A higher percentage of US homes were built after the advent of plumbing, too. That's also why the plumbed rooms can be so spread out. No need to put the kitchen sink or clothes washer near the bathroom.
Many years ago, I worked with a woman from the former USSR. While still there a friend who had moved to the US earlier wrote her and talked of having a second bathroom. My co-worker said her reaction when she got the letter in Russa was, "Why would you need more than one?" After she had been in the US for a few years, she and her husband (and two daughters) bought a nice house with three bathrooms. She said, "Now I can't imagine a house without them!"
I grew up with one toilet for 4 people so I'm used to it lol. I now live alone and have one toilet and someone visited and said it would be nicer if I had another bathroom. For who??? Lol
The Soviet Union had on average less than one-third the home size of America, and that's in the later years. In the middle period, apartment buildings shared bathrooms and kitchens between multiple families. Krushchev's "reforms" included a maximum size of about 670 square feet per family. Before that, the requirement (which was not followed) was for homes to have at least 110 square feet per person.
@@trevorcook4439 In general, the US uses the word "bathroom" for the room with the toilet and bathtub in it. If it only has a toilet, then it's a "half bath." If it's a public bathroom, we use the word "restroom." But the terms can be interchangeable. In the UK they usually say "toilet" for the room with the toilet, which Americans use for the "throne.". I've noticed lately that some Americans are picking up the UK terminology, which sometimes ends up confusing people.
On the subject of cars: Especially in places that get nastier winter weather, a pickup truck or other 4wd is almost a necessity, but they get nasty gas mileage. Enter the smaller daily driver.
Watching this video while at a laundromat and staring at a stack of 5 sweatpants, wearing a pair, and I still have at least 1 more in my pile of unfolded laundry Edit: all done with laundry. I have a stack of 10 clean sweatpants and a pair on me
😊 I have several nylon/spandex joggers which are in the same vein as fleece sweatpants I think. It’s kinda funny because even several years ago my go to was jeans, but comfort wins out!
Yes, but as an American, do you have a gun for each pair? That way you can have a different ensemble for each car and bathroom. And if you have to ask why you need a gun in the bathroom you should be ashamed........................
At one point we owned 7 dogs. I had 2 my Husband had 2 of his own. Then 4 months after our marriage we rescued 3 more from a neighbor who passed away and had no family. Our dogs and theirs were friends already. So we took them in. When the space got to be an issue we sold our home and bought a new house with more property. That was 15 years ago. We are down to 3. 1 of mine 1 of his and one rescue.
The main reason why most of the dog owners I know don't want to leave their dogs alone in the house is that the dog will demolish everything s/he can find while they're out. Cats do, too, but they also do that while we're home, so it's just normal behavior.
My husband and I are not religious Americans but we do have a crucifix hanging in the stair well. When we bought our house the previous owners left it hanging and we decided to just leave it so as not invite any bad juju lol same with angel statuette on the fuse box lol we've seen enough horror movies to know to leave well enough alone sometimes 😂
Here's an interesting factoid for you, in and around Milwaukee WI there are more bars than there are churches. In all of Wisconsin there are more bars than churches.
We don’t have extensive public transportation throughout the United States, and we have a crap ton more land than Britain does. If we didn’t own cars, we could not get from point A to point B. Simple.
@@trevorcook4439You're about 4/5ths the size of USA with under a 1/10th of its population. Mass transit in USA is fine when you bring it down to an individual city scale for the most part which is what public transportation is used for. I mean how great is the public transportation from Sydney to Perth? Do you get there in 3 hours? No, of course not, but people think you can go from LA to NY in 3 hours.
@ less population means we do it even better! Couldn’t fly from Perth to Sydney in 3 hours. But I have the freedom of choice to use a train to do so should I choose. That’s with not having many towns in between the two which the US would have. It’s not about not owning cars. It’s about freedom of choice. Public transport after being at the pub for example.
I find it extremely unlikely that I would ever want to own a British person. I could not stomach owning a British car so I can’t imagine having to pay for all the upkeep necessary for an actual Brit.
Not to mention the fact that if you think the maintenance cost on a British car would be expensive, can you imagine the maintenance cost on a British person? Because most medical providers over here do not take the NHS.
As for the gun thing, the American me used to own 9 guns. 3 handguns, 2 shotguns, and 4 rifles. I eventually gave them all to family members, since I'm living in the UK these days. I miss them!
I didn’t either. A swimming bath would not be the size of any but a small swimming pool. Also, I’m of the mind if it is meant for bathing it needs draining, otherwise it is a pool and needs treated or germ and infection city, also algae. Unless it’s heated to be hot, then it’s a hot tub.
@@eustacia03 Almost every American actually owns an electric kettle of some sort. It just so happens that the most common sort is an electric coffee pot. But if you don't put the coffee in it, it still heats water just the same. (My South African husband didn't even know that I had a manual kettle for the first 5 years of our marriage because he just found it so much easier to use the K-Cup machine to get himself hot water for his tea. And then he found out that they actually make K-Cups for tea. Only when he ran out in a snowstorm, and found that I was not about to drive to the local store to get him some more K-Cups, did he go exploring in our cabinets and find the kettle. It was a wedding present he never realized we got.)
Hot Fuzz taught me that the British own lots of guns. Andy 1: Everybody and their mums is packing around here. Angel: Like who? Andy 2: Farmers. Angel: Who else? Andy 1: Farmers' mums.
I prefer that people treat their pets like the autonomous beings they are, and not like a spoiled take because of a stray prop. Lawrence does it right.
I have an entire (very small by US standards) house to myself and still have two bathrooms! (Technically one shower room and one bathroom, but both have a toilet)
I think things have changed a lot since you left. I live just up the road from Grimsby and am amazed you think it's less likely we will have Bibles, sweat pants, a second bathroom or a car. We have all of those in abundance. And we live in sweat pants, all three of us. So comfy. Can't do without any of them.
@@dominaevillae28 Same & we country folks all wear pretty strange outfits because it's " form to function " , not a fashion show ! On cold Illinois winter days , dog walking attire is often mysterious because of the layers - who knows what lurks under those oversize puffer coats w/ fur trimmed hoods ? ! My personal favorite was my fleece pajamas & robe topped by my husband's size xxl camo hunting coat , a face mask & miscellaneous accessories . Surprised my dogs would even be seen w/ me ( they have pretty high standards & are always judging me ... ) ! Now what I wore to do chores in the horse barns is another story ... 🤣
There's a connection between the "cars" item and the "gym memberships" item: when you never go anywhere other than in a car, you get a lot less exercise than if you walk, or bicycle, or take mass transportation. If you're doing the latter to get around every day, there's a lot less need to go out of your way (usually by car) to walk or bicycle in place. Not Just Bikes has a video on the topic, "The Gym of Life".
Part two should include snow blowers and even though you did mention cars you should specify pickup trucks. I’m Canadian but it’s the same here as the U.S. in both of those things.
6 out of your 7 things are easily attributed to space. The US is SO much bigger than the UK and as you've mentioned in a previous video it gets a lot colder here.
As a brit living in London i totally understand the car thing, even though my partner and i now only own one car, i used to have a van, but as getting across London 20 miles could take up to 2 hours in the morning, the commuting Hussle would take an hour /hour and a half, public transport wins out, plus where do i park two vehicles in London? its all about space, and density of community, im sure city living Americans can equate more than rural living ones, plus were all poor having to up keep the castles we all live in.. and yes i have met the queen, god rest her soul.
That sounds like downtown LA, but worse because you need your car regardless. Never any parking, the curbs are all unofficial parking lots so the narrow streets are worse. As for where we park the second car, it comes back to space where we often have 2 car garages and a driveway.
I'm 49 and live in Virginia, and I've only once ever seen someone open carrying a gun who wasn't obviously with the police or military. It was at a Food Lion (grocery store).
That's crazy to me. When I was in Washington, I'd see dozens if not hundreds every year, not counting at a range. Myself included, if it was a range day.
Yup you won't see a lot of firearms in your day to day life because there are lots of benefits to concealed carry vs open carry, which is why most people don't open carry even in states were it isn't unconstitutionally banned/restricted.
Lots of people will own a sports car or a luxury car for special occasions and another one for commuting to work and daily chores. Many of my friends have a inexpensive and efficient daily driver sedan or coupe then a large truck for special jobs and recreation, camping, hiking, road trips etc.
I love my sweatpants but I would never wear them in public. They are for relaxing at home only. My apartment only has one toilet and as for the rest of the items on your list I don’t own any of them.
I use sweatpants under my jeans and if I take my jeans off, I still look normal. I hate "long johns" because they fit too tight and to get them off, you need to find a discreet place. Or just listen to the neighborhood girls a giggle.
My home state of Michigan allows the carrying of firearms just so long as it is open and plainly visible. Just about anyone with a clean record can obtain a license to conceal carry though. But I very rarely see people openly carrying guns in public
A lot of people don’t realize that the USA is 40 times larger than the UK. Oregon alone is 5,000 square miles larger than the UK, so of course “car culture” is going to be a thing here because everything is so far away.
@NaughtyShepherd That’s part of it, but in some cities a lot of street car tracks were pulled out to force people into car ownership. In NYC, significant post WWll subway expansions were exchanged for expressways.
Many non-residents register their high-dollar super and hypercars in Montana. (Edit: Should have mentioned, it’s for the lack of sales tax on light vehicles.) I believe Vermont became a more popular option due to the lack of paperwork required, but this may have changed recently.
british people calling a restroom "toilets" never ceases to be jarring to me. "Toilets" here only refer to the porcelain throne, while a "restroom" or "bathroom" is the entire room itself. The reason why it's jarring is because you can be doing anything in there: washing up, fixing your makeup, rinsing your face, fixing your clothes, and of course, popping a squat on the throne. A "bathroom" is a room that may or may not happen to have a bath in it and a "restroom" is where you could just go in for a simple break from the dinner party for five minutes for all I know. "Excuse me, I need to go to the toilet" sounds TMI bc I'm picturing you using the human waste receptacle. It sounds needlessly specific. But I realize it's a cultural thing and not meant to overshare. I think it would be funny if you made a video on this XD
Farmers in Texas often will have upwards of 20 dogs. You see, other people keep dropping off unwanted pets or hunting dogs (sometimes they just lose them from a pack). Same is true of cats. They may eat cheap kibble, but at least they’re alive.
I think some of the reasons Americans own so many Bibles is 1. a vague taboo that you shouldn't throw one away, especially a family one, 2. they are a traditional gift for baptisms, graduations, etc (and are sometimes never opened again) and 3. they used to be given away free at every location imaginable (by Gideons and others).
Amen to that. I had a gym membership that I had a difficult time canceling. I only got out of it by having to cancel my billing credit card for an unrelated matter.
I don't think I know anyone who would object to the cat in the shot. Or the dog either! Most families the adults have to work. Often with different overlapping schedules. Hence the 2 (or more) cars. Also the bus and train setup is practically nonexistant in most places. And if they have it the schedule ends at 3:30 in the afternoon so if you work swing shift--Too bad.
In our American house (built in the 1950s) the second toilet was a bucket in the garage in bad weather and the big yew bushes in the far corner of the yard in good weather. We had 2 cars, one dog at a time, one old fragile Bible that was rarely touched, one shotgun, and a few pairs of sweats each. Statistically very probable.
I think I may 3 bibles - 2 were in my father's house when we cleared it out. We had a gun - a 22 rifle because my uncle in Saskatchewan had the mistaken belief that Evanston was full of wild game. He also provided us with an ice fishing pole. No use for either one. I do have 3 bathrooms and a 1 car garage but I don't put my one car in it - it's too full of other stuff, of course.
You're thinking more and more like an American, Lawrence, but still like a city slicker. The statistic about Montana makes sense when you consider how many people there work on farms and ranches. I'm willing to bet that for well over half the households there with 2 vehicles, at least one is a pickup.
The truck thing is out of control. I live in the southwest US and drive what my insurance company calls a mid size sedan. The number of monster cab crew trunks with next to no bed capacity probably outnumbers cars two to one. And many of them are jacked up or have huge tires that come to my waistline. Totally useless as a sensible transportation device. Rant off.
I’m curious as to why, in the Gun segment, the map identifying Illinois showed Richmond, Virginia loitering about the northeast coast of North Carolina? It is a puzzlement.
The cool thing about the churches in the US -- and this is coming from an atheist -- is that between my home and the supermarket where I like to shop, I. pass a synagogue, a quaker meeting house, a catholic church, a methodist one, and a lutheran one. I'm sure that buried somewhere among them all is a mosque as well. And everyone just shrugs about it. The best illustration of how unintrusive the gun thing is here is that I was raised until the age of about 22 in an open-carry state. And until about two years ago, I had no clue it was open carry. You will very likely not see a single firearm while you're here unless you stay with a family that goes to a range to do target shooting, and they invite you along. it also varies hugely from state to state, but if I could have been raised in an open-carry state and not even known it, it's just not going to be a huge thing.
@j.m.7056 how many of these channels have you seen where the subscribers from the States insist that they visit a gun range while they're here and "shoot some guns!" They've done it with Diane, they've done it with the New Zealand family, and I'm not sure if Shaun has or not.
You bring up a good point: the religious diversity found within the States. My community is similar to yours, where there are numerous religious denominations with their own brick and mortar.
What you said about the intrusiveness of guns in the us is true. I live in AZ, probably the secoond biggest gun state behind only texas, and you wont really see guns unless you activly go looking for them.
Just as well all those churches don't have a peel of bells, it would be very noisy on practice nights. It's bad enough living in a town with two churches but one being a Catholic Church only the Angelus is rung, the C of I has practice on Wednesday and sounds the full peel for Sunday services and weddings.
1: Firearms 2: Central AC and heat 3: V8 pickup truck/suv 4: A Bible open somewhere in the home 5: Multiple window ac units Thats all I can think of off the top of my head
Since I retired, in Fall, Winter and Spring the only pants I ware are sweatpants. The reason, COMFORT ! To hell with dress pants and jeans, sweatpants and hoodies for me.
I live in Indiana, and see an open carry probably at least once a week. But I work in the auto parts retail industry, so maybe that stereotypically explains that…
Sweatpants are as American as Blue Jeans, maybe even more so since the trend hasn't caught on as well elsewhere. I've owned the same sturdy sweatpants for 22 years, no joke I watched this video wearing them. In Florida. Because air-con. I also agree that, despite having been invented for exercise, they belong squarely on a couch watching YT/TV and not outside the home.
Glad you mentioned that many families own an average of two vehicles per person in the family. Just in case one or two of the cars break down! No problems At least here in the rural areas of the upper Midwest. And yes, almost everyone has guns in multiples. Again, it's a cultural thing. Common to see them. Even many of us old grandma's who live in the country might have a shotgun & know very well how to use it.
When I studied abroad in London I noticed that Europe has less water in their toilets. which means bigger plops. cause there's more distance between you and the water
My 25 mile (40 km), 30 minute daily commute was nearly traffic free with only a couple stops. I only had 1 or 2 traffic jams a year. Most of our friends own a mortgage free house, have 2-3 cars with no car payment. Several of our neighbors have private airplanes or helicopters. All of our friends own guns. Most of our neighbors have a motorized RVs, many have motorcycles or ATVs. All of our neighbors have at least 3 toilets and all have 3 car garages.
I don't think that I have ever been first, but here we are.. I think that there is a not insignificant subset of Americans who own many guns, while there are many Americans who don't own a gun at all.
I never wear sweat pants outside of the house. I have 2 [sister and neice] family members with gun safes and the 4 adults have "carry permits" & carry every where they go. They own tons of guns, I don't own any. ❤❤❤❤❤
@LostinthePond: Lawrence, I've looked up some stats on religious observance in the U.K., and while it's obviously far lower than in the U.S., I think your six (!) percent figure is understating things a tad. Looks like around 15% of the population are "regular" church attenders if "attended in the last month" is the standard; whereas the 6% figure seems to apply to persons who're absolutely _weekly_ churchgoers; i.e. attending services 50+ times per year. Of course, a Christian minister would argue that weekly _is_ the proper standard for strict observance! ...but even among the devout, one must allow for illness, travel, and the like.
Here is a surprising fact: The percentage of American households with at least one gun is 32%. Many gun owners are collectors with as many as ten guns or more. I have a friend with a collection of muskets and gun powder pistols with one of each that can be fired. Another friend has three pistols but hasn't fired any of them in over three years. The idea that Americans are gun crazy just isn't true, while there are gun nuts here, the fact is the majority of Americans are not gun nuts. I have no guns, and don't feel the need for one. I have two cats that get up on my desk when ever I'm talking on the phone, face it Lawrence, your cat enjoys your voice!
That's using official numbers, which are misleading as collecting data is impossible. Most states do not require registering guns. We do have a higher rate by the official numbers than any other country, and far more than any country of reasonable size. Owning more than 10 guns is not just a collector thing. I own more than that and I am not remotely a collector, and so do many people I know.
Go to rural mtn region, there was always people open carrying firearms. During the riots in my small 50/50 homestead/Amish community we had civilians guarding businesses with rifles all over. It’s a wonderful sight.
Bible: I am an atheist, but I do own a Bible. It is a family Bible where I chronicle lifes, births, and deaths. It has been in the family for 180 years. When I die, my daughter will receive it to continue the tradition.
I was wondering if Brits used to have the same tradition. 'back when' in the Rural US, the Bible was very likely the only book you owned so you kept all of your family records in it.
@@kathyjohnson2043 To the best of my knowledge, yes. It might be an American tradition to keep a family Bible, but I think that tradition started in Europe, specifically the UK.
Live on a small ranch in Wyoming. Five pickups (one non-running), one sedan, 17 dogs, 0 sweatpants, 0 gym memberships. If I want to sweat, I go out in my regular clothes and do some work.
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Oh, Lawrence .... we don't CALL them "sweatpants" anymore ... they are JOGGERS ... and they are fashionable. LOL
A higher percentage of US homes were built after the advent of plumbing, too.
That's also why the plumbed rooms can be so spread out. No need to put the kitchen sink or clothes washer near the bathroom.
Many years ago, I worked with a woman from the former USSR. While still there a friend who had moved to the US earlier wrote her and talked of having a second bathroom. My co-worker said her reaction when she got the letter in Russa was, "Why would you need more than one?" After she had been in the US for a few years, she and her husband (and two daughters) bought a nice house with three bathrooms. She said, "Now I can't imagine a house without them!"
I grew up with one toilet for 4 people so I'm used to it lol. I now live alone and have one toilet and someone visited and said it would be nicer if I had another bathroom. For who??? Lol
Indeed, in the Commonwealth countries, it remains the norm to have only one bathroom
The Soviet Union had on average less than one-third the home size of America, and that's in the later years. In the middle period, apartment buildings shared bathrooms and kitchens between multiple families. Krushchev's "reforms" included a maximum size of about 670 square feet per family. Before that, the requirement (which was not followed) was for homes to have at least 110 square feet per person.
Bathroom or toilet? This is where words need clarification. A bathroom to me is where a bath is, not a room with a toilet per se.
@@trevorcook4439 In general, the US uses the word "bathroom" for the room with the toilet and bathtub in it. If it only has a toilet, then it's a "half bath." If it's a public bathroom, we use the word "restroom." But the terms can be interchangeable. In the UK they usually say "toilet" for the room with the toilet, which Americans use for the "throne.". I've noticed lately that some Americans are picking up the UK terminology, which sometimes ends up confusing people.
Definitely no complaints about a kitty in the shot 😂
My girl baby says 'hi' to your furfriend.
Especially one that cute
I'd be careful Lawrence, knowing cats, he might be trying to muscle in on a cut of that view money, catnip doesn't pay for itself you know
On the subject of cars:
Especially in places that get nastier winter weather, a pickup truck or other 4wd is almost a necessity, but they get nasty gas mileage. Enter the smaller daily driver.
Watching this video while at a laundromat and staring at a stack of 5 sweatpants, wearing a pair, and I still have at least 1 more in my pile of unfolded laundry
Edit: all done with laundry. I have a stack of 10 clean sweatpants and a pair on me
😊 I have several nylon/spandex joggers which are in the same vein as fleece sweatpants I think. It’s kinda funny because even several years ago my go to was jeans, but comfort wins out!
I live in shorts or sweatpants.
Yes, but as an American, do you have a gun for each pair? That way you can have a different ensemble for each car and bathroom. And if you have to ask why you need a gun in the bathroom you should be ashamed........................
At one point we owned 7 dogs. I had 2 my Husband had 2 of his own. Then 4 months after our marriage we rescued 3 more from a neighbor who passed away and had no family. Our dogs and theirs were friends already. So we took them in. When the space got to be an issue we sold our home and bought a new house with more property. That was 15 years ago. We are down to 3. 1 of mine 1 of his and one rescue.
I refuse to spend money to go to the gym when, back in school, I put so much effort into faking notes to avoid it.
I joined band and swimming to avoid PE, aka gym.
You are the other 76%
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🤣🤣🤣Me too ❣️
I think I still have a gym membership, I can't remember if I'm still paying on it but I haven't gotten around to using it in the last idk how long.
The main reason why most of the dog owners I know don't want to leave their dogs alone in the house is that the dog will demolish everything s/he can find while they're out. Cats do, too, but they also do that while we're home, so it's just normal behavior.
My husband and I are not religious Americans but we do have a crucifix hanging in the stair well. When we bought our house the previous owners left it hanging and we decided to just leave it so as not invite any bad juju lol same with angel statuette on the fuse box lol we've seen enough horror movies to know to leave well enough alone sometimes 😂
Here's an interesting factoid for you, in and around Milwaukee WI there are more bars than there are churches. In all of Wisconsin there are more bars than churches.
Churches fit a lot more people than bars.
Cat passes the vibe check
We don’t have extensive public transportation throughout the United States, and we have a crap ton more land than Britain does. If we didn’t own cars, we could not get from point A to point B. Simple.
except for NYC; there you can't get from point A to point B IF you have a car.
That's also because zoning and urban planning are so carcentric
Australia is almost the same size yet we have public transport. Freedom of choice is nice.
@@trevorcook4439You're about 4/5ths the size of USA with under a 1/10th of its population. Mass transit in USA is fine when you bring it down to an individual city scale for the most part which is what public transportation is used for. I mean how great is the public transportation from Sydney to Perth? Do you get there in 3 hours? No, of course not, but people think you can go from LA to NY in 3 hours.
@ less population means we do it even better! Couldn’t fly from Perth to Sydney in 3 hours. But I have the freedom of choice to use a train to do so should I choose. That’s with not having many towns in between the two which the US would have. It’s not about not owning cars. It’s about freedom of choice. Public transport after being at the pub for example.
I find it extremely unlikely that I would ever want to own a British person. I could not stomach owning a British car so I can’t imagine having to pay for all the upkeep necessary for an actual Brit.
Not to mention the fact that if you think the maintenance cost on a British car would be expensive, can you imagine the maintenance cost on a British person? Because most medical providers over here do not take the NHS.
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No problem. Just buy a Rolls Royce. They rarely break down.🎉
We are always happy about cats. Your editor knows that.
As for the gun thing, the American me used to own 9 guns. 3 handguns, 2 shotguns, and 4 rifles. I eventually gave them all to family members, since I'm living in the UK these days. I miss them!
The guns or the family members?
@@kevinbarry71 lol 😆
@kevinbarry71 the freedoms.
I never, until now, realized that what we call a swimming pool, you call a swimming bath. Hmmm!
I wish there were more (any?) indoor public swimming pools in my area.
Check out Bath, England, which is a city named for its ancient Roman baths.
I didn’t either. A swimming bath would not be the size of any but a small swimming pool. Also, I’m of the mind if it is meant for bathing it needs draining, otherwise it is a pool and needs treated or germ and infection city, also algae. Unless it’s heated to be hot, then it’s a hot tub.
Now...please do one telling us what Brits buy that Americans don't ... that would be fascinating
I'm betting on electric kettle making the list.
Eel jelly?
Kidney pie?
@@eustacia03 Almost every American actually owns an electric kettle of some sort. It just so happens that the most common sort is an electric coffee pot. But if you don't put the coffee in it, it still heats water just the same. (My South African husband didn't even know that I had a manual kettle for the first 5 years of our marriage because he just found it so much easier to use the K-Cup machine to get himself hot water for his tea. And then he found out that they actually make K-Cups for tea. Only when he ran out in a snowstorm, and found that I was not about to drive to the local store to get him some more K-Cups, did he go exploring in our cabinets and find the kettle. It was a wedding present he never realized we got.)
Electric kettle. Duvets. Hot water bottle.
Mushy peas?
Cats and dogs will always be in the show!
The title of your video: "7 Things Americans Are More Likely to Own Than British People" We are very UNLIKELY to own a British person.
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Maybe he should have worded it: "7 Things Americans Are More Likely Than British People to Own".
Hot Fuzz taught me that the British own lots of guns.
Andy 1: Everybody and their mums is packing around here.
Angel: Like who?
Andy 2: Farmers.
Angel: Who else?
Andy 1: Farmers' mums.
No, no… I for one, will never be unhappy to see the cat. Ever.
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Love that kitty!
Gotta know the kitties name, they’re so cute!
I prefer that people treat their pets like the autonomous beings they are, and not like a spoiled take because of a stray prop. Lawrence does it right.
@berhonkusbardledoo I believe it's Kafka. And the dog is Arthur.
@berhonkusbardledoo Kafka! He has his own channel, but hasn't put up anything in donkeys years, knacker...
I have an entire (very small by US standards) house to myself and still have two bathrooms! (Technically one shower room and one bathroom, but both have a toilet)
I think things have changed a lot since you left. I live just up the road from Grimsby and am amazed you think it's less likely we will have Bibles, sweat pants, a second bathroom or a car.
We have all of those in abundance. And we live in sweat pants, all three of us. So comfy. Can't do without any of them.
I once read about a man who collected variants of the standard German infantry rifle of WW2. He had over 200, each different in the minutiae.
I started buying sweatpants when I moved into a small town and thought I looked ridiculous walking my dogs in pajamas, even if it was my own yard 😂
My daughter walks the dogs in her pjs and bathrobe, but we live in the country on a dirt road with 4 neighbors.
@@dominaevillae28 Same & we country folks all wear pretty strange outfits because it's " form to function " , not a fashion show ! On cold Illinois winter days , dog walking attire is often mysterious because of the layers - who knows what lurks under those oversize puffer coats w/ fur trimmed hoods ? ! My personal favorite was my fleece pajamas & robe topped by my husband's size xxl camo hunting coat , a face mask & miscellaneous accessories . Surprised my dogs would even be seen w/ me ( they have pretty high standards & are always judging me ... ) ! Now what I wore to do chores in the horse barns is another story ... 🤣
We love the cat, and White Castle. Happy Holidays, everyone.
There's a connection between the "cars" item and the "gym memberships" item: when you never go anywhere other than in a car, you get a lot less exercise than if you walk, or bicycle, or take mass transportation. If you're doing the latter to get around every day, there's a lot less need to go out of your way (usually by car) to walk or bicycle in place. Not Just Bikes has a video on the topic, "The Gym of Life".
Part two should include snow blowers and even though you did mention cars you should specify pickup trucks. I’m Canadian but it’s the same here as the U.S. in both of those things.
Well yeah dogs are guns you can pet
6 out of your 7 things are easily attributed to space. The US is SO much bigger than the UK and as you've mentioned in a previous video it gets a lot colder here.
I think that's obvious, no.
As a brit living in London i totally understand the car thing, even though my partner and i now only own one car, i used to have a van, but as getting across London 20 miles could take up to 2 hours in the morning, the commuting Hussle would take an hour /hour and a half, public transport wins out, plus where do i park two vehicles in London? its all about space, and density of community, im sure city living Americans can equate more than rural living ones, plus were all poor having to up keep the castles we all live in.. and yes i have met the queen, god rest her soul.
That sounds like downtown LA, but worse because you need your car regardless. Never any parking, the curbs are all unofficial parking lots so the narrow streets are worse. As for where we park the second car, it comes back to space where we often have 2 car garages and a driveway.
Nice haircut! You’re starting to look the part of the international UA-cam sensation! 😊
I'm 49 and live in Virginia, and I've only once ever seen someone open carrying a gun who wasn't obviously with the police or military. It was at a Food Lion (grocery store).
That's crazy to me. When I was in Washington, I'd see dozens if not hundreds every year, not counting at a range. Myself included, if it was a range day.
Yup you won't see a lot of firearms in your day to day life because there are lots of benefits to concealed carry vs open carry, which is why most people don't open carry even in states were it isn't unconstitutionally banned/restricted.
Don't forget dentists...America has a third more per 100,000. That explains a lot.😂
We invented the soda fountain, why wouldn't we?
But we don't own our dentists. They're free people.
Lots of people will own a sports car or a luxury car for special occasions and another one for commuting to work and daily chores. Many of my friends have a inexpensive and efficient daily driver sedan or coupe then a large truck for special jobs and recreation, camping, hiking, road trips etc.
I love my sweatpants but I would never wear them in public. They are for relaxing at home only. My apartment only has one toilet and as for the rest of the items on your list I don’t own any of them.
I expected to see chainsaws and riding lawnmowers.
Laurence doesn't know the internet runs on cats.
The cat knew and was trying to help Lawrance's algorithm.
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Minnesotan here, in the winter I live in sweatpants, as a matter of fact, I have more pairs than I have pairs of jeans.
I use sweatpants under my jeans and if I take my jeans off, I still look normal.
I hate "long johns" because they fit too tight and to get them off, you need to find a discreet place. Or just listen to the neighborhood girls a giggle.
I grew up in the Midwest and I have only in my life owned three pair, one was gifted to me. And I hit 60 2 days ago
11:28 "or that we don't have white castle" 😅😅
Damn I miss White Castle since moving to Texas from Chicago. And hotdogs. And Pizza. That about sums it up 😀
Ahhhh toilets, thank you for reminding me I have to clean the basement one. Great video.
My home state of Michigan allows the carrying of firearms just so long as it is open and plainly visible. Just about anyone with a clean record can obtain a license to conceal carry though. But I very rarely see people openly carrying guns in public
A lot of people don’t realize that the USA is 40 times larger than the UK.
Oregon alone is 5,000 square miles larger than the UK, so of course “car culture” is going to be a thing here because everything is so far away.
@NaughtyShepherd
That’s part of it, but in some cities a lot of street car tracks were pulled out to force people into car ownership. In NYC, significant post WWll subway expansions were exchanged for expressways.
CUTE KITTY!!!
Kafka!
*and this video is where Lawrence comes to the realization that the cat is even more popular than he is. Sorry Lawrence, but it is the internet.
Nonsense, Larry. We are always pleased to see the critters.
Cats improve all shots.
um the cat is 100% ok
Many non-residents register their high-dollar super and hypercars in Montana. (Edit: Should have mentioned, it’s for the lack of sales tax on light vehicles.) I believe Vermont became a more popular option due to the lack of paperwork required, but this may have changed recently.
You do not see open carry of guns because open carrying gives away a tactical advantage
And it invites trouble (unless you're out in the woods, or on the farm--it's a tool then).
british people calling a restroom "toilets" never ceases to be jarring to me. "Toilets" here only refer to the porcelain throne, while a "restroom" or "bathroom" is the entire room itself.
The reason why it's jarring is because you can be doing anything in there: washing up, fixing your makeup, rinsing your face, fixing your clothes, and of course, popping a squat on the throne. A "bathroom" is a room that may or may not happen to have a bath in it and a "restroom" is where you could just go in for a simple break from the dinner party for five minutes for all I know.
"Excuse me, I need to go to the toilet" sounds TMI bc I'm picturing you using the human waste receptacle. It sounds needlessly specific. But I realize it's a cultural thing and not meant to overshare.
I think it would be funny if you made a video on this XD
Farmers in Texas often will have upwards of 20 dogs. You see, other people keep dropping off unwanted pets or hunting dogs (sometimes they just lose them from a pack). Same is true of cats. They may eat cheap kibble, but at least they’re alive.
Merry Christmas!
I think some of the reasons Americans own so many Bibles is 1. a vague taboo that you shouldn't throw one away, especially a family one, 2. they are a traditional gift for baptisms, graduations, etc (and are sometimes never opened again) and 3. they used to be given away free at every location imaginable (by Gideons and others).
Gym memberships are notoriously hard to cancel. So if you sign up on a whim, you could have that membership for life.
Amen to that. I had a gym membership that I had a difficult time canceling. I only got out of it by having to cancel my billing credit card for an unrelated matter.
and, don't we all keep saying we'll start going again next week!
Kitty!!! Must give it hugs and belly wubs. 😂
I love your videos, Lawrence. Thank you for being such a great breath of fresh air.
I don't think I know anyone who would object to the cat in the shot. Or the dog either! Most families the adults have to work. Often with different overlapping schedules. Hence the 2 (or more) cars. Also the bus and train setup is practically nonexistant in most places. And if they have it the schedule ends at 3:30 in the afternoon so if you work swing shift--Too bad.
I feel like the relative lack of space may explain the lower incidence of dog ownership or cohabitation in the UK as well.
In our American house (built in the 1950s) the second toilet was a bucket in the garage in bad weather and the big yew bushes in the far corner of the yard in good weather. We had 2 cars, one dog at a time, one old fragile Bible that was rarely touched, one shotgun, and a few pairs of sweats each. Statistically very probable.
I think I may 3 bibles - 2 were in my father's house when we cleared it out. We had a gun - a 22 rifle because my uncle in Saskatchewan had the mistaken belief that Evanston was full of wild game. He also provided us with an ice fishing pole. No use for either one. I do have 3 bathrooms and a 1 car garage but I don't put my one car in it - it's too full of other stuff, of course.
😊Cute kitty photo bombs the video.
You're thinking more and more like an American, Lawrence, but still like a city slicker. The statistic about Montana makes sense when you consider how many people there work on farms and ranches. I'm willing to bet that for well over half the households there with 2 vehicles, at least one is a pickup.
and in any Northern state, at least one is 4 wheel drive.
The truck thing is out of control. I live in the southwest US and drive what my insurance company calls a mid size sedan. The number of monster cab crew trunks with next to no bed capacity probably outnumbers cars two to one. And many of them are jacked up or have huge tires that come to my waistline. Totally useless as a sensible transportation device. Rant off.
@@gwesco Completely irrelevant to the situation in Montana, a far less densely populated state where trucks make a lot more sense.
Lawrence, Americans are more likely to own most things than British people. Who wants to own British people? 😂
I'd love to be owned by a rich, beautiful American woman...
Lawrence, you should have said “MEEEYOWW!”, instead of “now!”
I’m curious as to why, in the Gun segment, the map identifying Illinois showed Richmond, Virginia loitering about the northeast coast of North Carolina? It is a puzzlement.
The cool thing about the churches in the US -- and this is coming from an atheist -- is that between my home and the supermarket where I like to shop, I. pass a synagogue, a quaker meeting house, a catholic church, a methodist one, and a lutheran one. I'm sure that buried somewhere among them all is a mosque as well. And everyone just shrugs about it.
The best illustration of how unintrusive the gun thing is here is that I was raised until the age of about 22 in an open-carry state. And until about two years ago, I had no clue it was open carry. You will very likely not see a single firearm while you're here unless you stay with a family that goes to a range to do target shooting, and they invite you along. it also varies hugely from state to state, but if I could have been raised in an open-carry state and not even known it, it's just not going to be a huge thing.
Guess you've never been to a Walmart in Tennessee! LOL!
@j.m.7056 how many of these channels have you seen where the subscribers from the States insist that they visit a gun range while they're here and "shoot some guns!" They've done it with Diane, they've done it with the New Zealand family, and I'm not sure if Shaun has or not.
You bring up a good point: the religious diversity found within the States. My community is similar to yours, where there are numerous religious denominations with their own brick and mortar.
What you said about the intrusiveness of guns in the us is true. I live in AZ, probably the secoond biggest gun state behind only texas, and you wont really see guns unless you activly go looking for them.
Just as well all those churches don't have a peel of bells, it would be very noisy on practice nights. It's bad enough living in a town with two churches but one being a Catholic Church only the Angelus is rung, the C of I has practice on Wednesday and sounds the full peel for Sunday services and weddings.
1: Firearms
2: Central AC and heat
3: V8 pickup truck/suv
4: A Bible open somewhere in the home
5: Multiple window ac units
Thats all I can think of off the top of my head
Since I retired, in Fall, Winter and Spring the only pants I ware are sweatpants. The reason, COMFORT ! To hell with dress pants and jeans, sweatpants and hoodies for me.
Hi Kafka! 👋
I thought all UA-camrs knew that cats make clicks.
Not everyone got the message.
We had 3 rescue dogs!! Loved them! Now 2.
Isn't his name Kafka? I love him! 😊
I live in Indiana, and see an open carry probably at least once a week. But I work in the auto parts retail industry, so maybe that stereotypically explains that…
Have you ever done a bit about American Christmas adverts? I mean, surprise your wife with a new luxury automobile!
Sweatpants are as American as Blue Jeans, maybe even more so since the trend hasn't caught on as well elsewhere. I've owned the same sturdy sweatpants for 22 years, no joke I watched this video wearing them. In Florida. Because air-con. I also agree that, despite having been invented for exercise, they belong squarely on a couch watching YT/TV and not outside the home.
I've got my sweats in here, too
Glad you mentioned that many families own an average of two vehicles per person in the family.
Just in case one or two of the cars break down! No problems
At least here in the rural areas of the upper Midwest.
And yes, almost everyone has guns in multiples. Again, it's a cultural thing. Common to see them.
Even many of us old grandma's who live in the country might have a shotgun & know very well how to use it.
Should add, We have to give "Back up" occasionally to our dogs 😊
Please include more animal cameos in your future videos.
7:40 Not only that, but it's also extremely common to find a bible in hotel rooms in one of the drawers, too, in case Christian guests forget theirs.
It seems like something is missing if I don't find one, along with the local pizza delivery menu.
When I studied abroad in London I noticed that Europe has less water in their toilets. which means bigger plops. cause there's more distance between you and the water
Mythbusters did a test on this. It turns out laying a spread of toilet paper on the water stops plops.
Lawrence your cat could take over your channel and start making videos and we would still watch
My 25 mile (40 km), 30 minute daily commute was nearly traffic free with only a couple stops. I only had 1 or 2 traffic jams a year.
Most of our friends own a mortgage free house, have 2-3 cars with no car payment. Several of our neighbors have private airplanes or helicopters. All of our friends own guns. Most of our neighbors have a motorized RVs, many have motorcycles or ATVs. All of our neighbors have at least 3 toilets and all have 3 car garages.
In Austin, Texas, near where I live, your dog can get a gym membership. Austin has at least one doggie gym.
You should have mentioned that a lot more Americans own a gym membership that they do not use.
He did
I don't think that I have ever been first, but here we are..
I think that there is a not insignificant subset of Americans who own many guns, while there are many Americans who don't own a gun at all.
Totally depends where you live.
yes, apparently only 32% own any but many of those 32% own a LOT of them.
I never wear sweat pants outside of the house.
I have 2 [sister and neice] family members with gun safes and the 4 adults have "carry permits" & carry every where they go. They own tons of guns, I don't own any.
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We have 56 pew pews. The first of the year, I'll be adding another.
I have at least five Bibles plus four BCPs. I have a Book of Common Prayer on my bedside table. (I am Episcopalian/CofE.)
I was wondering how the number of Books of Common Prayer compare to the number of Bibles in Britain.
On the contrary, Kafka, we are QUITE happy about that!
Oh Laurence-you’ve placed Helena (Montana) in the wrong place 😮
“…About one for each car” is a great joke!
The guns and dogs have the same explanation. No point having one when you can have several, then they don't get lonely.
@LostinthePond: Lawrence, I've looked up some stats on religious observance in the U.K., and while it's obviously far lower than in the U.S., I think your six (!) percent figure is understating things a tad. Looks like around 15% of the population are "regular" church attenders if "attended in the last month" is the standard; whereas the 6% figure seems to apply to persons who're absolutely _weekly_ churchgoers; i.e. attending services 50+ times per year. Of course, a Christian minister would argue that weekly _is_ the proper standard for strict observance! ...but even among the devout, one must allow for illness, travel, and the like.
Sweat pants look better than the pajama pants I see people wearing at stores or dropping kids off school.
I honestly see no difference in them
Here is a surprising fact: The percentage of American households with at least one gun is 32%. Many gun owners are collectors with as many as ten guns or more. I have a friend with a collection of muskets and gun powder pistols with one of each that can be fired. Another friend has three pistols but hasn't fired any of them in over three years. The idea that Americans are gun crazy just isn't true, while there are gun nuts here, the fact is the majority of Americans are not gun nuts. I have no guns, and don't feel the need for one. I have two cats that get up on my desk when ever I'm talking on the phone, face it Lawrence, your cat enjoys your voice!
Exactly.
True, not all gun owners are gun enthusiasts. For many it's a tool, not a hobby...or lifestyle.
That's using official numbers, which are misleading as collecting data is impossible. Most states do not require registering guns. We do have a higher rate by the official numbers than any other country, and far more than any country of reasonable size. Owning more than 10 guns is not just a collector thing. I own more than that and I am not remotely a collector, and so do many people I know.
@reliantncc1864
That data was self-reported to the people conducting the study, not based on gun registrations.
Go to rural mtn region, there was always people open carrying firearms. During the riots in my small 50/50 homestead/Amish community we had civilians guarding businesses with rifles all over. It’s a wonderful sight.
Bible: I am an atheist, but I do own a Bible. It is a family Bible where I chronicle lifes, births, and deaths. It has been in the family for 180 years. When I die, my daughter will receive it to continue the tradition.
I was wondering if Brits used to have the same tradition. 'back when' in the Rural US, the Bible was very likely the only book you owned so you kept all of your family records in it.
@@kathyjohnson2043 To the best of my knowledge, yes. It might be an American tradition to keep a family Bible, but I think that tradition started in Europe, specifically the UK.
Love the kitty and the puppy. I currently live alone. I have 3 toilets. I have to remind myself to flush each of them at least once every 2 or 3 days.
Live on a small ranch in Wyoming. Five pickups (one non-running), one sedan, 17 dogs, 0 sweatpants, 0 gym memberships. If I want to sweat, I go out in my regular clothes and do some work.
Sorry, forgot the four bathrooms, five if you count the wide outdoors.
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Live with someone and share a bathroom?? NOOOOO!