to truely enjoy yellowstone, u need a small crew of 3 to 4 pickup truck to really go to places u wouldn't go if ur alone. that go for a lot fo teh national parks in teh US.if u solo like her, ull be in teh largest parking lot like she describe cause a lot of the famous tourist spot is just a big parkin lot fo tourist.
She didnt say all she saw was a parking lot, her comment was that it WAS a parking lot, which tupically is a reference to heavy traffic, long waits in traffic and those are very accurate descriptions of summer in Yellowstone.
@@yia01 Not sure where you get that idea. I used to live right next to yellowstone (now I'm 5 hours away) and I've never felt the need to have a "crew." There are much more remote places with worse roads in Wyoming and Montana than yellowstone.
well she is a travel youtuber or w/e it is... of course she would stick around the west parts. which is a shame, east coast has so much to it thats wildly different than the west.
And she missed some incredible scenery, food and cities by not having visiting the rest of the country! Culture? All major cities across the country have amazing museums, art exhibits, and theaters.
As others have said, she drove through the western US, which has a southwest culture, not to be confused with the southern culture of the southeast, a Los Angeles / southern culture, a Pacific NW coastal culture extending from about Monterey Bay to the Canadian border, and cowboy wild country of Montana, Wyoming, and Nevada (except Las Vegas of course). She has not experienced New England, New York, Southern, Midwestern, Appalachian, southern Florida, or Creole cultures, which are considerably different! Can't forget Hawaiian culture, though normally considered western US. Though we lack the rich history of Europe and the plethora of languages (thank god!), there is still a world of different geographies and climates -- everything Europe has to offer, and then some!
I think the reason she thinks cost are higher for food is her vegan diet, also shopping at Whole Foods markets are very expensive for organic grown vegetables .
Ever watch her videos. She dies pay attention to other foods at stores and restaurants. America is ranked 41 highest. So compaiered to her travels and first world countries she lived in America food is higher.
Yes, if an area has a Whole Foods they probably have a Sprouts, Trader Joes or other Organic Food store cheaper than Whole Foods. In Colorado (most of the West) big Supermarkets have larger Vegan selection’s (my town does) and options for various allergens (that’s my problem).
Yea but the thing is gmo and most harmful pesticides are illegal in Europe so their food is already at the organic standard so their food is better for you and cheaper
“The food is bad. I’m a vegan.” LMFAO. That’s why the food tastes so horrible.. Not saying you can’t have good salads or vegetables.. but trying to pass plant compost off as meat.. 🥩 Vegan food is disgusting. 🤢🤮
Maybe this is only a California thing, but coming to a 4-way, the person on the right has the right of way unless a car is already there, then it goes first. All other cars stopped would yield to the person on the right.
I assure you that she was in the presence of many, many, many more guns than she was aware of. I live in an open carry state, but I have my concealed weapons permit, so you’d never know I had one on me, and I ALWAYS DO.
We have permitless carry here in my state too. If the gun isn’t carried, it’s in the car or truck. I don’t carry mine, but it’s in the car. On a police stop, it’s the first question they ask. It’s not, “Do you have any weapons.” It’s “where’s your gun.”
As do alot of responsible Americans. She doesn't understand people don't carry to scare or intimidate people. I blame mainstream media and movies for that impression on people.🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
Yeah, she visited it looks like about 10-12 states out of 49 on the continent. She missed the whole eastern and mid which is a lot different than the west coast and mountains.
Yeah I was just saying she didn’t visit the South really. Texas but there is a lot more to it. And what about New York and the middle of the country. She missed a lot!
Her channel documents her travel and experiences. Yes, if she lived here, she would experience more - but many of us in who LIVE in the US haven’t even traveled to all parts of the this country (me included). I think she does an excellent job - better than many who come and make conclusions after just one week or two (you can read see/read those opinions all over the place). The one complaint I found a bit strange however was her confusion about what to do at 4 way stops. It’s not that hard to figure out - and she’s obviously not a dummy.
The U.S. is about 38 times larger than the U.K. She spent 6 months exploring America. That would be like spending 5 days exploring the U.K., and how much of the U.K. can you really see in 5 days? Her 6 months only gave her a slight taste, and a lot of what she thinks represents all of America doesn't really. You could spend 10 years exploring the U.S. and only just start to really get to know it!
I live in NJ, the culture from north to central to south is way different. The culture on the shore to the Water Gap is different as well. That's in one small state, having at least 6 very different ways of living life.
Which is why it's easier to find areas with no sidewalks. Inevitably there will be many regions of low population density that do not necessarily justify the placement of sidewalks.
@@FourFish47 That's like a news story I read years back, that said there's a small percentage of people that live their whole life in the city they are born in, never traveling outside it. I'm not a city person, so I can't imagine spending all your life in an urban environment, never experiencing forest, mountains, desert, etc.
I've lived in the USA my entire life and there are places that she's seen that I haven't. Unless you have the privilege of money and time, you are never going to see everything that the country has to offer.
The reason for the "month, day, year" order in the USA comes from a wall calendar. When finding a date you flip first to the month, then the day, and it is perfectly logical to me.
I heard that the English, many many years ago, used to write the date format as month-day-year, and then at some point in history the English adopted the European format. And I learned this fact from Laurence from Lost in the Pond.
Our states really are like their own individual countries. And just like European countries, the States all work together to keep a general order and peace.
Ga is 6% in state tax but then each city, county may have added a penny or two for some project. Grocery stores actually have different taxes within the store. Edibles are different than non edibles in Ga. I went to Australia and there they pre-add the taxes so whatever the price is that’s what you pay. You’re still paying taxes and many people don’t even know how much is taxes.
Americans used to talk about politics more openly amongst each other. However, things are so polarized now that we have learned to table that discussion because differences are so vast.
Fun fact: we use that phrase, to table the (thing,) exactly opposite depending on which side of the pond you're on. Over here in the US, we use it the way you did. In the UK that would mean to bring the discussion up for discussion.
Yes, and leave it to Americans to wreck the privilege. I was at a patio having beers a couple weeks back, someone brought their 160 lb Great Dane with them. It was spilling everyone's beer, bumping into people, stepping on them, trying to eat off people's table, they were there for several hours and just laughed it off like "oh, this is just how he is. Is that ok?"
She did NOT drive all across the US. She drove through the western US. It'd be like if I spent 5 days driving from Liverpool to Middlesbrough then to Hull looking at scenery and talking to people then came home and said I saw ALL of the UK.
Completely agree. As someone who has been to east coast, west coast, and a lot in between, things can change a lot. A server in Washington state is not going to be as nice as the server in Georgia. California people are a lot different from Florida people. Lol
Yup, and in spite of everything that was shown, indicates she met a few people, but everybody she interacted wit along the way treated her Very Nicely, But, at the end, she took the Time to get in a few Parting Shots at Us and America in general. That's like going to a friend's house, having a Good Time, where Everybody treated you like a King, and As You leave, you make sure to take a Piss in their Potted Plants, and Aquarium
My wife and I went for a walk early this morning (6 am) on a path by our local river. We came across joggers, other walkers, people walking their dogs. Each and every one of them smiled and wished us a "good morning". I did not think it was anything unusual. I know if my wife and I had any problem (we are in our 70s) some one would have stopped to help us. Life in middle America is great.
When he said it would be weird to see people when you're out, and they smile and are friendly to you, I was thinking how sad that must be to live in a place where people being friendly to each other is odd!
Cheers!! 😊 I hear other countries keep to themselves when walking because they're suspicious of anyone being nice. That's just pathetic. Who's going to attack you when you're being nice to them? 😊 It may be weird to them, but when they get back to their country, they always talk about how nice it is.
I was crabbing off a pier in Oregon yesterday and struck up conversations with so many other people while I was there. Almost everyone that walked by stopped to talk.... The most valuable conversation I had was with a 90+ year old man that had never been to the pier. He was walking with a cane and walking really slow...I asked where he were he was heading “in such a rush”. He said he was trying to get to the other side of the bay so his family could pick him up. I had to tell him the pier didn’t go to the other side...it’s a dead end. After a 15 min conversation I offered to drive him to the other side but he declined.
@@FourFish47I agree. But then I remembered about how Ted Bundy used to pretend he was injured so he could get someone to help him. . .Then he murdered them. I don't get into strangers cars.
Real quick… she said that she drove “across the country.” Unfortunately she did NOT. She only saw 1/3 of the country, and if we count in the other areas in the Caribbean and pacific, she only saw 1/4 of the country. Please keep this in mind if you are going to follow the people online. Always ask the locals and make friends locally before traveling!
If I lived in a tiny place like the UK, I'd definitely get a passport. In the U.S. Its so huge and diverse you can leave your "world" and find many different "worlds" all in the U.S.
Hasn’t she ever hear about “The Ugly American” and applied it to herself as “The Ugly European”? I had it hammered into my head that different cultures had different social expectations; and I was to adapt to them. Viva la’ difference!
I agree that there are some UA-camrs’ reactions to America that fit into that Ugly European category. But I don’t really put her into that category. Her videos are interesting on her channel. I think she’s a bit of a nature-girl looking for a place to fit in - and she certainly could find her niche to fit into if she ever moved here. One thing with Europeans is that they don’t like our tipping system. She made the little dig about paying a livable wage… but at least she adapted and left nice tips. It’s shocking how many Europeans take an “ugly” stance on that, and think they don’t need to tip 15-20% when they come. It’s really simple… when you travel, you adjust to the norms of the country you are visiting. You don’t debate why you personally don’t like those norms and refuse to abide by them. That is incredibly disrespectful.
Ah, she is alright. I got a kick out of her. Enjoyed the video. And by the way. You had guns all around you, just about everywhere there are people there are guns, unfortunately. Americans are a bit insane regarding guns. 😢
@@Pb20441Stop. Just stop. You said it yourself. She was almost guaranteed to be surrounded by funs for most of her trip. Yet she made it home completely unscathed. Cry harder.
She mentioned “Whole Foods” which is one of th e most expensive options for quality food, but nearly every grocery has an organic section and offers organic options alongside other produce for more than the normal-organic, but much less than “Whole Foods”
The areas without sidewalks, in America, are usually buiness zones. Businesses expect you to drive into the lot and park while you shop. Most places dont charge for parking. However, in suburbs, and places zoned for residential areas tend to have sidewalks. In larger cities they have sidewalks on every street.
We live in the city of Colorado Springs and have no sidewalks in our neighborhood...all residential...many neighborhoods have sidewalks, but our neighborhood is made up of 1 to 3.5 acre lots...we can also have horses.
Right... also more rural areas. I live on a suburban/rural fringe so while I'm in a small, older subdivision we don't have sidewalks or curbs. We also have well and septic.
32° is freezing 212° is The temp at which water boils. Fahrenheit are smaller units so temperatures are much more precise in Fahrenheit than in Celsius
She's making a lot of generalizations based on what she THOUGHT was a large portion of the US. She's also a person who thought it was odd that she couldn't walk barefoot into a diner. You don't have to tip and when you do 15% is enough. The service is better anyway. Exaggerated the driving, she's just used to a different, not necessarily better or correct way of driving.
Has she ever been on the Autobahn? Those Germans may not be driving Ram trucks, but if you're tooling around at 60mph and clogging traffic, you're going to get some cross looks, flashing lights and horns.
The no shirt no shoes issue is equal parts health code and safety issue. The US is a very litigious country. Having worked in many restaurants in the US, the amount of broken glass on the floors at any given time would terrify you. You can never find it all to clean it all up. And someone being allowed to come in barefoot and they cut their foot on a shard of glass will sue the crap out of the restaurant... after bleeding everywhere.
Totally agree 👍 In addition to that, not sure why anyone would want to walk barefoot in a public place where everyone else has walked with thier dirty shoes. Kind of gross
FYI, food sold in the grocery store that isn’t ordered by you or cooked specifically for you isn’t taxed. No sales tax on food in the grocery store, or even prepackaged snacks in the minimart.
I love how she’s suspicious of EVERYTHING. Stay in Europe where you don’t tip, the prices are triple, the portions are minuscule and the service sucks, but you don’t have to tip. The month first is best. When being told a date for something you get an idea of the place in the year. Rather than thinking of the first day of every month. If you’re confused it’s not because of us
It's funny how you can give your opinions and thoughts, but can't respect her opinions and thoughts. I guess I am an American who was raised in a different manner.
You are lucky. I can't escape stupid political opinions, and if I don't reply to them appropriately, it is assumed that I am an "enemy" from the other side. American narcissism shows up most in political discussions. So over it
True but we are in the most dramatic or important historic times and I'm in my later '60s. We are on the brink of either losing our country for slavery and massive depopulation or the most exciting ascension throwing off the controlling cabal, and into freedom and new technologies l I t e r a l ly
Yeah she didn't escape because she's a foreigner. She escaped because it's on the list of things not to talk about in polite company -- religion, politics and money. It makes you wonder about her perceptivity in traveling the country because there's some other things she said that shows she doesn't really understand what she encountered. And if you think a four-way stop is rocket science that might partly explain it.
Wait…what?! It appears she came to the US with a lot of erroneous preconceptions. Yellowstone is not all parking lots, yes there are large parking lots because so many people visit! She must not have moved any distance away from her vehicle, it’s beautiful there! That would be true of most of our national parks and monuments. I am very fortunate that I have visited 49 of the 50 states, Hawaii is the only one I haven’t visited. What a beautiful and diverse country we live in! Living in Washington and having lived in other states, I think Washington drivers are mostly polite, in my town we have some signs reminding people to “Drive Friendly”. Yes there are many pick up trucks in the US , but I would say SUV (sport utility vehicles) are more prevalent. If you’re going to visit and drive in the US, it’s a good idea to know the bigger rules if the road, right turns on red when traffic is clear, slower drivers should stay in the right lanes on multiple lanes highway. Sidewalks? Most cities, towns and suburbs have them, when you get out in rural areas probably less so. Here in Washington pedestrians have the right of way, so if they enter the crosswalk as you’re approaching in your vehicle, you are required to stop and wait for them to cross. There are open carry states where you’re more likely to see people with guns. It appears to me, and from the states that she visited, she was visiting through mostly rural areas, so you’re more likely to see both pick up trucks and guns. “Trash food”, she probably was referring to fast food or junk food. When traveling there are plenty of small restaurants that serve really outstanding food. Being vegan she’s not experiencing the wide variety of foods grown in the US, and if she limited her shopping to Whole Foods, that’s a really upscale organic grocery store and expensive. I’ve heard that restaurants in the UK are more expensive than they are here, and if you don’t tip, you’re leaving your server wondering if they didn’t provide good service or there was something wrong with the food and you didn’t tell them so they could get you something else. Also, as she said, they are usually paid minimum wage because the restaurant owners presume customers will be tipping. No shirt, no shoes, no service has been around for a long time, for health reasons and also so a customer doesn’t step on something that may have fell on the floor and injured their foot before the restaurant had time to clean it up. Restaurants allow service dogs, but not generally other dogs, again for health reasons and because other diners may be uncomfortable around them. I hope on her next trip she visits other areas of the country such as the Midwest, New England, the east coast and the southern states…and not stick to just very rural areas. Her favorites, Montana, Wyoming and Nevada are not only rural, they have very low population levels and the population is spread out. Lastly many people don’t leave the US because of the cost, transatlantic and transpacific flights are very expensive, it’s not like you can take Amtrak or drive. And we have such a diversity of climates, two oceans which are very different from each other, states where it’s hot/tropical and states where you can enjoy snow sports, such as world class skiing. And yes, I have traveled out of the country.
It's funny you say that Washington drivers are mostly polite. I live in Washington too, and always joke they're some of the worst drivers. Though they are a little better in small towns, I'll give you that, there are still some crappy drivers.
Good explanation of most everything. The only error was the no shirt, no shoes part. That came about during the late 60s. It has no health safety ramifications for it. It was born out of the hippie. It was used to keep " dirty hippies" out of establishments because the hippies were barefooted and shirtless. If you think about the shoes what about flip flops. This is a false hood that is still perpetuated today to enforce a policy with no actual proof but rather an exclusion policy of a people. And think it is pushed by the people that it was originally used against.
4 way/All Way Stop - First person there goes first. If there is a tie, the person on the right goes first. Garbage Vs. Trash - trash tends to refer to mixed material refuse, garbage tends to include wet material like food refuse. No shirt, no shoes = no service - most US jurisdictions have health regulations that do not allow shirtless or shoeless attire around food service.
In the US the whole issue with not wearing shoes in those places are because it goes against most health codes and it's also an insurance liability for the store if you step on something or have some thing drop on your foot
Jengle 1970, this is it EXACTLY! You stated clearly the reason. It violated the health code! It opens the business to liability. You are exactly right! In the US all businesses that have indoor food service require shoes and shirts. Businesses who ONLY do business outside, such as a lemonaide stand on the beach, do not require shoes.
I’m new to your channel and I love it! I’m American, and I appreciate the respect you show America/Americans. If you have something negative to say, you word it in a polite way. This girl, not so much. Thank you. I’ll host you if you ever come over ❤
Yellowstone is definitely among the 50 most amazing places in the world. There is a reason it was literally the first national park on earth. However, it does get over crowded from mid June thru early August. Most of the park is closed October thru April because it's under a deep blanket of snow. But if you can visit Yellowstone in late May or early June or between mid August and when it closes, it is glorious. Don't mind the bison, elk, grizzly bears, coyotes, and wolves who are also enjoying the park when it is snow free and before the human hordes appear and they retreat into the deep backwoods of the park
Do not understand what is so HARD to comprehend about right turns on a red light... it makes perfectly good sense to make a turn after coming to a complete stop; instead of sitting idolly by waiting on the light to turn green before one can turn right; if no on coming triffice is coming, simply make the turn and continue with your drive. WHAT IS SOOOOOO HARD TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THAT??? We drive on the RIGHT side of the road, so why would one need to sit at a red light wasting time waiting to make a right turn, especially if NO TRAFFIC IS APPROACHING...
I skip all the big cities as they are nothing but dumpster fires and high prices for nothing. They are ALL the same EVERYWHERE in the world. Yellowstone is ONLY good if you go backpacking and she had a dog and dogs are NOT allowed in the National Parks... Of course she did not like Yellowstone with its endless traffic jams due to a Bison sighting... and yes, Old Faithful is frankly a MASSIVE disappointment after the LONG drive to get there and in High summer it is HORRIFIC, but go in late fall, oh my, it is heaven. As for the food, yes/no, depends what TYPE Of food you want. If restaurant food, then I would agree UNLESS you know the LOCAL places to go, NOT the chain restaurants. NEVER go in a chain corporate barf place. Always, ALWAYS go to the hole in the wall diner. They almost ALWAYS have good food(DO NOT order hamburgers!!! Order the Daily chef's special, it is ALWAYS good, ALWAYS!!! and it is cheap in near all cases because THEIR customers are all the locals who eat at their diner VERY often.)
@@tekay44 Vegas was a blast in the 70s, now not so much. The drunks alone are off putting, so many people dressed in shorts, wife beaters, and sandals. Nobody dresses for dinner no matter how fancy the restaurant. Las Vegas has lost its sparkle. Oh yeah, and all the hawkers selling their wears is annoying as heck.
It's a new trend in America to put tip requests on the credit card machine for businesses where you wouldn't normally tip. Don't fall for it. Anything where you're getting your food or drink to go or not getting table service, you don't tip. Starbucks, Subway sandwiches, etc, you'll be asked for a tip but it's not expected. Don't feel bad not giving a tip if you don't receive table service.
Only servers get paid very low wages and rely on tips. The rest get paid a fair wage for their work. Not a living wage, because it's not a job that is meant to be a career. No one in Europe would like living in US once they start working 40+ hours per week with only 2 weeks of paid vacation (holiday) and about 7-9 paid holidays.
@@CafeRacer1975 Waitressing used to be just about the only entry level job you could earn a liveable wage on. --I started out serving in restaurants(as a teen) & only the cooks were picking up their checks. Every few months management got upset about it & began passing out stacks huffing & puffing at us about how we get paid weekly & it's our responsibility to pick it up, lol. They were shameful for the amount of work & crap we put up with, so most would be too annoyed to see those weekly(some weeks that chk may be the deciding factor of whether you should just burn the place down).
I'm like drunk and half asleep right now so my memory might be a bit off but I believe at a 4 way stop sign intersection it is "first come first serve" but if multiple vehicles arrive at the same time you let the vehicle to your right go first.
This is why it's called "right of way" in some places driving teacher will tell you when another person come first to the intersection let them go first then it's the car to the right, though if you and the car across from you is going strait as are you both go at the same time.
Most Americans dont talk about politics to each other in general. Its mainly social media. Most of us hate the subject and just want a break. Also, the American accent is original British accent
Exactly.It's expressly on the taboo list for "polite company", which includes strangers. We don't talk about religion or politics in that context. She wasn't special because she was foreign. People were just giving her the normal politeness. Remember those nice Americans she was talking about earlier?
We have over 900 miles of back country trails(10,000 kilometers) in yellowstone. She basically did the big tourist attractions, like Old Faithful, which you have to expect to be busy and developed in order to accommodate millions and millions of people. Also, there are thousands of miles of hiking trails just outside of the park as well. I feel like a lot of these videos are done by people who have the dunning-kreuger effect. They think they are experts but clearly they are ignorant.
Yeah but she only had a. Retain amount of time , so I’m sure she probably couldn’t do 909 miles of trails , I’m from Montana and she was obviously there during peak tourist season so when she says it was a parking lot she probably means the park was packed and yeah even the remote roads can be parking lots as people stop any and everywhere to view nature so she not all wrong But how cool would it have been if she could have reported on the country as we know it :-) Gawd what an amazing country we live in ,,,, sooo Blessed !
Her impressions are based on 2 very narrow north thru south slivers of the Continental U.S. I've traveled through all but North and South Dakota and Hawaii. Everything is so so so much more diverse scenically and culturally than anything she experienced.
@@Lovinurtears Not by choice I promise. I've always wanted to road trip every state including the Dakota's, just haven't had the opportunity or ability occur yet, but I'm still hopeful. 😊
Numerically, America does the dates from smallest to largest. Months only go to 12, days ranges from 28-31, and year just keeps going. So that is from smallest to largest
@@seaturtle979 as someone who was in the military and we dated everything 01Jul20. I would say 1 July, not 1st of July. Rarely would I say the year unless needed to but then it would be a mix between 20 and 2020. I find it funny that for one of the most celebrated holiday in America is said 4th of July way more than July 4th. I think we say the way we have always written it. It’s how things are dated legally (always some exceptions). Not sure when it started but I could see it happening just to distance ourselves from the way the world we were trying to escape wrote it. Or it’s something more random than that
as I have been told it was a hold out from formal European writing something like: July 4th in the year of our lord 2023 => July 4th, 2023 => 07/04/2023
@@plaid11 I say Independence Day usually, but I get your point and find it interesting that military uses 1 july 2020. They also use military time, which I admit takes me a hot second to convert in my brain. Out of curiosity, did you use Celsius? I am curious only besides I know in scientific fields, they adopt the universal measurements. Thanks for sharing tough!
@@seaturtle979in america July first would be most used. But I have heard others say the first of July. I have as well. But mainly when I'm repeating it to someone that didn't hear me the first time lol.. I talk to a lot of brits and most say the day first. 1st of July etc.
3:15 Yes, we do have sidewalks in lots of the US. But there are some portions of towns or suburbs that do not. It’s just not expected that there will be walking traffic in those locations. Or so little that the few that are walking just walk on the curb or in the grass.
If you look at the wide street on thr video you will see NO sidewalk there on the right side. But if you look across the street on the left you will see a sidewalk there. It all comes down to the size of the community and the practical sense to know what is needed.
Ffs she just comparing to the rest of small towns in other countries. Many different react videos have said this about America in general. Most of the stuff she said its common to hear. Best is the 4 way stop. Just shows most Americans know how to use them cortectly . 😂😂
@@josephsoto9933 It also comes down to community finances. She mentioned how big the U.S. is yet doesn't relate that to how many miles of roads are in it. Trying to put a sidewalk on every street in every city would be extremely expensive and most communities couldn't afford it.
I don’t think a lot of people realize that sidewalks are paid for by taxes. If a community/municipality/county doesn’t have the tax infrastructure, then sidewalks won’t happen. 🤷🏼♀️
nevada driver here. if she was driving 60mph anywhere on our highways or freeways, she’s the dangerous one. 65mph-75mph minimum, and people tend to drive 10-15 over the speed limit, so, yeah…she’s gonna get the middle finger from most everyone
People driving slow on the highways get on my nerves. A barefoot vegan blocking traffic with her slow driving? Aggravating. When in America do as the Americans, such as tipping. If you don’t like it then go home.
Tips for tipping: if you’re getting sit down service of good quality- 20%, excellent 25% Buying food at a counter- if someone has made your food in a kitchen- 15-20. For just a coffee (barista) $1. For buying prepared food , no tip
Sorry, I'm just answering questions as they come. But, Yellowstone is absolutely breath taking. You have to go when it isn't peak season and get out of your car and go see things off of the main roads. Also, it's actually against health codes to not wear shoes in most public places and many don't allow animals, other than service animals, because of health codes.
I'm glad to meet others who have made that drive. I've done it more than I care to count. It was a 3-day drive - 1 ½ days to get across Texas and 1 ½ days to cross new Mexico, Arizona and arrive in LA! It's pretty darn desolate for most of the drive.
Weirdly, my friends from the UK say that Fahrenheit makes the most sense out of all the measurements we use here, mostly because it accurately describes how hot it feels to a human. If it's really hot out, it's gonna feel like a 100. If it's really cold, it's gonna be closer to zero, like in the 30s. Saying it's 35 degrees out doesn't really sound hot, even when compared to 0 being freezing.
It also makes sense because it's based on a circle. There are 360° in a circle so the opposite edge would be 180° away. 0°F is the freezing temperature of a saltwater brine. 32°F being the freezing point of pure water would have the boiling point of that pure water 180° opposite it. Hence why the boiling point is 212°F. Since Celsius uses 0-100, I'm not sure why they say that it's degrees since it has nothing to do with a circle. Maybe just a carry-over from the Fahrenheit System?
"I'm not bothering anyone by being barefoot." That depends on how bad your dogs smell. Why would you want to walk barefoot in a store anyway? The amount of people that walk in dog crap, blood, and any number of of things without realizing it, and then go tromping through the store and she wants to walk through it with some bare feet. We all make choices. That doesn't mean they're the best choices.
It’s a HEALTH issue!! Down here near the coast, tourists thought nothing of going into a restaurant wearing only their bathing suits. It was disgusting! Glad they made that rule. Some people just don’t have any class.
I like how you don't even address the quote you quoted... Technically no one is being bothered by her bare feet except for their own offense. The dog point could be fair.
Yes SHE IS. That is a HEALTH CODE violation if she goes into any store, restaurant or bar here or in Canada. "No shoes, NO shirt, NO service". Businesses have the right to refuse service to anyone. It's private property
3:10 Depends where you are, I see sidewalks all the time until I get to spots where you have to use a car to go to the next stop because there's a road between every building (also some neighborhoods have sidewalks but some don't)
Lots of restaurants only have one machine to scan credit cards, so the employee has to go there to scan the card and then bring it back to you to sign and add what you want to apply as a tip.
16:07 Rubbish is British and isn’t really used in the US. Both “trash” and “garbage” are used in the US, but I’d say “trash” is much more common at least in the region I’m in.
Yes, it depends on the region. In Northern New Jersey everyone I know says garbage (66 years of only or mostly hearing garbage, not trash). White trash or calling someone trashy, yes but refuse is called garbage.
As far as Yellowstone, the overwhelming majority of people who visit Yellowstone ONLY hit the very easily accessible and roadside spots which creates the "parking lot" experience. As someone pointed out, Yellowstone is a very large park, if she didn't see anything interesting it is because she stayed in or near the car.
In the US, there are governmental regulations that have to be followed or your store/restaurant is fined or shut down. Animals aren’t allowed in places with food unless it is a service animal for a disabled person. Same goes for the shirt & shoes needing to be worn.
@@kassper82I've driven from Florida to New Mexico, and to New York State and to Tennessee. I've visited Alaska, Mexico, Bahamas, Canada. Each area had a different culture, flavor, beauty and vibe. If you drive from Texas to Alaska, if you're driving through, you're going to see some beautiful country, but you're primarily experiencing the West and you're probably going to see just as much Canada as U.S.A. territory. Just living in 3 different parts of Florida and visiting others, I can attest to each area feeling different. Culturally speaking, some areas are so far South you're North again. In parts of Florida, Miami, Venice, parts of Orlando, it's more like being in New York or Boston because you get so many Northerners moving to those places. And when you get so many tourists visiting and then moving here, it's no wonder it seems like nobody can drive- nobody learns the nuances of driving for the state they're in. Like in South Carolina, it almost seems like it's required to slow down to 5 miles per hour and rubberneck at every single stopped car along the highway. But I digress... Each state different culture. Sidewalks DO exist in cities and neighborhoods with high population density, but not big in areas that are much more spread out because if you can't walk to town, (as is the case with most western states where you have a lot of people that prefer to live further out, you're going to have your car or truck and there's usually plenty of parking close to where you're going.
As far as the tipping thing, if you go to a restaurant where you're sitting down to eat and a server is bringing everything to you, then you're expected to tip. In the past 10-15 years, tipping prompts on screens or cups on the counter for tips have become quite prevalent but these are people we never used to tip before. So you can tip those people or not, like at Starbucks, but if you don't, nobody is going to yell at you or anything.
I agree unless somebody way goes over the extra mile. I am not tipping a Starbucks. They get paid to make my coffee that’s their job whereas if I go to a restaurant where I know that they are not paid even minimum wage, they are bringing my food to me and I am a good tipper. This entitled greedy generation that one’s money and aren’t gonna put any effort into anything and have no pride in anything they do. I’m just not tipping that mentality.
It's the 17th, Tuesday. Oh! We're in April. You need to know the year too? *confused and suspicious look* (is this a time traveler or are they checking expiration dates?) Most of the time saying the year is unnecessary, so it's at the end. (consistent and reliable) When filing things you'd have a drawer devoted to a whole year, so the next thing you need to know is what month folder it's in, then you can look for the day section. You're already in "this year" that's not even part of your conscious thought process when looking for something's date; you're looking for the month first then the day and MAYBE double check the year to be sure. Part lazy and part efficiency. How much of each is dependent on the individual. : ]
She way over-thought the four-way-stop etiquette, if you pull up to a four-way, and there are three cars already there, you're the fourth car to go, if two cars are there, when they go, you're next, you don't have to try and calculate when every car goes, and what order, you just have to know when it's your turn.
Also, if 43 cars pull up at the same time, the car on the right goes first...hmmmm, in that circumstance, EVERY car is on the right. Courtesy or egotism reign.
Its funny because both the Fahrenheit and Imperial system we adopted from the British lol, same with the word soccer. We tried switching to the metric system but it would have cost too much and been a huge hastle switching every industrial buildings measurements
I try so hard to think in the metric system but I just can't! My ex husband is from Germany. Our funniest conversations were me trying to explain what a foot, inch, yard was. 😂
Technically she didn't drive across the country. She drove from Texas to Alaska. I drove from SC to California, California to Washington back to South Carolina. We wanted our twins to see all of America. We made sure to go back a different way. Then the next year we did the entire east coast up to Maine to the Keys Fla back home to SC.
She drove about as much in Canada as she did in America. As you know from another video, the government owns half of what she saw. When you come to the States, start east and go west. Or if I were you, I would start in the southeast and go northwest.
This is hysterical. She obviously spent most of her time in the western states where things are further apart. First off, we have sidewalks everywhere. I’ve personally never seen an “all-stop”…I could go on and on…but let’s just say her experiences were more unique than on average, I would say.
Yeah she needed to drive on the east coast to TX. Visit the Midwest, the Appalachian mountains. L3wg if you ever want to come to FL we live in Orlando and you got a place to stay
I live in a neighborhood in Ohio and don’t have sidewalk but lived in Arizona and had sidewalk so it just varies. I’ve lived in homes in Alaska with and without sidewalk. But everything is WAY further apart out west than other US regions 💯. There is a lot of all stops in my neighborhood. They are not heavily trafficked though. My biggest issue with her was the comments about Yellowstone just being a parking lot. I have to assume she thought the Old Faithful area was just the park and didn’t realize it was split into like five areas across acres and acres of land.
The barefoot thing is for safety number one. Broken glass, spilled hot drinks, those open up businesses to lawsuits. You can enter the green card lottery, or be sponsored by a business or another U.S. citizen for permanent residence in the U.S. After 5 years of residing in the U.S. you can apply for citizenship.
Sorry, it's the health department that sets these rules. One of the biggest reasons is foot and mouth disease, but there are many other reasons you'd have to look up
Except it isn't. No shoes no shirt no service signs don't bar entry, they refuse to serve. The practice goes back to people trying to refuse hippies service in the 60's. You should look it up, its an interesting read.
"Right on Red" is actually great for traffic flow. One must stop first and then, if safe, you can make a right turn. 4-way stop signs is much the same as "all way" stops but if traffic approaches from only 3 directions (think a "T" intersection) that would usually have an All Way stop sign. The first person to arrive at either of the multiple stop signs has the right of way. If two people arrive at the same time, then the one to the right has the right of way. It is not difficult to become accustomed to notice which person is first altering being in that situation a few times.
This law was also written because it would apply across population lines. My town, (300 people) we have 4 way stops because rarely is there more than one car at the intersection at a time. Drive a hour away and the 4 way stops have been replaced by traffic signals with the sigh “no turn on red”.
I have no idea how it would works in Europe if right side always goes first.... If you're stopped and about to go, but a car is approaching from your right, you have to wait for them to stop, then go ahead of you... then you wait for the car behind them to stop and go ahead of you... when would you ever get to go???!!?? And if all four sides are full of cars, does nobody go? Does everyone go? The only logical way to have an intersection with stop signs is to have the four way stop as described in the US. I lived in the Middle East and their 4 way stops were just like the US.
We were taught to write August 15, 2024. not 15th August 2024. Therefore the shorthand is 8-15-24. Why? Its just the way we were taught to do it in school when we learned the 'proper" way to format a letter, etc. Yes, back in my day we actually communicated with fhand written correspondence, and we were expected to have a legible longhand script, print was only acceptable if typed Hand printed characters was considered unprofessional and a sign of illiteracy.
I live in Texas. To get to Houston from where I live takes 9 hours. There are legal speed limits Texas that allow driving 85 miles per hour aka 137 kilometers per hour. To get from Beaumont, Texas on the east to El Paso, Texas on the west takes 12 hours…traveling on an interstate.
That's my rule as well. I'm sick of people that aren't serving me expecting a tip. Tips are to reward good service, which benefits the company and the employee because they get a good reputation that way and the public gets good service.
She spent her entire 6 months west of the Rockies. Also, if your truck can't break 60 then yes, you're getting honked at for driving too slowly. You may not have places to be, but if you live in these places and are constantly stuck behind RVs, people towing boats or trailers, or giant hippy rigs like hers, it's beyond frustrating.
This is especially true since the states she was in are enormous and have long distances between destinations. Drivers want to get to where they are going and want to drive as fast as possible.
I got a flat in Montana last month, and had to drive 50 miles to get a new tire. My car couldn't go faster than 60 mph on the spare because of the anti-lock brake system, and I was worried that people were gonna be mad at me, but no one honked. And, they couldn't even see that I was driving on a flat, because it was on the front passenger side.
Watching this video made me realize that it probably isn’t that expensive to go to other countries if you’re already in Europe it’s really expensive to go overseas here I remember in seventh grade I got the opportunity to go to Europe on a sponsored trip and I remember everyone telling me how much of an opportunity it was and how much of a privilege it was that I could even go to another country that’s not Mexico or Canada in my lifetime. most people I know have never been able to travel outside the country and definitely not overseas
Fun fact: if you are able to travel to south Florida (I wouldn't recommend this normally, but in this case, it is important), you can literally take a day trip to the Bahamas. The Bahamas are actually closer to the US than Cuba. IF you wanted to leave the US for a quick trip outside of Mexico and Canada. You obviously will need your passport, but it's not that bad. It's about a 2-4 hour boat ride from the east coast of Florida. The price isn't super bad either, if you avoid the big cruise lines.
If you shop at Whole Foods, then you are paying a massive premium price because of "labeling" like Vegan, Organic, etc. You can go to a regular grocery store and have your choice between processed and fresh at much better prices.
She sounds like a judge mental gal. Just because something is different from what you are used too, doesn’t mean it’s wrong or bad. The shoes in private businesses is for their liabilities if that person cut their foot on something or something fell on them they can sue the business
You again being judgmental Did you listen to the introduction. Or again her other vidios covered your different not right or wrong. Yet you been one the most blindly judgmental person in the comments. 😂😂😂😂😂
@@sirnugs I have a right to my opinion, so why don’t you just back off me. Maybe I don’t agree with what she says. It’s a matter of opinions, it’s not “end of the world” type crap.
We DO go "smallest to biggest". Month can only ever be 1 to 12, whereas day can range from 28 to 31. Then year (obviously) will always be 0-100. 1 to 12 - 1 to 28/31 - 01 to 100 Smallest - to - biggest We just think of it in a different context.
My question to this woman is: what did you expect to find here, Europe? Whenever I hear "you Americans" I immediately go to James Gardner's speech in the movie "The Americanization of Emily." Specifically "Don't blame our Coke Bottles. He explains everything beautifully, it includes every single point she spoke about. It puts a smile on my face.
Yeah, I bristle at “You Americans” every time I hear it. Also this woman didn’t drive in NYC or Chicago because they don’t have a lot of pick ups there. She expected to find Europe and seemed shocked we were our own culture. Reminds me of the European athlete complaining about our flags and Abbot or DeSantis suggested she go back home if it bothered her so much. Yeah, the US has very different road rules. Shockingly…..we are a different country. I’m not impressed. Kind of hope she doesn’t come back. I mean, if she was not paying attention enough to see who came first to the 4 way stop….maybe she should not be driving in the US.
@@JeffSchlueteragreed, don't be so sensitive about it, it comes off as childish. He does have a point tho. She mentioned having to 'calculate' when coming to an intersection.... like bruh. If you have serious trouble at a simple 4-way, then you probably shouldn't be driving. And not just in America, anywhere..
We don't all have big houses. Also she only traveled through the Western USA, lots of different landscape in the East and much more populated. Obviously just too much generalization in her opinions, but at least she didn't totally bash us.
Great reax. She had some great takes but a mother's have said, she was only in about 9-10 states, all in the west. Huge differences elsewhere. As you say, lots of Americans have never left the states due to (1) variety of geography / places to visit here (you can fly from NYC to Hawaiian islands and still be in America) (2) the time cost/distance involved in flying to say Europe from the West coast or interior of the US vs a Brit taking a couple hour direct flight to Greece. Don't get me wrong, my wife and I love international travel and have been to dozens of countries and 3 continents besides N America...but you do need a bit of financial and time freedom to do so.
Sales tax is probably the most misunderstood issue in the USA since it changes from community to community, county to county, and state to state. It goes from being 0% to about 10%, with most of it being in the 5-7% range.
and city to city in certain counties. Which is why it isn't included in the listed price. That would be a supply chain nightmare updating price tags for various parts of the country AND cities/counties as well.
i travel a lot and i always go online and read about the local customs. it's a very simple concept. geez. some people are just cheap. if it was to her advantage she'd get it. lol.
Exactly. People tend to forget that the United States is just that, multiple states with multiple governments united under one overarching government. I explain it as being like the European Union. Each country has its own separate governments with their own separate needs, and taxes for those needs. There's not one single tax for the all of those governments. I mean, why would someone in Arizona want to pay a tax for snow removal equipment and services? Having it added on at the checkout is much more cost efficient than having to change every label in a store, with a hundred thousand products or more, every time a new tax is added. You just need to change the program amount and all items now have the new tax rate. Very cost efficient.
Fairbanks Alaska has no sales tax. Not yet at least. It throws me everytime I go somewhere with a sales tax. Some states will accept my Alaska I.D. and take off the sales tax. For example: Kentucky does that for us.
We say trash and garbage both, often depending on the area to be honest. I'm SHOCKED that woman's perception of food here before visiting was that it was 'trash' tbh. I mean, we do have a reputation for having some unhealthy food, sure, but trash? Lordy! I hope someone took her to a barbecue. Edit: Wow she just said "It wasn't all bad" in a surprised voice. I am triggered lmao
In Massachusetts a lot of people say rubbish. Also, I think Massachusetts drivers would definitely make her reassess who is the worst! She really should explore other areas of the US as the various regions are quite different.
She's basing her opinions on the west coast mostly. We have plenty of cities that have sidewalks, bike lanes,, buses, cabs, lift drivers, and subways to get you around. Not everyone owns a car... plenty of people walk or bike where they want to go. Such as my town I can walk to the local convenience store, Mcdonald's, Popeyes, Bakery, Hair and nail salon, local library, and an array of small shops, and even to my Dentist's office. The Walmart is a bit farther so I have much of my groceries delivered. I live literally a 10-minute drive to Baltimore which is a pretty big city...there are sidewalks everywhere, bus stops, and yes people do drive as well. We don't all own pickup trucks but many people buy them to haul around larger items instead of paying for a delivery service. But it's not their only vehicle. And we still have plenty of manual transmission cars and trucks... in fact, most of our Sports cars use manual over automatic for better performance. I was taught to drive on a manual transmission. Many states still require that you learn before you can get a driver's permit. As restaurants and paying the bill... many places where you can pay with a credit card right at your table without having contact with the waiter to pay or they will bring the card machine to you. Some places still do it the old-fashioned way and take your card to the cashier for payment. As for store purchases we don't have VAT taxes included in our prices, we have state and local taxes on items we buy so you do pay more at the register. nobody in America gets around taxes... hahaha Judging by her video clips she spent more time traveling around and seeing our State Parks and sites... she was in areas where many small towns don't have sidewalks on main roads or streets but they will have them in residential areas. As for traveling outside of the country... many many people do and they do it frequently. I did for many years until my health declined. But I traveled to Europe on many occasions, many Caribbean islands, traveled to Spain, Portugal, Chile, Mexico, Guatemala, Taihiti, China, Japan, Canada, and of course England...and more. I am well-traveled as are my in-laws, I have a sister in law that travels numerous times a year. For me, it's the states I haven't traveled to that much so I want to buy an RV and travel all over and see as much as I can before I die.
Excellent response. Last year, we bought a 5th wheel to travel--I have a serious aversion to flying and hate hotel rooms, though I would love to go to Europe someday. The clock is ticking, though, and there are so many places I want to see in America first.
The month/day/year thing I think is because it matches up with the way we talk about dates within the year. For example if I was going to schedule a meeting with someone next week I’d be more likely to say “August 3rd” for instance rather than “the 3rd of August”. The few exceptions are things like the holiday the “4th of July”. And so the date format is set up for a more month/day setup to match that and the year is just tacked on the end when you’re talking about more distant dates because it’s awkward to lead off with the year verbally.
It also comes to way we WRITE the date when spelling out the month. For example March 24, 1975....so that is the template for MM/DD/YY. I was in the Army 40+ years (Active & Contractor) and we use 24 March 1975. So I am more confortable with the European DD/MM/YY. If I have to fill a form and I see "blank/blank/blank" I will always fill it out as DD/Mmm/YY and let "them" figure it out.
@@josephsoto9933 I do enough genealogy stuff that I’m used to also seeing it written out the other way (i.e. 24 March, 1975) as a lot of genealogy stuff uses the international standard to avoid confusion. But if I were reading that date aloud I’d likely switch it around in my head before saying “March 24, 1975” instead of reading it as written.
I think it has to do with how Orators used to speak as mm/dd/yyyy is more flamboyant when you speak and then children used to learn speeches to memorize in schools, because otherwise mm/dd/yyyy makes ZERO logical sense at all. Modern world due to how computers sort, it should always be yyyy/mm/dd
@@josephsoto9933 this how I feel about the dates i could never get used day first cause I always blank on the specific day lol cause you know the days of months either 28,30,31 or 29 on a leap year and months have lowest numbers compare to days
There is also a very practical use with business and technology. When naming files and folders with dates, it more easily organizes by month, which makes finding things very easily.
About the barefoot thing in public places, I think it has more to do with liability than people with nasty feet. For example, they come in there barefoot and step on something and get injured, then that shop or restaurant might be liable for that injury. This is especially possible where I used to work in downtown Seattle. You'll step on a needle or something.
you can fly in a plane, drive it, hire a taxi, a bus or Greyhound buses go everywhere and We Still have passenger trains, some states have trolley buses,.... rent a RV , or Walk, ride a horse and buggy like Amish still do.
Right of way at a 4way stop starts at the far right and goes clockwise. If there are already cars at the stop when you arrive, it continues going clockwise until it gets to you.
She definitely needs to come back because she has a short sighted view of America. Glad she enjoyed herself while she was here. I'm also glad she said she has more to explore since we are diverse here, but coming to conclusions so quickly isn't the best idea for her to do. People are so different here.
I followed this young lady for a month, but unsubscribed. Very woke. The fact she was only out west and then would group all of America into the West. In the Midwest, every town and city has sidewalks. If she were to live in the U.S. she'd do well in woke Seattle or Portland.
Yeah, we have sidewalks, but we also have a lot of roads without sidewalks. Also, sure, there's people who speak more than 1 language, but less per capita than in Europe. Not to mention, a large percentage of the people who speak more than one language in the United States are Mexican and Central American immigrants.
@@westonvirginia6458 You know, regional dialects exist in the US that require most people to speak more than one language just because that's the linguistic influence. I lived in falls church, spoke a lot of Arabic and hindi. Lived in AZ, spoke a lot of Spanish and some Dinè bc of where I lived. Lived down by baton Rouge and learned some French and surprisingly, some Castilian Spanish, and Portuguese. I wouldn't say that I speak all of these languages, but I can communicate in them. When we think of speaking other languages, we think of fluency and proficiency. Europeans don't, they think of getting their point across. We've had well over 2 dozen European exchange students, all "fluent" in English with 7-10 years of English classes, and only 2 of them actually were. The disparity is caused by what we consider to be speaking a language and knowing a language. Knowledge of a language is not proficiency, and fluency is not Knowledge. Your badge says west Virginia, so you probably use or hear some Scots Gaelic words and don't even think of them as anything other than English.
No don’t America is extremely car centric. It is not friendly to pedestrians at all unless you live in a place like New York. If you think we have lots of side walks it’s because you have not compared them to any other country
Considering that people in the US moved away from the cities into the new developed suburbs after returning from the war, yes, the suburbs were built for vehicles. In more rural areas, you certainly need a vehicle because your home is miles from anywhere. We’re definitely attached to our vehicles, like an extension of ourselves.
Plenty of sidewalks in American towns and cities It's in places where foot traffic isn't common or expected that you don't see them Sales tax, depends on the state General groceries aren't taxed, but in some states "luxury foods", like candy and alcohol, are taxed. States that do have a sales tax are generally below 8% They show you their price, then add the government imposed expense In the UK and EU, you've got the 25% VAT built into the sticker So the EU "sales tax" is higher, but generally out of sight, out of mind
Yellowstone has over 2,000,000 acres. If she only saw a parking lot that’s because she never got out of the parking lot.
to truely enjoy yellowstone, u need a small crew of 3 to 4 pickup truck to really go to places u wouldn't go if ur alone. that go for a lot fo teh national parks in teh US.if u solo like her, ull be in teh largest parking lot like she describe cause a lot of the famous tourist spot is just a big parkin lot fo tourist.
@@yia01the fuck did you say?
F'in A bro F'in A
She didnt say all she saw was a parking lot, her comment was that it WAS a parking lot, which tupically is a reference to heavy traffic, long waits in traffic and those are very accurate descriptions of summer in Yellowstone.
@@yia01 Not sure where you get that idea. I used to live right next to yellowstone (now I'm 5 hours away) and I've never felt the need to have a "crew." There are much more remote places with worse roads in Wyoming and Montana than yellowstone.
She didn't drive "all across" America. She drove around the West. Driving in the east, south and northeast is way different from driving out west.
well she is a travel youtuber or w/e it is... of course she would stick around the west parts. which is a shame, east coast has so much to it thats wildly different than the west.
And she missed some incredible scenery, food and cities by not having visiting the rest of the country! Culture? All major cities across the country have amazing museums, art exhibits, and theaters.
As others have said, she drove through the western US, which has a southwest culture, not to be confused with the southern culture of the southeast, a Los Angeles / southern culture, a Pacific NW coastal culture extending from about Monterey Bay to the Canadian border, and cowboy wild country of Montana, Wyoming, and Nevada (except Las Vegas of course). She has not experienced New England, New York, Southern, Midwestern, Appalachian, southern Florida, or Creole cultures, which are considerably different! Can't forget Hawaiian culture, though normally considered western US.
Though we lack the rich history of Europe and the plethora of languages (thank god!), there is still a world of different geographies and climates -- everything Europe has to offer, and then some!
@@janfitzgerald3615 She's not dead, she can make another trip.
@@lkajiess I didn’t say she wouldn’t return, I simply pointed out she missed some beautiful scenery.
I think the reason she thinks cost are higher for food is her vegan diet, also shopping at Whole Foods markets are very expensive for organic grown vegetables .
Ever watch her videos. She dies pay attention to other foods at stores and restaurants. America is ranked 41 highest. So compaiered to her travels and first world countries she lived in America food is higher.
Yes, if an area has a Whole Foods they probably have a Sprouts, Trader Joes or other Organic Food store cheaper than Whole Foods.
In Colorado (most of the West) big Supermarkets have larger Vegan selection’s (my town does) and options for various allergens (that’s my problem).
Yea but the thing is gmo and most harmful pesticides are illegal in Europe so their food is already at the organic standard so their food is better for you and cheaper
“The food is bad. I’m a vegan.”
LMFAO. That’s why the food tastes so horrible.. Not saying you can’t have good salads or vegetables.. but trying to pass plant compost off as meat.. 🥩
Vegan food is disgusting. 🤢🤮
very expensive!
No way this girl just said counting 4 cars at a 4way stop is a mental workout
For her it is.
I'm not sure she got good instructions on that one. 😂
A lot of our own drivers can't get it right.
BTW "all way" and "4 way" are the same thing. Not sure why they do that. Just thought in case anyone was curious.
Maybe this is only a California thing, but coming to a 4-way, the person on the right has the right of way unless a car is already there, then it goes first. All other cars stopped would yield to the person on the right.
The no shoes, no shirt, no pants policy is mainly to protect the the customer from cuts and broken broken objects as well as public decency
And insurance policies usually require that.
Less decency and more liability. Those slip and fall people.
Ppl used to go barefoot when I was growing up, but some abused it either with lawsuits or just coming in looking crazy.
Not to mention germs and bacteria.
All the needles on Cali beaches and glass on the walkways, you better have shoes
I assure you that she was in the presence of many, many, many more guns than she was aware of. I live in an open carry state, but I have my concealed weapons permit, so you’d never know I had one on me, and I ALWAYS DO.
Especially in Texas (even before permitless carry).
We have permitless carry here in my state too. If the gun isn’t carried, it’s in the car or truck. I don’t carry mine, but it’s in the car. On a police stop, it’s the first question they ask. It’s not, “Do you have any weapons.” It’s “where’s your gun.”
People from other parts of the world perceive that we’re walking into saloons fully holstered and looking for gunfights.
@@steved2656wait we are not. Let me holster.
As do alot of responsible Americans. She doesn't understand people don't carry to scare or intimidate people. I blame mainstream media and movies for that impression on people.🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
I'm kind of blown away by how little she learned in 6 months in the few states she visited.
Yeah, she visited it looks like about 10-12 states out of 49 on the continent. She missed the whole eastern and mid which is a lot different than the west coast and mountains.
Yeah I was just saying she didn’t visit the South really. Texas but there is a lot more to it. And what about New York and the middle of the country. She missed a lot!
Not touching the east coast or the Midwest, she missed out on places where she didn't have to drive
I didn't hear anything about California either.
Her channel documents her travel and experiences. Yes, if she lived here, she would experience more - but many of us in who LIVE in the US haven’t even traveled to all parts of the this country (me included). I think she does an excellent job - better than many who come and make conclusions after just one week or two (you can read see/read those opinions all over the place).
The one complaint I found a bit strange however was her confusion about what to do at 4 way stops. It’s not that hard to figure out - and she’s obviously not a dummy.
In America, you can pretty much find every climate and landscape as well as of ethnicities.
The U.S. is about 38 times larger than the U.K. She spent 6 months exploring America. That would be like spending 5 days exploring the U.K., and how much of the U.K. can you really see in 5 days? Her 6 months only gave her a slight taste, and a lot of what she thinks represents all of America doesn't really. You could spend 10 years exploring the U.S. and only just start to really get to know it!
I live in NJ, the culture from north to central to south is way different. The culture on the shore to the Water Gap is different as well. That's in one small state, having at least 6 very different ways of living life.
Which is why it's easier to find areas with no sidewalks. Inevitably there will be many regions of low population density that do not necessarily justify the placement of sidewalks.
Unfortunately, there's lots of Americans who never really leave their home town. We really should get to know our own neighbors.
@@FourFish47 That's like a news story I read years back, that said there's a small percentage of people that live their whole life in the city they are born in, never traveling outside it. I'm not a city person, so I can't imagine spending all your life in an urban environment, never experiencing forest, mountains, desert, etc.
I've lived in the USA my entire life and there are places that she's seen that I haven't. Unless you have the privilege of money and time, you are never going to see everything that the country has to offer.
The reason for the "month, day, year" order in the USA comes from a wall calendar. When finding a date you flip first to the month, then the day, and it is perfectly logical to me.
Agree!
I heard that the English, many many years ago, used to write the date format as month-day-year, and then at some point in history the English adopted the European format. And I learned this fact from Laurence from Lost in the Pond.
Thank you for this! This makes sense to me though I wasn't sure why we do it in this order and everywhere else make sense to me as a US citizen.
It also makes sense when using excel. You can sort columns and keep items from each month together.
Also it’s in the way we speak instead of “January 15th” they may say “the 15th of January”
What a lot of people from Europe forget is each state has its own laws and taxes.
County to County it’s different. They seem very lazy brained when they visit
Our states really are like their own individual countries. And just like European countries, the States all work together to keep a general order and peace.
not just that city to city can be different sales taxes
VAT tax is 20% yet Europeans complain about 6% sales tax.
Ga is 6% in state tax but then each city, county may have added a penny or two for some project. Grocery stores actually have different taxes within the store. Edibles are different than non edibles in Ga. I went to Australia and there they pre-add the taxes so whatever the price is that’s what you pay. You’re still paying taxes and many people don’t even know how much is taxes.
Americans used to talk about politics more openly amongst each other. However, things are so polarized now that we have learned to table that discussion because differences are so vast.
Fun fact: we use that phrase, to table the (thing,) exactly opposite depending on which side of the pond you're on. Over here in the US, we use it the way you did. In the UK that would mean to bring the discussion up for discussion.
She sounded like some kind of “cave woman” when she complained about not being able to go inside places barefoot with her dog.😂👍
I think most of those rules and what not are to prevent lawsuits if something goes wrong.
@@dew02300it also has to do with health codes. Especially the dog thing; it was only just in the last few years dogs were allowed even on patios
Don’t be a left lane cruiser, get out of the way. We have things to do 👍🇺🇸🤘🤘
@@halah34exactly. People don't seem to care anymore that some people are allergic to animals.
Yes, and leave it to Americans to wreck the privilege. I was at a patio having beers a couple weeks back, someone brought their 160 lb Great Dane with them. It was spilling everyone's beer, bumping into people, stepping on them, trying to eat off people's table, they were there for several hours and just laughed it off like "oh, this is just how he is. Is that ok?"
She did NOT drive all across the US. She drove through the western US. It'd be like if I spent 5 days driving from Liverpool to Middlesbrough then to Hull looking at scenery and talking to people then came home and said I saw ALL of the UK.
Love it when she said worst drivers on Nevada and Montana, hon you have not seen enough of America if that's your take 😂😂😂
And basing the whole of UK on that experience
@@bishop51807 she should try driving in Boston, MA.
Completely agree. As someone who has been to east coast, west coast, and a lot in between, things can change a lot. A server in Washington state is not going to be as nice as the server in Georgia. California people are a lot different from Florida people. Lol
Yup, and in spite of everything that was shown, indicates she met a few people, but everybody she interacted wit along the way treated her Very Nicely, But, at the end, she took the Time to get in a few Parting Shots at Us and America in general. That's like going to a friend's house, having a Good Time, where Everybody treated you like a King, and As You leave, you make sure to take a Piss in their Potted Plants, and Aquarium
My wife and I went for a walk early this morning (6 am) on a path by our local river. We came across joggers, other walkers, people walking their dogs. Each and every one of them smiled and wished us a "good morning". I did not think it was anything unusual. I know if my wife and I had any problem (we are in our 70s) some one would have stopped to help us. Life in middle America is great.
When he said it would be weird to see people when you're out, and they smile and are friendly to you, I was thinking how sad that must be to live in a place where people being friendly to each other is odd!
Cheers!! 😊 I hear other countries keep to themselves when walking because they're suspicious of anyone being nice. That's just pathetic. Who's going to attack you when you're being nice to them? 😊
It may be weird to them, but when they get back to their country, they always talk about how nice it is.
I was crabbing off a pier in Oregon yesterday and struck up conversations with so many other people while I was there. Almost everyone that walked by stopped to talk....
The most valuable conversation I had was with a 90+ year old man that had never been to the pier. He was walking with a cane and walking really slow...I asked where he were he was heading “in such a rush”. He said he was trying to get to the other side of the bay so his family could pick him up. I had to tell him the pier didn’t go to the other side...it’s a dead end.
After a 15 min conversation I offered to drive him to the other side but he declined.
@@FourFish47I agree. But then I remembered about how Ted Bundy used to pretend he was injured so he could get someone to help him. . .Then he murdered them.
I don't get into strangers cars.
@@FourFish47 an armed society is a polite society.
Real quick… she said that she drove “across the country.” Unfortunately she did NOT. She only saw 1/3 of the country, and if we count in the other areas in the Caribbean and pacific, she only saw 1/4 of the country. Please keep this in mind if you are going to follow the people online. Always ask the locals and make friends locally before traveling!
she went to the west and soutwest. skipped the East coast, the south, the midwest, the Great Lakes. sorry, not liking this inaccurate description.
If that. No way you cover 1/4 of the country in 6 months and actually stop to understand the culture.
No shirt no shoes is a legal thing. It's old health code. Put on some shoes hippy.
100%
"Put on some shoes hippy" 😂🤣
The funny thing about the three places she named as her favorite places in America are literally the most empty places in the entire country
And probably the most she ever saw, if I listened correctly.
That's exactly what I said when I watched this video
@@brandenklarner4879 Well, she learned something about country folk in the West. That's about it.
Lol so true
She is ignorant
I feel like she barely scratched the surface of the US. I still find places and I was born there.
True..I was born and raised in Ohio and it's shocking how much is in this state off the main highways
She didn't travel all over the U.S., she drove up and down the west coast.
If I lived in a tiny place like the UK, I'd definitely get a passport. In the U.S. Its so huge and diverse you can leave your "world" and find many different "worlds" all in the U.S.
Hasn’t she ever hear about “The Ugly American” and applied it to herself as “The Ugly European”? I had it hammered into my head that different cultures had different social expectations; and I was to adapt to them. Viva la’ difference!
She really enjoyed her trip to the US and was very respectful of the culture if you watch her videos.
I agree that there are some UA-camrs’ reactions to America that fit into that Ugly European category. But I don’t really put her into that category. Her videos are interesting on her channel. I think she’s a bit of a nature-girl looking for a place to fit in - and she certainly could find her niche to fit into if she ever moved here.
One thing with Europeans is that they don’t like our tipping system. She made the little dig about paying a livable wage… but at least she adapted and left nice tips. It’s shocking how many Europeans take an “ugly” stance on that, and think they don’t need to tip 15-20% when they come. It’s really simple… when you travel, you adjust to the norms of the country you are visiting. You don’t debate why you personally don’t like those norms and refuse to abide by them. That is incredibly disrespectful.
Ah, she is alright. I got a kick out of her. Enjoyed the video. And by the way. You had guns all around you, just about everywhere there are people there are guns, unfortunately. Americans are a bit insane regarding guns. 😢
@@Pb20441Stop. Just stop. You said it yourself. She was almost guaranteed to be surrounded by funs for most of her trip. Yet she made it home completely unscathed. Cry harder.
@@yaimavolShe didn’t come across that way in this video. She seemed a bit condescending
She mentioned “Whole Foods” which is one of th e most expensive options for quality food, but nearly every grocery has an organic section and offers organic options alongside other produce for more than the normal-organic, but much less than “Whole Foods”
Its not even quality anymore its just expensive
Whole foods is just marketing.
@@nfurber2 near us is a store named “ Whole Foods” which is much more expensive. I thought it was a chain, but maybe not.
@@johnnamaravelis4093a chain owned by Amazon. If it's the same as all the others.
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It is a chain store an expensive one .
The areas without sidewalks, in America, are usually buiness zones. Businesses expect you to drive into the lot and park while you shop. Most places dont charge for parking. However, in suburbs, and places zoned for residential areas tend to have sidewalks. In larger cities they have sidewalks on every street.
We live in the city of Colorado Springs and have no sidewalks in our neighborhood...all residential...many neighborhoods have sidewalks, but our neighborhood is made up of 1 to 3.5 acre lots...we can also have horses.
Right... also more rural areas. I live on a suburban/rural fringe so while I'm in a small, older subdivision we don't have sidewalks or curbs. We also have well and septic.
I'm so glad you mentioned that. We have sidewalks all over except in the business/industrial districts. It's actually zoning laws where I live.
32° is freezing 212° is The temp at which water boils. Fahrenheit are smaller units so temperatures are much more precise in Fahrenheit than in Celsius
She's making a lot of generalizations based on what she THOUGHT was a large portion of the US. She's also a person who thought it was odd that she couldn't walk barefoot into a diner. You don't have to tip and when you do 15% is enough. The service is better anyway. Exaggerated the driving, she's just used to a different, not necessarily better or correct way of driving.
Yes. 15% is standard tip. Restaurants would like you to give more, but that is extra.
The insult tip is one penny. You spent the effort to leave something, but that something came with an unwritten note of "you sucked"
@@m2hmghb That's why I always have at least one penny in my pocket,just in case!
I am an American driver. I think she got it right. ☺
Has she ever been on the Autobahn? Those Germans may not be driving Ram trucks, but if you're tooling around at 60mph and clogging traffic, you're going to get some cross looks, flashing lights and horns.
The no shirt no shoes issue is equal parts health code and safety issue. The US is a very litigious country. Having worked in many restaurants in the US, the amount of broken glass on the floors at any given time would terrify you. You can never find it all to clean it all up. And someone being allowed to come in barefoot and they cut their foot on a shard of glass will sue the crap out of the restaurant... after bleeding everywhere.
Totally agree 👍
In addition to that, not sure why anyone would want to walk barefoot in a public place where everyone else has walked with thier dirty shoes. Kind of gross
FYI, food sold in the grocery store that isn’t ordered by you or cooked specifically for you isn’t taxed. No sales tax on food in the grocery store, or even prepackaged snacks in the minimart.
I love how she’s suspicious of EVERYTHING. Stay in Europe where you don’t tip, the prices are triple, the portions are minuscule and the service sucks, but you don’t have to tip. The month first is best. When being told a date for something you get an idea of the place in the year. Rather than thinking of the first day of every month. If you’re confused it’s not because of us
It's funny how you can give your opinions and thoughts, but can't respect her opinions and thoughts. I guess I am an American who was raised in a different manner.
I can't remember the last time I had political conversation with someone in person who I didn't know. We don't all just go around talking politics.
You are lucky. I can't escape stupid political opinions, and if I don't reply to them appropriately, it is assumed that I am an "enemy" from the other side. American narcissism shows up most in political discussions. So over it
True but we are in the most dramatic or important historic times and I'm in my later '60s. We are on the brink of either losing our country for slavery and massive depopulation or the most exciting ascension throwing off the controlling cabal, and into freedom and new technologies l I t e r a l ly
Yeah she didn't escape because she's a foreigner. She escaped because it's on the list of things not to talk about in polite company -- religion, politics and money. It makes you wonder about her perceptivity in traveling the country because there's some other things she said that shows she doesn't really understand what she encountered. And if you think a four-way stop is rocket science that might partly explain it.
Wait…what?! It appears she came to the US with a lot of erroneous preconceptions. Yellowstone is not all parking lots, yes there are large parking lots because so many people visit! She must not have moved any distance away from her vehicle, it’s beautiful there! That would be true of most of our national parks and monuments. I am very fortunate that I have visited 49 of the 50 states, Hawaii is the only one I haven’t visited. What a beautiful and diverse country we live in!
Living in Washington and having lived in other states, I think Washington drivers are mostly polite, in my town we have some signs reminding people to “Drive Friendly”. Yes there are many pick up trucks in the US , but I would say SUV (sport utility vehicles) are more prevalent. If you’re going to visit and drive in the US, it’s a good idea to know the bigger rules if the road, right turns on red when traffic is clear, slower drivers should stay in the right lanes on multiple lanes highway. Sidewalks? Most cities, towns and suburbs have them, when you get out in rural areas probably less so. Here in Washington pedestrians have the right of way, so if they enter the crosswalk as you’re approaching in your vehicle, you are required to stop and wait for them to cross.
There are open carry states where you’re more likely to see people with guns. It appears to me, and from the states that she visited, she was visiting through mostly rural areas, so you’re more likely to see both pick up trucks and guns.
“Trash food”, she probably was referring to fast food or junk food. When traveling there are plenty of small restaurants that serve really outstanding food. Being vegan she’s not experiencing the wide variety of foods grown in the US, and if she limited her shopping to Whole Foods, that’s a really upscale organic grocery store and expensive. I’ve heard that restaurants in the UK are more expensive than they are here, and if you don’t tip, you’re leaving your server wondering if they didn’t provide good service or there was something wrong with the food and you didn’t tell them so they could get you something else. Also, as she said, they are usually paid minimum wage because the restaurant owners presume customers will be tipping.
No shirt, no shoes, no service has been around for a long time, for health reasons and also so a customer doesn’t step on something that may have fell on the floor and injured their foot before the restaurant had time to clean it up. Restaurants allow service dogs, but not generally other dogs, again for health reasons and because other diners may be uncomfortable around them.
I hope on her next trip she visits other areas of the country such as the Midwest, New England, the east coast and the southern states…and not stick to just very rural areas. Her favorites, Montana, Wyoming and Nevada are not only rural, they have very low population levels and the population is spread out. Lastly many people don’t leave the US because of the cost, transatlantic and transpacific flights are very expensive, it’s not like you can take Amtrak or drive. And we have such a diversity of climates, two oceans which are very different from each other, states where it’s hot/tropical and states where you can enjoy snow sports, such as world class skiing. And yes, I have traveled out of the country.
Very well said and explained
It's funny you say that Washington drivers are mostly polite. I live in Washington too, and always joke they're some of the worst drivers. Though they are a little better in small towns, I'll give you that, there are still some crappy drivers.
Good explanation of most everything. The only error was the no shirt, no shoes part. That came about during the late 60s. It has no health safety ramifications for it. It was born out of the hippie. It was used to keep " dirty hippies" out of establishments because the hippies were barefooted and shirtless. If you think about the shoes what about flip flops. This is a false hood that is still perpetuated today to enforce a policy with no actual proof but rather an exclusion policy of a people. And think it is pushed by the people that it was originally used against.
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The problem with Yellowstone is that it’s too crowded! Hard to connect with nature with so many people around. Lesser known parks are way better
4 way/All Way Stop - First person there goes first. If there is a tie, the person on the right goes first.
Garbage Vs. Trash - trash tends to refer to mixed material refuse, garbage tends to include wet material like food refuse.
No shirt, no shoes = no service - most US jurisdictions have health regulations that do not allow shirtless or shoeless attire around food service.
In the US the whole issue with not wearing shoes in those places are because it goes against most health codes and it's also an insurance liability for the store if you step on something or have some thing drop on your foot
Exactly
Jengle 1970, this is it EXACTLY! You stated clearly the reason. It violated the health code! It opens the business to liability.
You are exactly right! In the US all businesses that have indoor food service require shoes and shirts. Businesses who ONLY do business outside, such as a lemonaide stand on the beach, do not require shoes.
I’m new to your channel and I love it! I’m American, and I appreciate the respect you show America/Americans. If you have something negative to say, you word it in a polite way. This girl, not so much. Thank you. I’ll host you if you ever come over ❤
Yellowstone is definitely among the 50 most amazing places in the world. There is a reason it was literally the first national park on earth. However, it does get over crowded from mid June thru early August. Most of the park is closed October thru April because it's under a deep blanket of snow. But if you can visit Yellowstone in late May or early June or between mid August and when it closes, it is glorious. Don't mind the bison, elk, grizzly bears, coyotes, and wolves who are also enjoying the park when it is snow free and before the human hordes appear and they retreat into the deep backwoods of the park
You can turn at red lights, unless a sign says you can't, and you have to look to see if it's clear.
Do not understand what is so HARD to comprehend about right turns on a red light... it makes perfectly good sense to make a turn after coming to a complete stop; instead of sitting idolly by waiting on the light to turn green before one can turn right; if no on coming triffice is coming, simply make the turn and continue with your drive. WHAT IS SOOOOOO HARD TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THAT??? We drive on the RIGHT side of the road, so why would one need to sit at a red light wasting time waiting to make a right turn, especially if NO TRAFFIC IS APPROACHING...
And you DO have to stop first, it's not quite a yield.
You have to remember that (1) she's vegan and (2) she doesn't like crowds -- hence why she skipped Vegas and didn't enjoy Yellowstone.
I skip all the big cities as they are nothing but dumpster fires and high prices for nothing. They are ALL the same EVERYWHERE in the world. Yellowstone is ONLY good if you go backpacking and she had a dog and dogs are NOT allowed in the National Parks... Of course she did not like Yellowstone with its endless traffic jams due to a Bison sighting... and yes, Old Faithful is frankly a MASSIVE disappointment after the LONG drive to get there and in High summer it is HORRIFIC, but go in late fall, oh my, it is heaven. As for the food, yes/no, depends what TYPE Of food you want. If restaurant food, then I would agree UNLESS you know the LOCAL places to go, NOT the chain restaurants. NEVER go in a chain corporate barf place. Always, ALWAYS go to the hole in the wall diner. They almost ALWAYS have good food(DO NOT order hamburgers!!! Order the Daily chef's special, it is ALWAYS good, ALWAYS!!! and it is cheap in near all cases because THEIR customers are all the locals who eat at their diner VERY often.)
vegas is the bomb. everyone should go there once. a total blast.
@@tekay44 Vegas was a blast in the 70s, now not so much. The drunks alone are off putting, so many people dressed in shorts, wife beaters, and sandals. Nobody dresses for dinner no matter how fancy the restaurant. Las Vegas has lost its sparkle. Oh yeah, and all the hawkers selling their wears is annoying as heck.
@@tekay44 one place I aim to avoid my whole life. 🙄
It's a new trend in America to put tip requests on the credit card machine for businesses where you wouldn't normally tip. Don't fall for it.
Anything where you're getting your food or drink to go or not getting table service, you don't tip. Starbucks, Subway sandwiches, etc, you'll be asked for a tip but it's not expected. Don't feel bad not giving a tip if you don't receive table service.
GOOD table service!!!!
A tip is not expected. You can tip.
Only servers get paid very low wages and rely on tips. The rest get paid a fair wage for their work. Not a living wage, because it's not a job that is meant to be a career.
No one in Europe would like living in US once they start working 40+ hours per week with only 2 weeks of paid vacation (holiday) and about 7-9 paid holidays.
@@CafeRacer1975 Waitressing used to be just about the only entry level job you could earn a liveable wage on.
--I started out serving in restaurants(as a teen) & only the cooks were picking up their checks. Every few months management got upset about it & began passing out stacks huffing & puffing at us about how we get paid weekly & it's our responsibility to pick it up, lol.
They were shameful for the amount of work & crap we put up with, so most would be too annoyed to see those weekly(some weeks that chk may be the deciding factor of whether you should just burn the place down).
I am a good tipper, but at Starbucks, they have to be great to get 1$ tip. Its not table service.
I'm like drunk and half asleep right now so my memory might be a bit off but I believe at a 4 way stop sign intersection it is "first come first serve" but if multiple vehicles arrive at the same time you let the vehicle to your right go first.
This is why it's called "right of way" in some places driving teacher will tell you when another person come first to the intersection let them go first then it's the car to the right, though if you and the car across from you is going strait as are you both go at the same time.
Most Americans dont talk about politics to each other in general. Its mainly social media. Most of us hate the subject and just want a break. Also, the American accent is original British accent
Exactly.It's expressly on the taboo list for "polite company", which includes strangers. We don't talk about religion or politics in that context. She wasn't special because she was foreign. People were just giving her the normal politeness. Remember those nice Americans she was talking about earlier?
We have over 900 miles of back country trails(10,000 kilometers) in yellowstone. She basically did the big tourist attractions, like Old Faithful, which you have to expect to be busy and developed in order to accommodate millions and millions of people. Also, there are thousands of miles of hiking trails just outside of the park as well. I feel like a lot of these videos are done by people who have the dunning-kreuger effect. They think they are experts but clearly they are ignorant.
900 miles is almost 1500 kilometres. Where did the 10,000 kilometres come from?
Magic. Or I was looking at two separate stats and mixed them up :)@@limolnar
@@limolnar what's a kilometer? LOFL
Yeah but she only had a. Retain amount of time , so I’m sure she probably couldn’t do 909 miles of trails , I’m from Montana and she was obviously there during peak tourist season so when she says it was a parking lot she probably means the park was packed and yeah even the remote roads can be parking lots as people stop any and everywhere to view nature so she not all wrong
But how cool would it have been if she could have reported on the country as we know it :-)
Gawd what an amazing country we live in ,,,, sooo Blessed !
Her impressions are based on 2 very narrow north thru south slivers of the Continental U.S. I've traveled through all but North and South Dakota and Hawaii. Everything is so so so much more diverse scenically and culturally than anything she experienced.
She said Yellowstone sucks. No credibility, regardless of where she traveled.
As someone who lives in North Dakota I don’t blame you lol
@@Lovinurtears Not by choice I promise. I've always wanted to road trip every state including the Dakota's, just haven't had the opportunity or ability occur yet, but I'm still hopeful. 😊
Numerically, America does the dates from smallest to largest. Months only go to 12, days ranges from 28-31, and year just keeps going. So that is from smallest to largest
I think we date as we would say it, July first 2020 for example. I am curious if other generally say, the first of July, 2020.
@@seaturtle979 as someone who was in the military and we dated everything 01Jul20. I would say 1 July, not 1st of July. Rarely would I say the year unless needed to but then it would be a mix between 20 and 2020. I find it funny that for one of the most celebrated holiday in America is said 4th of July way more than July 4th. I think we say the way we have always written it. It’s how things are dated legally (always some exceptions). Not sure when it started but I could see it happening just to distance ourselves from the way the world we were trying to escape wrote it. Or it’s something more random than that
as I have been told it was a hold out from formal European writing something like: July 4th in the year of our lord 2023 => July 4th, 2023 => 07/04/2023
@@plaid11 I say Independence Day usually, but I get your point and find it interesting that military uses 1 july 2020. They also use military time, which I admit takes me a hot second to convert in my brain. Out of curiosity, did you use Celsius? I am curious only besides I know in scientific fields, they adopt the universal measurements. Thanks for sharing tough!
@@seaturtle979in america July first would be most used. But I have heard others say the first of July. I have as well. But mainly when I'm repeating it to someone that didn't hear me the first time lol..
I talk to a lot of brits and most say the day first. 1st of July etc.
Manual transmissions are how we keep 20 somethings from driving
3 hour dive is like going for groceries in Texas.
3:15 Yes, we do have sidewalks in lots of the US. But there are some portions of towns or suburbs that do not. It’s just not expected that there will be walking traffic in those locations. Or so little that the few that are walking just walk on the curb or in the grass.
If you look at the wide street on thr video you will see NO sidewalk there on the right side. But if you look across the street on the left you will see a sidewalk there. It all comes down to the size of the community and the practical sense to know what is needed.
Ffs she just comparing to the rest of small towns in other countries. Many different react videos have said this about America in general.
Most of the stuff she said its common to hear. Best is the 4 way stop. Just shows most Americans know how to use them cortectly . 😂😂
In some areas if you see someone walking, you'll just assume that something bad happened to their car, or they're just too young to drive.
@@josephsoto9933 It also comes down to community finances. She mentioned how big the U.S. is yet doesn't relate that to how many miles of roads are in it. Trying to put a sidewalk on every street in every city would be extremely expensive and most communities couldn't afford it.
I don’t think a lot of people realize that sidewalks are paid for by taxes. If a community/municipality/county doesn’t have the tax infrastructure, then sidewalks won’t happen. 🤷🏼♀️
nevada driver here. if she was driving 60mph anywhere on our highways or freeways, she’s the dangerous one. 65mph-75mph minimum, and people tend to drive 10-15 over the speed limit, so, yeah…she’s gonna get the middle finger from most everyone
Funny she can afford whole foods, has traveled the world, yet she was driving an old Ford expedition lol
People driving slow on the highways get on my nerves. A barefoot vegan blocking traffic with her slow driving? Aggravating. When in America do as the Americans, such as tipping. If you don’t like it then go home.
Prolly in the left lane too no doubt...lol...Bless her poor lil heart!
Tips for tipping: if you’re getting sit down service of good quality- 20%, excellent 25% Buying food at a counter- if someone has made your food in a kitchen- 15-20. For just a coffee (barista) $1. For buying prepared food , no tip
if you're going 60 on a Montana highway and don't let people pass you deserve jail time
LOL - same in California!!! Some of our roadways are old and with so much congestion (even in rural areas) you’re causing a traffic jam
She is tripping thinking its about her not being able to go fast, when in reality it is blocking those who can. Get out the way lady lol!
As a former resident and frequent traveler....can confirm and agree. 80 - 100 is the standard for traveling across montanas long highways
Concur
2:53
Sorry, I'm just answering questions as they come. But, Yellowstone is absolutely breath taking. You have to go when it isn't peak season and get out of your car and go see things off of the main roads. Also, it's actually against health codes to not wear shoes in most public places and many don't allow animals, other than service animals, because of health codes.
Europeans severely underestimate how big it is.
Yeah so many people don't realize the US is basically the same size as Europe
@@StacyODellyou take Russia out of Europe it probably is bigger
That's what she said
Just driving down the road in CA north to south along the coast is gorgeous. By the ocean, forests, mountains. Right on the edge of the continent.
Keep going north, it’s an amazing drive.
Driving from Houston to LA, about half the trip is getting out of Texas.
Yess! Like 1500 miles just to get across Texas!
862 miles on I10. It's the worst drive ever. I'm from Texas and hate that drive.
I'm glad to meet others who have made that drive. I've done it more than I care to count. It was a 3-day drive - 1 ½ days to get across Texas and 1 ½ days to cross new Mexico, Arizona and arrive in LA! It's pretty darn desolate for most of the drive.
Weirdly, my friends from the UK say that Fahrenheit makes the most sense out of all the measurements we use here, mostly because it accurately describes how hot it feels to a human. If it's really hot out, it's gonna feel like a 100. If it's really cold, it's gonna be closer to zero, like in the 30s. Saying it's 35 degrees out doesn't really sound hot, even when compared to 0 being freezing.
Celsius is basicily water temp fahrenheit is air temp
Yes and the 212 gradations between 0 and boiling make for more precise measurements. What does 30.5 REALLY mean compared to 87F?
Never thought about it that way. Makes so much sense
It also makes sense because it's based on a circle. There are 360° in a circle so the opposite edge would be 180° away. 0°F is the freezing temperature of a saltwater brine. 32°F being the freezing point of pure water would have the boiling point of that pure water 180° opposite it. Hence why the boiling point is 212°F.
Since Celsius uses 0-100, I'm not sure why they say that it's degrees since it has nothing to do with a circle. Maybe just a carry-over from the Fahrenheit System?
It freezes at 32 degrees
"I'm not bothering anyone by being barefoot." That depends on how bad your dogs smell. Why would you want to walk barefoot in a store anyway? The amount of people that walk in dog crap, blood, and any number of of things without realizing it, and then go tromping through the store and she wants to walk through it with some bare feet. We all make choices. That doesn't mean they're the best choices.
It’s a HEALTH issue!! Down here near the coast, tourists thought nothing of going into a restaurant wearing only their bathing suits. It was disgusting! Glad they made that rule. Some people just don’t have any class.
I like how you don't even address the quote you quoted... Technically no one is being bothered by her bare feet except for their own offense. The dog point could be fair.
Yeah, I agree. Now, I live in Florida and 98% of the time, I'm wearing flip flops, but they are still shoes.
@mrcroob8563 Dogs is slang for feet. If you have smelly feet, you're probably going to bother anyone who smells them
Yes SHE IS. That is a HEALTH CODE violation if she goes into any store, restaurant or bar here or in Canada. "No shoes, NO shirt, NO service". Businesses have the right to refuse service to anyone. It's private property
3:10 Depends where you are, I see sidewalks all the time until I get to spots where you have to use a car to go to the next stop because there's a road between every building (also some neighborhoods have sidewalks but some don't)
Lots of restaurants only have one machine to scan credit cards, so the employee has to go there to scan the card and then bring it back to you to sign and add what you want to apply as a tip.
16:07 Rubbish is British and isn’t really used in the US. Both “trash” and “garbage” are used in the US, but I’d say “trash” is much more common at least in the region I’m in.
I hear rubbish more frequently as a polite way of saying bull crap.
I put my trash in my garbage can.👍🙂
Yes, it depends on the region. In Northern New Jersey everyone I know says garbage (66 years of only or mostly hearing garbage, not trash). White trash or calling someone trashy, yes but refuse is called garbage.
Every Wednesday is Garbage Day for where I live. (Washington State) I'm 77 and it had almost always been Garbage but occasionally Trash.
I live in NC and grew up in Ohio. We place trash in the garbage can in both places.
As far as Yellowstone, the overwhelming majority of people who visit Yellowstone ONLY hit the very easily accessible and roadside spots which creates the "parking lot" experience. As someone pointed out, Yellowstone is a very large park, if she didn't see anything interesting it is because she stayed in or near the car.
In the US, there are governmental regulations that have to be followed or your store/restaurant is fined or shut down. Animals aren’t allowed in places with food unless it is a service animal for a disabled person. Same goes for the shirt & shoes needing to be worn.
hi! just wanted to say it warmed my heart to see your love and enthusiasm for my country! youre so upbeat and friendly. youve brightened my day!
She did not drive across America. She explored a small portion of the west coast out of 50 states and then based the entirety of the USA on that.
She drove across America, North to South. She drove from Texas to Alaska and back. Over 9000 miles. That counts.
@@kassper82 😆 No it doesn't, bro. She went primarily through the west coast. There's still 40 more states.
@@kassper82I've driven from Florida to New Mexico, and to New York State and to Tennessee. I've visited Alaska, Mexico, Bahamas, Canada. Each area had a different culture, flavor, beauty and vibe. If you drive from Texas to Alaska, if you're driving through, you're going to see some beautiful country, but you're primarily experiencing the West and you're probably going to see just as much Canada as U.S.A. territory. Just living in 3 different parts of Florida and visiting others, I can attest to each area feeling different. Culturally speaking, some areas are so far South you're North again. In parts of Florida, Miami, Venice, parts of Orlando, it's more like being in New York or Boston because you get so many Northerners moving to those places. And when you get so many tourists visiting and then moving here, it's no wonder it seems like nobody can drive- nobody learns the nuances of driving for the state they're in. Like in South Carolina, it almost seems like it's required to slow down to 5 miles per hour and rubberneck at every single stopped car along the highway. But I digress... Each state different culture. Sidewalks DO exist in cities and neighborhoods with high population density, but not big in areas that are much more spread out because if you can't walk to town, (as is the case with most western states where you have a lot of people that prefer to live further out, you're going to have your car or truck and there's usually plenty of parking close to where you're going.
Wait until she discovers the Midwest and the East Coast😂. Way more people over here.
As far as the tipping thing, if you go to a restaurant where you're sitting down to eat and a server is bringing everything to you, then you're expected to tip. In the past 10-15 years, tipping prompts on screens or cups on the counter for tips have become quite prevalent but these are people we never used to tip before. So you can tip those people or not, like at Starbucks, but if you don't, nobody is going to yell at you or anything.
I agree unless somebody way goes over the extra mile. I am not tipping a Starbucks. They get paid to make my coffee that’s their job whereas if I go to a restaurant where I know that they are not paid even minimum wage, they are bringing my food to me and I am a good tipper. This entitled greedy generation that one’s money and aren’t gonna put any effort into anything and have no pride in anything they do. I’m just not tipping that mentality.
Yeah I will never tip for coffee. Or for a bagel. Or wherever else they prompt. And it should be perfectly acceptable to not tip in those instances.
It’s a 16 to 18 Hour drive to visit my parents. If my parents were even six hours away, I would be driving there every weekend.
Two things you don't talk about with strangers, Religion and politics.
Wages too
Or, immigration or 2A
Or asking them dose this smell like shi.. to you. Or have you ever been bonded in the a.. by a rhino before
U.S. social code #1.
When you’re telling someone what day it is you would say it’s “April 17th, 2024” which would make sense to write it 4/17/2024
Well we would say it that way, Europeans often says 17 April.
I'm from UK and I would say 17th of April.
@@dib000 I’m from the US we would say April 17th
I don't get the "smallest to biggest, day month year". Months are actually the smallest part- 12 months versus 28,(29) 30 or 31 days.
It's the 17th, Tuesday.
Oh! We're in April.
You need to know the year too? *confused and suspicious look*
(is this a time traveler or are they checking expiration dates?)
Most of the time saying the year is unnecessary, so it's at the end. (consistent and reliable)
When filing things you'd have a drawer devoted to a whole year, so the next thing you need to know is what month folder it's in, then you can look for the day section.
You're already in "this year" that's not even part of your conscious thought process when looking for something's date; you're looking for the month first then the day and MAYBE double check the year to be sure.
Part lazy and part efficiency. How much of each is dependent on the individual. : ]
If a 4 way stop really blows her mind THAT much - kinda feel sorry for her.
She way over-thought the four-way-stop etiquette, if you pull up to a four-way, and there are three cars already there, you're the fourth car to go, if two cars are there, when they go, you're next, you don't have to try and calculate when every car goes, and what order, you just have to know when it's your turn.
Also, if 43 cars pull up at the same time, the car on the right goes first...hmmmm, in that circumstance, EVERY car is on the right. Courtesy or egotism reign.
You take turns.
Month, day, year makes it easier to find on a calendar.
Its funny because both the Fahrenheit and Imperial system we adopted from the British lol, same with the word soccer. We tried switching to the metric system but it would have cost too much and been a huge hastle switching every industrial buildings measurements
We have been switching to the metric system since I was in elementary school in 1960. Frankly, I like that it sets us apart.
Fahrenheit isn't as complicated as a lot of people make it: 0 is the freezing point of saltwater, 100 is human body temperature in the armpit.
I try so hard to think in the metric system but I just can't! My ex husband is from Germany. Our funniest conversations were me trying to explain what a foot, inch, yard was. 😂
Technically she didn't drive across the country. She drove from Texas to Alaska. I drove from SC to California, California to Washington back to South Carolina. We wanted our twins to see all of America. We made sure to go back a different way. Then the next year we did the entire east coast up to Maine to the Keys Fla back home to SC.
No, technically she did drive across the country, just short-wise vs long-wise.
@@sprikenshe drove up America. "across" implies latitude. She drove longitude.
RIGHT ✅️
Great job man!
She drove about as much in Canada as she did in America. As you know from another video, the government owns half of what she saw. When you come to the States, start east and go west. Or if I were you, I would start in the southeast and go northwest.
This is hysterical. She obviously spent most of her time in the western states where things are further apart. First off, we have sidewalks everywhere. I’ve personally never seen an “all-stop”…I could go on and on…but let’s just say her experiences were more unique than on average, I would say.
When I lived out west, I saw sidewalks everywhere. When my family moved to Florida, they are very sporadic. It just depends.
All stops are for low traffic areas in our cities and small towns.
Yeah she needed to drive on the east coast to TX. Visit the Midwest, the Appalachian mountains. L3wg if you ever want to come to FL we live in Orlando and you got a place to stay
I live in a neighborhood in Ohio and don’t have sidewalk but lived in Arizona and had sidewalk so it just varies. I’ve lived in homes in Alaska with and without sidewalk.
But everything is WAY further apart out west than other US regions 💯.
There is a lot of all stops in my neighborhood. They are not heavily trafficked though.
My biggest issue with her was the comments about Yellowstone just being a parking lot. I have to assume she thought the Old Faithful area was just the park and didn’t realize it was split into like five areas across acres and acres of land.
You’ve never come to a 4-way stop?! BS lol
I love your vids my guy keep up the good work
The barefoot thing is for safety number one. Broken glass, spilled hot drinks, those open up businesses to lawsuits. You can enter the green card lottery, or be sponsored by a business or another U.S. citizen for permanent residence in the U.S. After 5 years of residing in the U.S. you can apply for citizenship.
So true! I would be barefoot more often, but in San Diego, there are areas that are filthy and lots of broken glass.
Sorry, it's the health department that sets these rules. One of the biggest reasons is foot and mouth disease, but there are many other reasons you'd have to look up
Except it isn't. No shoes no shirt no service signs don't bar entry, they refuse to serve. The practice goes back to people trying to refuse hippies service in the 60's. You should look it up, its an interesting read.
@@Bellas_Poetry There is no law that says a person cannot be barefoot in any establishment, health department doesn't care.
@mizinoinovermyhead.7523 thanks! I've heard that my whole life. It's always good to stop bad info
"Right on Red" is actually great for traffic flow. One must stop first and then, if safe, you can make a right turn. 4-way stop signs is much the same as "all way" stops but if traffic approaches from only 3 directions (think a "T" intersection) that would usually have an All Way stop sign. The first person to arrive at either of the multiple stop signs has the right of way. If two people arrive at the same time, then the one to the right has the right of way. It is not difficult to become accustomed to notice which person is first altering being in that situation a few times.
This law was also written because it would apply across population lines. My town, (300 people) we have 4 way stops because rarely is there more than one car at the intersection at a time. Drive a hour away and the 4 way stops have been replaced by traffic signals with the sigh “no turn on red”.
I have no idea how it would works in Europe if right side always goes first.... If you're stopped and about to go, but a car is approaching from your right, you have to wait for them to stop, then go ahead of you... then you wait for the car behind them to stop and go ahead of you... when would you ever get to go???!!?? And if all four sides are full of cars, does nobody go? Does everyone go? The only logical way to have an intersection with stop signs is to have the four way stop as described in the US. I lived in the Middle East and their 4 way stops were just like the US.
In the US, garbage usually includes food scraps etc., where trash is just paper, plastic etc. The barefoot thing is a health department requirement.
To me trash and garbage are the same and I lived in America all my life
@@low2749 If you were going through old personal papers while cleaning out your desk and collected them to throw away would you call that garbage?
We were taught to write August 15, 2024. not 15th August 2024. Therefore the shorthand is 8-15-24. Why? Its just the way we were taught to do it in school when we learned the 'proper" way to format a letter, etc. Yes, back in my day we actually communicated with fhand written correspondence, and we were expected to have a legible longhand script, print was only acceptable if typed Hand printed characters was considered unprofessional and a sign of illiteracy.
Only tip when your waited on . Not when buying a coffee. Or a fast food meal through a drive through.
Tip if you want!
And she was on the west coast... everywhere here gets minimum wage by law. Tipping isnt required.
You don’t have to tip at a coffee shop.
I live in Texas. To get to Houston from where I live takes 9 hours. There are legal speed limits Texas that allow driving 85 miles per hour aka 137 kilometers per hour. To get from Beaumont, Texas on the east to El Paso, Texas on the west takes 12 hours…traveling on an interstate.
That's my rule as well. I'm sick of people that aren't serving me expecting a tip. Tips are to reward good service, which benefits the company and the employee because they get a good reputation that way and the public gets good service.
She spent her entire 6 months west of the Rockies. Also, if your truck can't break 60 then yes, you're getting honked at for driving too slowly. You may not have places to be, but if you live in these places and are constantly stuck behind RVs, people towing boats or trailers, or giant hippy rigs like hers, it's beyond frustrating.
This is especially true since the states she was in are enormous and have long distances between destinations. Drivers want to get to where they are going and want to drive as fast as possible.
I got a flat in Montana last month, and had to drive 50 miles to get a new tire. My car couldn't go faster than 60 mph on the spare because of the anti-lock brake system, and I was worried that people were gonna be mad at me, but no one honked. And, they couldn't even see that I was driving on a flat, because it was on the front passenger side.
Yeah, she only saw a tiny slice of the country. Did she even get out of the Pacific time zone??? LOL!
She entered the US through the Texas/Mexico border. Yeah, spent the entire six months west of the Rockies…
The fact that she didn’t see sidewalks makes me wonder if she got to see any of California. Like…. Huh?
Watching this video made me realize that it probably isn’t that expensive to go to other countries if you’re already in Europe it’s really expensive to go overseas here I remember in seventh grade I got the opportunity to go to Europe on a sponsored trip and I remember everyone telling me how much of an opportunity it was and how much of a privilege it was that I could even go to another country that’s not Mexico or Canada in my lifetime. most people I know have never been able to travel outside the country and definitely not overseas
I've travelled millions of miles. and never once left America lol
Fun fact: if you are able to travel to south Florida (I wouldn't recommend this normally, but in this case, it is important), you can literally take a day trip to the Bahamas. The Bahamas are actually closer to the US than Cuba. IF you wanted to leave the US for a quick trip outside of Mexico and Canada. You obviously will need your passport, but it's not that bad. It's about a 2-4 hour boat ride from the east coast of Florida. The price isn't super bad either, if you avoid the big cruise lines.
I'm an American and grew up on a standard shift vehicle... I miss them.
If you shop at Whole Foods, then you are paying a massive premium price because of "labeling" like Vegan, Organic, etc. You can go to a regular grocery store and have your choice between processed and fresh at much better prices.
She sounds like a judge mental gal. Just because something is different from what you are used too, doesn’t mean it’s wrong or bad. The shoes in private businesses is for their liabilities if that person cut their foot on something or something fell on them they can sue the business
It is a hygiene thing too. The Health department frowns upon bare feet and pets in restaurants. Pets are allowed on outdoor seating areas.
You again being judgmental
Did you listen to the introduction. Or again her other vidios covered your different not right or wrong. Yet you been one the most blindly judgmental person in the comments. 😂😂😂😂😂
@@sirnugs I have a right to my opinion, so why don’t you just back off me. Maybe I don’t agree with what she says. It’s a matter of opinions, it’s not “end of the world” type crap.
We DO go "smallest to biggest".
Month can only ever be 1 to 12, whereas day can range from 28 to 31. Then year (obviously) will always be 0-100.
1 to 12 - 1 to 28/31 - 01 to 100
Smallest - to - biggest
We just think of it in a different context.
We also don’t say “today is the 5th of April”, we say “today is April 5th” so 4/5 is read how we speak.
Thank you for articulating this 😂. When she said it I was thinking... we do go from smallest to biggest. Theres only 12 months!
A European thinking Americans would want to hear their "political opinion" is TOO FUNNY
My question to this woman is: what did you expect to find here, Europe? Whenever I hear "you Americans" I immediately go to James Gardner's speech in the movie "The Americanization of Emily." Specifically "Don't blame our Coke Bottles. He explains everything beautifully, it includes every single point she spoke about. It puts a smile on my face.
Sorry to be so picky but it's "Garner" , no d.
I love James but never seen the movie. Now I’m curious to see it! I agree 100% about this girls video too.
Yeah, I bristle at “You Americans” every time I hear it. Also this woman didn’t drive in NYC or Chicago because they don’t have a lot of pick ups there.
She expected to find Europe and seemed shocked we were our own culture. Reminds me of the European athlete complaining about our flags and Abbot or DeSantis suggested she go back home if it bothered her so much.
Yeah, the US has very different road rules. Shockingly…..we are a different country.
I’m not impressed. Kind of hope she doesn’t come back. I mean, if she was not paying attention enough to see who came first to the 4 way stop….maybe she should not be driving in the US.
@@WyattRyeSway Calm down there whipper snapper this young lady did just fine, I mean the USA is unlike any country in the world.
@@JeffSchlueteragreed, don't be so sensitive about it, it comes off as childish.
He does have a point tho. She mentioned having to 'calculate' when coming to an intersection.... like bruh. If you have serious trouble at a simple 4-way, then you probably shouldn't be driving.
And not just in America, anywhere..
We don't all have big houses. Also she only traveled through the Western USA, lots of different landscape in the East and much more populated. Obviously just too much generalization in her opinions, but at least she didn't totally bash us.
Great reax. She had some great takes but a mother's have said, she was only in about 9-10 states, all in the west. Huge differences elsewhere. As you say, lots of Americans have never left the states due to (1) variety of geography / places to visit here (you can fly from NYC to Hawaiian islands and still be in America) (2) the time cost/distance involved in flying to say Europe from the West coast or interior of the US vs a Brit taking a couple hour direct flight to Greece. Don't get me wrong, my wife and I love international travel and have been to dozens of countries and 3 continents besides N America...but you do need a bit of financial and time freedom to do so.
It's not about the condition of your feet, it's about your safety, and their fear of being sued if you're injured.
Sales tax is probably the most misunderstood issue in the USA since it changes from community to community, county to county, and state to state. It goes from being 0% to about 10%, with most of it being in the 5-7% range.
and city to city in certain counties.
Which is why it isn't included in the listed price. That would be a supply chain nightmare updating price tags for various parts of the country AND cities/counties as well.
i travel a lot and i always go online and read about the local customs. it's a very simple concept. geez. some people are just cheap. if it was to her advantage she'd get it. lol.
Exactly. People tend to forget that the United States is just that, multiple states with multiple governments united under one overarching government. I explain it as being like the European Union. Each country has its own separate governments with their own separate needs, and taxes for those needs. There's not one single tax for the all of those governments. I mean, why would someone in Arizona want to pay a tax for snow removal equipment and services?
Having it added on at the checkout is much more cost efficient than having to change every label in a store, with a hundred thousand products or more, every time a new tax is added. You just need to change the program amount and all items now have the new tax rate. Very cost efficient.
@@grumblesa10 That's why I said community to community: to account for cities, towns, villages, townships, etc.
Fairbanks Alaska has no sales tax. Not yet at least. It throws me everytime I go somewhere with a sales tax. Some states will accept my Alaska I.D. and take off the sales tax. For example: Kentucky does that for us.
We say trash and garbage both, often depending on the area to be honest. I'm SHOCKED that woman's perception of food here before visiting was that it was 'trash' tbh. I mean, we do have a reputation for having some unhealthy food, sure, but trash? Lordy! I hope someone took her to a barbecue. Edit: Wow she just said "It wasn't all bad" in a surprised voice. I am triggered lmao
In Massachusetts a lot of people say rubbish. Also, I think Massachusetts drivers would definitely make her reassess who is the worst! She really should explore other areas of the US as the various regions are quite different.
She'a a barefoot vegan, lol. She'd get along just great in Austin or Seatlle I bet. Of COURSE she loves Whole Foods.
Agreed, we as a whole in Massachsetts dont follow the traffic rules and are extremely impatient. I despise driving because of it.@@maryohmaryoh
please say no. please say no.
She's basing her opinions on the west coast mostly. We have plenty of cities that have sidewalks, bike lanes,, buses, cabs, lift drivers, and subways to get you around. Not everyone owns a car... plenty of people walk or bike where they want to go. Such as my town I can walk to the local convenience store, Mcdonald's, Popeyes, Bakery, Hair and nail salon, local library, and an array of small shops, and even to my Dentist's office. The Walmart is a bit farther so I have much of my groceries delivered. I live literally a 10-minute drive to Baltimore which is a pretty big city...there are sidewalks everywhere, bus stops, and yes people do drive as well. We don't all own pickup trucks but many people buy them to haul around larger items instead of paying for a delivery service. But it's not their only vehicle. And we still have plenty of manual transmission cars and trucks... in fact, most of our Sports cars use manual over automatic for better performance. I was taught to drive on a manual transmission. Many states still require that you learn before you can get a driver's permit. As restaurants and paying the bill... many places where you can pay with a credit card right at your table without having contact with the waiter to pay or they will bring the card machine to you. Some places still do it the old-fashioned way and take your card to the cashier for payment. As for store purchases we don't have VAT taxes included in our prices, we have state and local taxes on items we buy so you do pay more at the register. nobody in America gets around taxes... hahaha
Judging by her video clips she spent more time traveling around and seeing our State Parks and sites... she was in areas where many small towns don't have sidewalks on main roads or streets but they will have them in residential areas.
As for traveling outside of the country... many many people do and they do it frequently. I did for many years until my health declined. But I traveled to Europe on many occasions, many Caribbean islands, traveled to Spain, Portugal, Chile, Mexico, Guatemala, Taihiti, China, Japan, Canada, and of course England...and more. I am well-traveled as are my in-laws, I have a sister in law that travels numerous times a year. For me, it's the states I haven't traveled to that much so I want to buy an RV and travel all over and see as much as I can before I die.
Excellent response. Last year, we bought a 5th wheel to travel--I have a serious aversion to flying and hate hotel rooms, though I would love to go to Europe someday. The clock is ticking, though, and there are so many places I want to see in America first.
@L3WG. Excellent comment here. You have a lot of excellent comments in your video, read them all if you want to really learn the truth about the USA
@@user-pn3ly6sl1eMe too!
She traveled the west coast which is the MOST expensive states in the country. She could find great fresh farm veggies in the southeast
The month/day/year thing I think is because it matches up with the way we talk about dates within the year. For example if I was going to schedule a meeting with someone next week I’d be more likely to say “August 3rd” for instance rather than “the 3rd of August”. The few exceptions are things like the holiday the “4th of July”. And so the date format is set up for a more month/day setup to match that and the year is just tacked on the end when you’re talking about more distant dates because it’s awkward to lead off with the year verbally.
It also comes to way we WRITE the date when spelling out the month.
For example March 24, 1975....so that is the template for MM/DD/YY.
I was in the Army 40+ years (Active & Contractor) and we use 24 March 1975. So I am more confortable with the European DD/MM/YY. If I have to fill a form and I see "blank/blank/blank" I will always fill it out as
DD/Mmm/YY and let "them" figure it out.
@@josephsoto9933 I do enough genealogy stuff that I’m used to also seeing it written out the other way (i.e. 24 March, 1975) as a lot of genealogy stuff uses the international standard to avoid confusion. But if I were reading that date aloud I’d likely switch it around in my head before saying “March 24, 1975” instead of reading it as written.
I think it has to do with how Orators used to speak as mm/dd/yyyy is more flamboyant when you speak and then children used to learn speeches to memorize in schools, because otherwise mm/dd/yyyy makes ZERO logical sense at all. Modern world due to how computers sort, it should always be yyyy/mm/dd
@@josephsoto9933 this how I feel about the dates i could never get used day first cause I always blank on the specific day lol cause you know the days of months either 28,30,31 or 29 on a leap year and months have lowest numbers compare to days
There is also a very practical use with business and technology. When naming files and folders with dates, it more easily organizes by month, which makes finding things very easily.
About the barefoot thing in public places, I think it has more to do with liability than people with nasty feet. For example, they come in there barefoot and step on something and get injured, then that shop or restaurant might be liable for that injury. This is especially possible where I used to work in downtown Seattle. You'll step on a needle or something.
I'm pretty sure that was started to dissuade crackheads, alchies, and other drug addicts.
You can buy a brand new Manual if you choose, some prefer a manual, many don't.
4 way stops is either first one there first or if issue then it's Person to the Right of you goes first.
you can fly in a plane, drive it, hire a taxi, a bus or Greyhound buses go everywhere and We Still have passenger trains, some states have trolley buses,.... rent a RV , or Walk, ride a horse and buggy like Amish still do.
Said with no tongue-in-cheek, right? Considering the Space Needle is there? ;-)
The no shoes protects them from being sued if someone gets something dropped on their foot, along with having gnarly feet
She’s kinda weird. lol.
It's health regulations in anywhere that serves food that you have to wear at least flip-flops.
Right of way at a 4way stop starts at the far right and goes clockwise. If there are already cars at the stop when you arrive, it continues going clockwise until it gets to you.
Even if you are on the opposite side and both are going straight?
If two cars arrive at the same time, yield to the car on the right.
She definitely needs to come back because she has a short sighted view of America. Glad she enjoyed herself while she was here. I'm also glad she said she has more to explore since we are diverse here, but coming to conclusions so quickly isn't the best idea for her to do. People are so different here.
She lives in America she loves it here go watch her videos this is old
@@ḵulagaaw the last I saw she was looking for a pace to live in America, I must have missed her actual relocation video.
She may need to come back but I personally hope she doesn’t. Gets on my nerves with her judgemental ways.
We have tons of sidewalks in the USA. Also, many Americans speak other languages. I don't know where she got some of the things she said.
I followed this young lady for a month, but unsubscribed. Very woke. The fact she was only out west and then would group all of America into the West. In the Midwest, every town and city has sidewalks. If she were to live in the U.S. she'd do well in woke Seattle or Portland.
Yeah, we have sidewalks, but we also have a lot of roads without sidewalks. Also, sure, there's people who speak more than 1 language, but less per capita than in Europe. Not to mention, a large percentage of the people who speak more than one language in the United States are Mexican and Central American immigrants.
@@westonvirginia6458
You know, regional dialects exist in the US that require most people to speak more than one language just because that's the linguistic influence. I lived in falls church, spoke a lot of Arabic and hindi. Lived in AZ, spoke a lot of Spanish and some Dinè bc of where I lived. Lived down by baton Rouge and learned some French and surprisingly, some Castilian Spanish, and Portuguese. I wouldn't say that I speak all of these languages, but I can communicate in them. When we think of speaking other languages, we think of fluency and proficiency. Europeans don't, they think of getting their point across.
We've had well over 2 dozen European exchange students, all "fluent" in English with 7-10 years of English classes, and only 2 of them actually were. The disparity is caused by what we consider to be speaking a language and knowing a language. Knowledge of a language is not proficiency, and fluency is not Knowledge.
Your badge says west Virginia, so you probably use or hear some Scots Gaelic words and don't even think of them as anything other than English.
She’s the first European Karen
No don’t America is extremely car centric. It is not friendly to pedestrians at all unless you live in a place like New York. If you think we have lots of side walks it’s because you have not compared them to any other country
Considering that people in the US moved away from the cities into the new developed suburbs after returning from the war, yes, the suburbs were built for vehicles. In more rural areas, you certainly need a vehicle because your home is miles from anywhere. We’re definitely attached to our vehicles, like an extension of ourselves.
Plenty of sidewalks in American towns and cities
It's in places where foot traffic isn't common or expected that you don't see them
Sales tax, depends on the state
General groceries aren't taxed, but in some states "luxury foods", like candy and alcohol, are taxed.
States that do have a sales tax are generally below 8%
They show you their price, then add the government imposed expense
In the UK and EU, you've got the 25% VAT built into the sticker
So the EU "sales tax" is higher, but generally out of sight, out of mind