
Tips - No one HAS to leave a tip. Tipping is 100% optional. You don't HAVE to tip 20%, you can tip more or you can tip less; it's entirely up to you. I think most visitors to America know this, but they usually say Americans "HAVE TO" tip. There aren't many things Americans *have* to do. We have to pay taxes, we have to obey all laws ....and I think that's it.
In my state, If a table/party is 8 people or more a 15 percent gratuity is added to the bill automatically. No option.
@@eledgythat's a gratuity charge and is lame. Becoming more common sadly.
Taxes, Laws, and Death are the only requirements as far as I know.
In the little village I am from, not tipping is deffinately not a good idea if you want to eat there more then once. But this does not apply to fast food...sit down restaurants only.
@@eledgy No law exists requiring customers to leave a tip. When a "tip" is included on your bill, it is not technically a tip, it is a service fee. Your server does not get that money, the restaurant does. Some restaurants distribute service fees equally among wait staff, cooks and hosts, however they are not required to do so. If they do not, then those fees are part of the restaurant's revenue, and, as with all businesses, they must pay taxes on all revenue. But if that extra revenue increases the restaurant's financial profile, it's a very good trade-off. And, you are correct, this is usually only done at larger tables, otherwise it would not be worth it.
She drove through a portion of the country. It would be like judging all of Portugal and only visiting one small town. She is comparing an apple with a grape. Completely different!
You are always so kind. We all need to love our countries. God Bless
Yellowstone is HUGE. If you go in June, and all you want to see is the Prism pool and the big geysers, yes it will be like a mall, but you could totally walk the other way for an hour and be a couple of miles away from anyone but an elk maybe.
I went in August 2021 and it wasn't crowded at all. The geysers, rivers, and mountains were amazing. And I saw bison, elk, bear, and antelope; and all but the antelope were very close up. Before I visited, Yosemite was my favorite national park but now I have two favorites.
As an American, I have no opinion of people in other counties.
I have made many trips to Europe and a few trips around the world and have always enjoyed the differences between them and the US, but then again, I don't have an audience to entertain and cater to.
It would be like going to a foreign country, encountering three rude people and then stating that the entire country is rude. Why have an opinion about and entire culture if you haven't spent a majority of time there?
She doesn’t understand that the shoes rule is to protect her from stepping on something harmful and to protect the company from being sued should that happen
And, by the way, who, in their right mind would think it's OK to shop in a store without shoes? What part of third world Europe is this broad from?
Tips: I tip 20% tops and only when I receive a service. I don't tip when someone just rings up something at a counter or even hands me something from behind a counter. I'm even no longer tipping for pouring coffee out of a carafe but I do tip a barista (10%) who makes an espresso drink. These days, however, some places including San Francisco are doing away with lower wages for tipped employees and I'm seeing less and less reason to tip at all. I may pretty much stop tipping except at places where I am a regular customer and want to bribe them for exceptional service.
These days, more and more restaurants have the kind of card readers that can be used at the table. The places that take your card just have older technology and it's pretty safe. I have had a problem once in my life: Shortly after a lunch at a touristy place my card number was fraudulently used (the bank covered the charge).
Right turn on red: This became a "thing" in the 1970s when gas was embargoed. It supposedly saved gas because cars didn't have to sit there idling as much. Now there is a movement to do away with it as a matter of pedestrian safety (which I disagree with but there's no arguing with the anti-car crowd in deep blue cities).
She's making 4-way stops more complicated than they really are. The person on the right has the right of way as in Europe EXCEPT when another car clearly arrived first at the intersection. This isn't a matter of milliseconds. It has to be unequivocal.
Talking politics: I find that politics is such a divisive, emotional subject that I almost never bring it up in a conversation with strangers or people I don't know extremely well. I have one friend who is much more liberal than I am and I do bring it up with him because it's like an in joke--we like to goad each other. But that's it.
If you only eat fast food at chains you will think the food is trash. DON'T DO IT if you come visit. Eat at independent and family-owned places whenever you can.
Go to Yellowstone in the WINTER. Dress very warmly but there will be no crowds and it's even more beautiful.
Credit /Debit Cards at Restaurants. Yes, it's customary that the waiter takes the card to the cash register to process the payment. More and more Restaurants are using the table kiosk where the customer processes their own payment or pay by phone .
As an American, one thing I will always be jealous of Europeans for is their cities. The infrastructure and walkability is sooooo much better then most places here in the states.
Cities have sidewalks. Smaller towns often do not. There are places where it’s dangerous to walk. Credit cards can be taken to the cash register, run for you, and brought back. The portable machines are newer here and many places don’t have them.
Suburbs of cities in the NE have sidewalks.
The best generalization I can make about where there are and aren't sidewalks is that many places that have been developed more recently than about 1960 don't have sidewalks. Almost any place within the city limits of a large city doesn't fit that description and has sidewalks. Unless they're REALLY small (say, less than 200, and there are some that small in the area where I grew up), every town that has parts older than that has sidewalks at least in those parts.
There's one restaurant near me that serves you at your table, but all ordering and payment is done by a phone app.
@@Gaeilgeoiryeah that’s a suburb not a small town.
I am from Arizona and I didn't even know modern places didn't have sidewalks. I guess roads and streets that don't have anything on the side of the street to justify a sidewalk.
When in Rome do as the Romans do. We tried the metric system in the 1970’s. It didn’t work for us. It messed us up but it’s still here. We buy milk by the gallon and soft drinks by the liter.
American culture is about CONVENIENCE.. that is why we have so many drive thru windows for restaurants, banks, and even pharmacies to pick up your medicines. If you go to a grocery store like Kroger's which is a very popular chain of grocery stores, they have pharmacy department in there. Same as for Walmart and Target stores that have everything from hardware items, to food, to kitchen supplies, bedroom supplies, bathroom supplies, and can buy clothes there, toys and yes they have a pharmacy department
Also drive thrus are handier for elderly or handicapped people.
Yellowstone is amazing. You will never get closer to the wild then there. Stunning.
If you haven't seen it, I would recommend How Wolves Change Rivers, available on youtube.
Ok, I'm really pissed she didn't see more guns. We need to step up our game.
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Yes!!!😂
Our parks are so famous that everyone comes here to see them so they are becoming crowded in some of the more famous spots. If someone honked at you. then you were driving in the left lane. SLOW DRIVERS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE LEFT LANE, thats the passing lane. You cant drive slow in the passing lane its actually against the law to hold up traffic in the left lane. And Montana didnt even have a speed limit until maybe 10 years ago when they started having speed limits. The natives dont pay attention to that though, thats why they drive so fast there.
Even when MT was forced to set speed limits, it started as a $5 fuel wastage penalty (don’t know if that’s still true)…
Though we live in WA, we’ve only been through MT a few times, but I can attest to the speed of traffic; we also saw more single-vehicle accidents per 100 mi than anywhere else in the country-coincidence? I suspect not…
"Garbage" and "trash" are both used in the US, while "rubbish" is pretty exclusively British. My one time visiting Yellowstone Park was more than 30 years ago, but some of what she said was true then. The geysers and other geothermal features are the most popular things there, and there are big parking lots near them. But there is more to see there--mountains, waterfalls, and a canyon. It is one of the few places to see American bison in the wild, the remnant of huge herds that existed in pre-settlement times. They seem pretty docile, but approaching one is not a good idea. Elk are rare elsewhere, but you are pretty likely to see them in Yellowstone. Prior to about 1970, it was allowed to feed bears there, and bears would just wait by the roads, but now feeding is illegal and the bears generally stay away from the roads, but you might see one at a longer distance. There are also wolves there that you might see.
In the South where I live. "Rubbish" means yard waste...limbs leaves etc. "Garbage" means all sorts of trash and food waste combined. "Trash" usually means trash minus the food waste, mixed paper, cardboard etc.
I lived in WA state from 1991-2010 and saw elk all the time.
26:41 I am not sorry that businesses didn't want you to come in with your dirty feet, just hanging out. Also she needs to understand how much of a legally liability it is for the business to have you in there with no shoes.
Especially a restaurant
While I agree with you, the whole litigious mentality is rather unique to the US. I doubt you would find many other places where a person would sue a restaurant because they spilled coffee on themselves and it was boiling hot. So I can see why it would be so off-putting for someone unfamiliar with that possibility and the need for the company to protect itself.
@roush243 The woman who sued because the coffee was too hot got 3rd degree burns. I think she was in her 70's . America is a litigious country, but really common sense says not to go barefoot in a restaurant. I doubt that's allowed in the U.K. so I don't know why she acted so surprised.
Apparently it's legal in both countries. 🤔
@@FourFish47 The coffee was boiling hot. It literally can not be hotter than that. She spilled it on herself. Then sued because her coffee was hot. The restaurant was not responsible for her spilling it on herself. Why is that so hard to understand? As a result they don’t sell hot coffee anymore, it is just slightly warm. Why? So that if you spill it on yourself you can’t sue them. Let me say that again. If you, not them, somehow spill your coffee, which is barely warm, on yourself, with no help from them, then you can’t contact a lawyer to sue them for millions of dollars like she did, because somehow the medical bills for blisters was really high that one day. In America, businesses have to be careful because people try to sue for anything and everything.
The answer to nearly every "Do they xyz in America?" question is, "It depends where you go."
Finally for the date thing. The date is oriented for bookkeeping. Taxes are monthly so the month comes first. Also the month is the smallest number. There are only 12 months but up to 31 days...America invented traffic lights so yeah we know how to use traffic lights and right on red.
She got the stop signs wrong. If there are multiple people at a stop sign, the first person to arrive goes first...but after they go priority proceeds clockwise around the intersection, it's not a free-for-all.
Around here it's whoever got to the stop sign first, always. There's never a clockwise flow unless that just happens to be how the cars arrived.
@@alby7186 talking about when they're is a literal line of cars, not when you're arriving only every few seconds.
That said, chaos is not unusual. A lot of people seem to have missed that day in driver's ed. It Aptos be "to the right" which is anti-clockwise, if I missed the "anti" part that's my fault.
The lack of sidewalk picture she shows is on a major road, (45 miles an hour or faster) in an industrial park type area. No way would sidewalks be practical there. We have them in cities and neighborhoods.
Cities have sidewalks. No way to walk across the prairie.
But, maybe if we had sidewalks. You know, " the build it and they will come idea ".
29! Thank you for your reactions, Andre! It's heartwarming to hear your thoughts about our country!
I have lived in the States for 40 plus years. I still haven’t seen all of the diversity. This country is absolutely amazing. Yellow Stone is amazing, yet loaded with people.
SUVs are the most popular vehicle in 48 of the 50 states.
Yes. The problem with owning a truck is that you're the first person your friends call when they need to move their furniture or haul stuff to the dump. Besides, SUVs are more family-friendly.
The wait staff take the card over to where the register is. Some places you also just get up and bring your check to the register at the front to pay. It's doubtful anyone has really stolen card info this way because they would get caught pretty quickly. The job is worth more to them.
32 is freezing in Fahrenheit.
Date format is likely because it's modeled after how we would speak the date.
Edit: Mostly people don't learn manual anymore because so few cars are manual anymore. I'm older and learned on a manual, so I can easily drive both.
Edit 2: Going to Whole foods she's definitely going to think regular groceries are expensive. That's an overpriced store. We can get plenty of groceries at reasonable prices.
Edit 3: If you go less than the speed limit in the US... Yes. People will get angry. It's actually safest to travel at the same speed as the flow of traffic. Significantly faster or slower is dangerous.
The funny thing about the date format, I think it was mentioned in some videos that the E.U used our format originally as well, but for some reason they changed it. Just like many other things that are different in E.U vs the USA, we had the same things but E.U decided to change for whatever reason and the U.S chose not to.
"It's doubtful anyone has really stolen card info this way because they would get caught pretty quickly. " Ask a fraud dept at any credit card place. I have know a jerk who did it and got busted, and I have had it happen to me. It happens......quite alot.
There’s not enough concrete in the world to have sidewalks on every road. City streets have sidewalks for the most part
Why you would use concrete for the sidewalks?? Where I live those are done with with the same stuff with the roads. You wouldn't do roads from concrete so why you would do sidewalks?
Concrete is what sidewalks in the US are made of. It's durable and can last over sixty years. Our roads are made of asphalt, which is cheaper (made obvious by constant repair) and takes a lot less time to be ready to use. We need our streets open 24/7 and can't wait for the concrete to dry.
Road construction in some places can cause a lot of traffic jams, detours and frustration.
Our interstates are made of concrete because they have a lot of travelers moving at high speeds, plus there are some extremely tall overpasses within them, and having a pothole or any rough spots on an interstate or any height, would be extremely dangerous. It's dangerous enough on an asphalt neighborhood street, but people aren't driving ninety miles an hour through neighborhoods and may know the area well enough to know where the potholes are.
I had to drive back and forth from Gadsden, AL to Birmingham, AL in the past month, and driving eighty to ninety miles an hour on the interstate while also switching lanes, is common in Birmingham, and areas in and around Atlanta, GA are even more intense.
People say that many Texans drive extremely fast, so they might be kicking it up to ninety and a hundred in some areas.
I'm glad the potholes on the street I drive on regularly were repaired a couple of months ago. The city needs to do better, but they'll likely say we'll need to pay more taxes for it. 🫤
I think people didn’t bring up politics with her because they could see that she was a woman from Europe and assumed that she was probably pretty leftist anyway and wanted to be polite.
Love you. American here. There are no sidewalks where I live. They always take your card at a restaurant. It is safe. You must tip. If you don’t tip you will look bad and sometimes the manager will follow you out the restaurant. That has happened to me more than once. Groceries are expensive.
The point of the tip is that it A) keeps the overhead costs down and B) provides incentive for the waiter to be attentive and provide excellent service
I'm okay with tipping a server or a delivery driver that only gets $3 to $5 dollars an hour for base pay. I'm not okay with tipping for counter service. Cashiers and fast food workers get much higher hourly wages ($12 or more per hour) and don't need a tip supplement.
Base wage for servers in NC is $2.13/hour. This hasn’t changed since I waited tables in 2003. It’s insulting.
@eledgy yet, they get $20+ tip for less than an hour of waiting on one table so they literally make more than retail workers per hour AND although they are supposed to report that as income and be taxed on it they usually don't report cash tips at all.
@@larimejohnson have you even worked in food service? cash tips are reported because it is in the interest of the employer. Otherwise the IRS would make them pay the difference. $20 tips on an 8 or less table are as rare as giraffes in Wisconsin. exceptions: A) it’s a country club and you know everybody and their mother
B) you happen to extremely attractive and regularly get seated with simps ordering copious amounts of alcohol.
@eledgy lmfao how naive are you? Not all cash tips are reported to the IRS when filling taxes, they are supposed to but please live in reality. Servers are serving more than one table at a time during the one hour period talked about. Five tables leaving only $4 each gets you $20 an hour easily, 4 tables leaving $5 gets you $20 easily, 3 tables leaving $7 gets you $20 easily 🤦🏿♂️. Depending on where you live $500 a night in tips is easily attainable during a shift. You need to get out more 😂.
She exaggerates several things in this video. Lol
We live smack dab in the middle of the country, Missouri. You should check us out. We're the gateway to the west and also have amazing BBQ.
I don't like going to the big cities such as St Louis and Kansas City. We live in a beautiful rural area.
Bruh St. Louis is heavily overrated. Sorry. 😅
@sector986 I'm not a bruh. I'm a momma with 3 children and 5 grandchildren, and we live in the southern part of Missouri. My grandparents were from the south.
Many big cities in the US are overrated, but Andre may enjoy them. I personally think the beauty and charm of a state comes from it's rural areas.
To each their own!
@@cindyr9790 bruh is just a general statement here. Don’t look into it so much. St. Louis is a shithole lol 😂
I’ve been there many times. It’s okay but it has a lot of poverty and drugs and crime.
@sector986 I know, I'm making a general statement too. It's all good.
@@cindyr9790 🫡 my city ain’t much better. Don’t think I’m trying to pull rank. There’s good parts of cities and also terrible parts. Mainly because of drugs and crime ruin them. It’s sad.
We used to drive manual here, but, people preferred automatic and manufacturers just began building them that way.
Back in the day all of us learned on pickups and VWs or muscle cars. Today those with manual shifts seldom have to worry about them being stolen in the city because the ignorant kids can’t drive manual.
I love your channel!
You are such a dear sweet soul with very honest reactions.
Never stop doing this!
Watching and enjoying. I am a 71 yr. old Georgian and have not seen most of these beautiful places, due to responsibilities and money. But, I can look at pictures, videos of the gorgeous areas.
Texas just might have more trucks than Suvs but there's so much rural property and farm land that you need a truck.
There are plenty of people who need trucks in Texas, but tons of people also don't at all. It's just a status symbol for many who modify them and just the norm for others. A few of my neighbors have 3 trucks in their driveway, and a coworker has some huge jacked up truck that is always super clean and empty, while several cheap trucks right next to him are full of stuff or clearly have a well used bed.
Trucks are luxury items in the southeast. Priced accordingly.
@eledgy Yep its definitely a huge hit to spend 80 thou on a truck these days.
In case no one has noticed, most Americans believe in charity, however, not taxes.
America has more culture than any other country in the world and its not close. Europe is not a country but a continent, so its unfair to compare one country to a group of countries.
Sorry, but as a Canadian I disagree with your comment that “America has more culture than any other country in the world”
@@LoveCats9220so who does? We are immigration central. We have a plethora of culture.
All "4 way stops" are also "All way stops", but not all "All Ways" are "4 Ways". Both require every single person at a stop sign to stop, and in the event 2 cars arrive at same time the car on right goes first. But the "All Way" sign can be used at intersections with 3 or 5 streets coming together where all have to stop (since "4 way" would be incorrect). Some jurisdictions use "All Way" on 4 way stops since it means the same thing and probably makes logistics of sign management easier.
Yellowstone major attractions Old Faithful, hot pots etc are accessed by parking in a parking lot and in the summer there will be thousands of people visiting.
Yellowstone is huge and you can backpack and get away from the crowds.
My aunt and cousins went to yellowstone and they liked it. She seems to be put-off by the touristy focus of the park. If you dont like crowds, there are countless beautiful parks with criminally low visitorship.
even then from what I've heard even in the parks with lots of visitors it's only dense if you remain around the entrance as the parks are usually super big so if you go of track of the main areas people hang around it becomes a lot harder to find anyone.
The irony she’s a tourist complaining about the tourists?
She is wrong on the 4 way stop sign. First person has priority then it goes to the person on the right until nobody is there.
27(i think you said. I always watch to the end-always). I'm American first, conservative second. I feel I'm well rounded because I live in a physically diverse and culturally diverse country-yet we are all Americans. It's like the whole world is in our country. I'm not sure everyone can say that. My childhood neighbors were from greece on the one side, puerto Rico on the other and ukrain across the street. I ate very well and learned quite a lot. The people, music, food, language. We are blessed to live in this melting pot of the best of each country!
North American's history goes back 5,000 years+, from dino tracks, craters, petrogliffs, Ancient pueblo communities built into the cliffs, etc etc etc. It truly makes me think those who are "cultured" are giving themselves a little too much credit. In fact, I doubt they know very much about N. America. As for the U.S.A., it may be young, but it has made more of an influence and contribution to the world in that short time.
P.S. Yes, we have sidewalks, but not everywhere, lol.
If a European who has traveled and lived in over 70 countries sees our country as we do, finds the diversity and beauty that surpasses all-I think I'd give her educated opinion a bit more merit!
-and for your concern whether Americans would accept you as Portuguese (with an Eastern European accent 😉)? You would be embraced lovingly. We love people from other countries-it's who we all are! We don't respect rudeness or arrogance. We will start conversations with you, and when we hear your accent, we will want to embrace and welcome you. Our countries takes in more LEGAL new citizens than anyone else, 900,0000+ a year. It's the illegals that we have issues with. We are a warm, welcoming country. Just not into freeloaders.
I hope you have the opportunity to come and stay awhile. You'll be welcomed and loved.
I look forward to your videos and would love to see you come here-stay here. What an asset you would be!
Very well said!
29 As someone who grew up in Wyoming not far from Yellowstone, here is my perspective on it. It's an absolute marvel of a location. It's also a tourist circus. Temper your expectations if you anticipate wilderness because it's not wilderness. On the other hand, that makes it very accessible for people. Especially the mobility impaired. If you desire more wilderness and less people, I would highly recommend Sinks Canyon and Red Desert. Sinks Canyon near Lander, Wyoming is a very diverse ecosystem with a river that dives underground and resurfaces over a 1/4 mile away. Set in the foot hills of the Rocky Mountains you have easy access to top tier camping and backpacking. Red Desert is an outdoors oasis. Rent or buy and ATV or a 4-wheeler and have almost 10,000 square miles of gorgeous terrain to explore. Come prepared though.
I haven't been to Yellowstone but from what I've read you just go for a hike and once you're a mile or maybe less from the parking lot there aren't many people, at least in some areas of the park.
I found comedic value with this girl and kept pondering the thought of wow what her reaction would be in a real crisis.
Something I have never understood about Euro attitudes about the States is "Where do you think we came from?" A large percentage of Americans are either recent immigrants from Europe or come from people who immigrated generations ago. Dissing us is like dissing yourselves. Plus we have immigrant families from everywhere else in the world, so if you're looking for particular cuisine, church, or traditions, you are likely to find them somewhere in the states - more likely in metro areas, obviously.
So true.
The stupid ones stayed in europe. The smart ones left. Think about it. It explains a LOT.
Lol. She is talking about an intersection where two roads criss cross and at the crossroad everyone has to stop. It's very simple I don't know why she was confused. You drive up to the stop sign and you stop you look both ways and make sure no one is coming and then you continue on It's not difficult
I know. Like an air head girl. Ew how hard to stop.
@@suem6004 LMAO. It's not like it's that hard
If a waiter wanted to steal credit card info all they need is an RFID reader in their pocket. If you don't have an anti em material in your purse or wallet you don't even need to pull it out for it to be stolen.
Wouldn't have the numbers on the back, those are not encoded on the stripe, just the card number and expiration date.
@@JB-yb4wn The numbers on the back are created by a formula from the numbers on the front. I forget the exact method off hand but it was at a defcon years ago.
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Hackers talk about country rankings? At THE tech convention on the planet? Really?
I work for walmart. Not all walmarts sell guns because in some areas the gun sales would be so low it would not justify taking up that much floor space in the stores.
29. As a life long Southern Californian (we have sidewalks from the mountains to the ocean), and Disneyland Annual Passholder (now Magic Key), her view of the US is somewhat limited and biased (though I'm happy that in her final call, she'd like to live here). We have an incredible expanse of country, with an equal amount of diversity at all levels. Even within cities, counties, states, and regions, there are so many differences that you can't truly generalize things.
I absolutely love watching you react to videos❤ America loves you too my brother.
Well when you think about it, when someone asks you your birthday we normally say, for example, “January 5th, 2000.” Which is month/day/year so boom yeah
Rules about animals are based on the fact we have so many people. Everyone can't be bringing in fido and everyone has different allergies and such and we cant assume your animal is friendly or trained well
Right anything with teeth could bite and then you can be sued.
I really enjoyed your video and your perspective. Thank you for being open minded.
At a 4 way stop in USA if you both arrive at the same time the person on the right goes first.
When you have a house, you need a truck to haul things and take yard waste away.
Or you borrow a friend's or a relative's pickup.
Or you just like the feel of driving a pickup so opt to buy one. Downside is low gas mileage as compared to a car or SUV.
her point about not hauling anything in your truck is laughable. just because they don't have a load of lumber or bags of concrete in the back of it while they're going to pick up food from a drive-through doesn't mean they don't often need the towing capability. they just didn't at that moment.
Unless you manage to get an inline 6, then you can. My husband gets 28mpg in his inline 6 F150, my Suv only gets 26.@@patriciab8876
IN many areas you must have a truck or a Van if you own a home. This is so true. Many areas do not have city pick up etc.
People have pickup trucks for many reasons. And just because it's not ALWAYS hauling something doesn't mean it never hauls something.
Many people have boats, trailers, and campers they occasionally haul. You can't just constantly barrow someone else's truck every time you want to haul something.
My brother lives in a suburb, and he's always had a pickup truck.
I was driving on an icy, hilly country road and got stuck between 2 hills. I got in touch with a guy at a farm nearby. He had a Dodge Ram dually 4x4. He pulled my car back up the hill, no problem!!! Wished I had a big pickup truck about that time I was stuck!!!
Driving a manual or automatic has changed through the generations. Everyone used to know how to drive stick, but today not many people do. It's just because most of our cars now are only available in an automatic.
My family carries on the manual transmission tradition, very few families do the same. It’s seen as a rite of passage more or less, that the act of driving should be deliberate and occupy your full attention (in the beginning at the very least).
This is also sort of our hidden way of dealing with these messed up kids today. We know we can switch back to manuals and cursive and they will be helpless.
I carried it on, too. I got stuck at a party where I was the only sober person but couldn't drive the manual truck. The whole time I was dialing my uncle (least likely to kill me, most likely to defend me) at 1am, I swore NEVER AGAIN. I taught both kids, too.
@@jlgavitt priceless moments… 😂
@@jlgavittlive and learn…
17:56 As she said at the beginning of the video, she spent most of her time on the west coast, the states on the west coast are some of the most anti-gun states in the country, if she actually had spent a lot of time not in major cities in Texas she would have seen a lot more.
I live in New Jersey and I've literally never seen a gun in person except a handgun on a cop. Guns are not big in much of the Northeast. This is a big country and we're not all the same.
Just remember, in Texas, we're usually second-hand vegans, the animals we eat are primary vegans. (Lol!)
4 way stop is first one to stop starts the sequence , if they go ahead the one stopped going the exact opposite way usually goes too, since the cars who are going the other direction are waiting for the first car to clear the intersection anyway and these two cars are both going straight ahead , then (example , one direction goes, then the other direction goes, in other words, they alternate taking turns going, the others wait for their turn)Now, some people have their turn signal on, which means the car going straight ahead has the right of way and the turning car must yield/wait, then they can turn . That's the rules everyone follows. No matter how many cars come into play, everybody knows when it's their turn to go because they can "read" the pattern that's developed. I read further down the comments and I forgot to mention as someone stated, when two cars arrive at the intersection at the exact same time, the car on the right has the right-of-way and goes first.
I lived in a big city for about 6 yrs. That was enough. Now im back out in the country where i grew up.
We actually have trains in the US, you can travel by train from NY across Canada, down into Wa state. We have several train routes to take us across the US
The Fahrenheit system isn't as bad as many people argue. It just that it's designed for communicating atmospheric temperature rather than chemical/scientific processes. The 100 degree mark was defined at a level at which it would represent the highest temperature that a typical city would feel in a year. 0 degrees represented the lowest air temperature that would typically be felt in a year.
This system has numerous advantages when reporting weather: First, it avoids using negative numbers except in very cold locations. In the USA, the phrase "below zero temperatures" is a very helpful way to communicate that it could be dangerous. In the F system, it is more is more intuitive to see how the temperature correlates to typical air temperature ranges. A child can see how a temperature of 95 degrees F is extremely hot while 32 F is only moderately cold. It's not as intuitive to understand that 35 C is extremely hot but 0 C is only moderately cold. Lastly, the fact that the Fahrenheit scale has shorter degree intervals helps communication about the daily weather. In the Fahrenheit system, you would say "it's going to be in the 70s (or 80s or 90s) today". To say that in the Celcius system, you would have to say "it's going to be in the LOW 20s (or HIGH 20s or LOW 30s) today".
I thought the original definition of 100 degrees was that of the human body. Altered later to 98.6.
Don't know why they needed to change it.
@@btraven7536 I don't know the exact origin story, but I'll guarantee that the reason the Fahrenheit system was popular was because it was a convenient way to describe temperatures that humans beings face in their everyday lives.
The same goes for other imperial units. Take the yard for example. A yard is very close to the distance of a single human step. Want to know roughly how far it is from A to B in yards? Count your steps. That's it. It's simple to understand and communicate. However, the metric distance system isn't based on the human body or the lengths of common objects found in normal life. A kilometer was originally defined as 1/10000th the distance from the north pole to the equator. So, yeah, that makes it easy to talk about the size of the earth, but a meter is a really long distance in everyday life. Almost no one takes steps that are as long as a meter. Want to measure the rough distance from A to B in meters? Count your steps...then multiply by 0.9?! You're bound to miscalculate or miscommunicate that a lot of the time.
Of course, most of the imperial system is garbage and the scientific units are generally better. It doesn't make any sense that there are 5280 feet in a mile or that there are 3 teaspoons in a tablespoon and 16 Tbsp in a cup. But you have to admit that there is value in setting up a system that is optimized for everyday human experiences rather than extreme phenomena.
29 minutes and I'm here with you in Southern Nevada in the heart of the desert and wouldn't want to live anywhere else. We live just a hop, skip and a jump from Lake Mead and the Valley of Fire.