10 Things I've Learned About America Since Moving Here 

Here in the US, we call 100 miles a quick trip to a friends house.

@@dumdum7786 Mother: Take your bike and be back before dark!

That is the truth. It always amazes me when I'm watching a documentary and some guy is telling the history about his house in the UK. It turns out to have been built in like the 1600s and it is still livable. I think to myself "Christ that is older than my whole country."

Not in Rhode Island. Our small state takes about an hour driving from corner to corner. Half hour drive to Warwick? Fuhget it, we’re not going. Also just realizing that in our magical small state we measure how much time it takes to get somewhere, not miles.

@@macmittens16 Michigan also measures distance by time.

Is it that bad? I love Americans

@@EvilStreaks Crazy amounts of hate out there for the US.

@@aeronomer8389 ^^^^ yup

Aero Nomer lmao facts

how about not naming a country after the whole continent?

My friend who works at a steel cable manufacturing plant here in California. It's actually a company from Japan. He said that the engineers are rotated in from Japan every four or five years. He said that the engineers will drive on road trips for their vacations. Instead of flying to Disney World they would drive. He said the engineers told him they do this because they may not get another change like this to be able to see the US.

And despite our reputation, the more intelligent among us are glad to have you in our country and share your culture with us, regardless of what your culture may be. Please do not allow the closed minded people here to intimdate you. I sincerely believe that the majority of us celebrate different cultures and are truly interested in learning. At least I really hope that is true. Otherwise, we may as well all move to North Korea. (No offense to North Koreans, I'm certain that you are wonderful humans. Your government is horrible though. We actually are concerned about you and would like you to know that we don't hate you or want to destroy your country. We really are nice people overall.)

@@davevanvlerah5167 You are so right on the mark. I was born and raised here in the USA - Pacific Northwest to be specific. One thing that I would say, however, is that it is not just the more intelligent among us but you could qualify that even further by saying those raised to respect others - whether you are intelligent or not! I cannot even tell you what my parents would have done to me in punishment if they knew I was disrespectful!!

@@leal536 Excellent point.

If you're interested in the road trip you should look into the cannonball run if you haven't already. people actually do set cannonball records over here. Imagine from New York to California in under 26 hours.

which is funny because even though Canadians of-course know their stereotype I feel like in my personal experience and my interaction with Canadians and their opinion is that America is actually even nice then them.

These same people meet a traveling American, and go into the encounter expecting them to rude; it's a self fulfilling prophecy. Treat someone as if you expect them to be rude, and they probably won't like it; I don't know about you, but I don't make any effort to be nice people while they're shitting on me.

@@damienk7311 right? I kick em in the goolies then take their wallet and phone. Teach em a good lesson about talking crap in kicking distance. If I'm feeling really mean I'll huck their shoes on a roof or over a power line. That'll teach em to talk to people.

@Sheldon Robertson Conquer the world?! LOL, what are you talking aboat?

I also lived in Belgium for a year. We Americans are seen as very polite but also more straightforward to them.

If you watch some of these, it's clear that the folks who do them are generally interested in the United States (its probably why they visited to begin with). I don't think I've ever seen a "what I've learned in america" hating on Americans.

"tHeY'rE sO lOuD" Not all of us...

@@Redbikemaster just me

I hope Boris Johnson moves to the USA and becomes the President!

kutark from what I’ve heard that’s a fairly common thing for people visiting the US for the first time.

More like 3 or 4 full days of driving.

Good thing its relatively cheap to fly to somewhere in america from a america. Its not like super cheap but its cheap when you think of time saved

Got the same thing from an Australian couple visiting California; they planned to drive from SF to Sacramento-tour a Railroad museum, then go to Yosemite-tour the park) and head to LA (IN THE SAME DAY)...we had to have a sit down and talk it through...I rather dashed their plans, but....

@@tammievawter9477 H-How does an AUSTRALIAN make that mistake?... They live in a Country damned near as large as the lower 48!!

Correction: Mosquito/Tornado/Roadwork/and OMG, who left the Sauna on?! My cousins from Tucson refuse to come to the Midwest in the summer. The heat + humidity eats them alive!

Yep, from Michigan here and the winter is 3 seasons long and painfully cold but... When the summer comes its only a week into the 100 degree heat that I start Begging for the snow to return. =P

@@DeKrampus more like the bugs. So many bugs.

orange barrel season and old man driving rv season is getting worse n worse!

And in the south we have our own Four Seasons bearable, really hot and miserable, hot but I'm not going to die, and then not so hot

And it is as much a part of proper conversation etiquette to ask about the weather as it is to ask “how are you?” because it’s basically an extension of the same question. lol

You both are so correct.

It wouldn't be so bad if it wernt for the wind

It’s also for knowing if you need your jacket, coat, winter coat, or arctic explorer rated winter gear.

My grandfather used to say there are two seasons in Chicago, July and winter! In the Midwest if you don't like the weather, wait an hour it'll change.

Robert Ainsworth years ago I shared a table in a cafe while in London. Just before we finished they told me they were visiting family in Boston the next summer and wondered if they could drop by and visit for lunch one afternoon. It made me sad to explain that as I live near Kansas City that would be impractical.

@@michaelbrennan6123 Yeah, that's about a three day drive.

Yeah. I am making a trip from Pittsburgh to Charlotte this Saturday to hopefully see my beloved Pittsburgh Panthers shock the world in the ACC Championship game and I will have to leave at 6AM just to make sure I can get there in time for an 8PM kickoff.

Exactly this....so many of my international friends think that the US is small...they want to go see Disneyland (in California) and the Statue of Liberty in New York in a two day span,when they finally get told that both are on opposite coasts and a five day drive or five hour plane flight ...suddenly it dawns in them that the US is huge

My father was on a business trip to s small city, in northern England, just sound of the Scottish boarder. While they he was talking with the some of the skill trades in the plant and they asked where in the U.S. was from, and he said Toledo Ohio. They asked were that was, he said about 60 miles south of Detroit and about 300 miles east of Chicago. Then then asked how far from Dallas was that (it was the late 1980's, and Dallas was a famous TV show at the time), and when he said about 2000 miles, they could not comprehend of two cities in the same nation being 2000 miles apart. Later he realized that 2000 from this small city would be in Turkey!

Yep, I judge everyone by how they treat people in customer service occupations.

@@jenbur6021 Damn straight! If you discover that a person kicks down, you don't need to know anything else.

Are you rude to waiters?

It's a indicator of your wallet size.

@@anthonylawson2275 It is?

I like waitstaff to check 2x at my table for extra drinks and check

I'm probably the odd man out in this, but all I want the waiter/waitress to do is take my order, come back with the food, and get the order correct and return promptly. If I could have the check come out with the food, that would be ideal. I'm not there to talk to the waiter.

I think our entire culture you are expected to be upbeat, smile and polite if you want to keep your job, no matter what area you work in unless you work for yourself.

Sherry Drake I couldn’t have said it better myself. Add that to “firing at will” (uniquely American), and there you have it.

captainphoenix If they would just eliminate the "mandatory" tipping system and make it "voluntary", the servers wouldn't be so hungry (literally and figuratively). Nobody needs to be asked 4 times during the course of their meal if everything is going okay. Plus servers deserve to be paid minimum wage by their employer. It is so much more pleasant to eat out in Europe where they leave you alone to enjoy the food and the company.

Took us like 16 hours just driving to Sacramento from Seattle

I drove from Portland Oregon to near san Diego and it took me 14 hours speeding.

Why would I want to drive to California when it takes 2 hours to get to Tacoma?

@@chellebelle534 "Speeding" is an understatement here...

jdhalvo 😄

The rudest people I've ever met came from California, New York, DC.

@@LiamMill that is true. However based on my experience with the massive amount Californians moving to my city here in Texas, Californians seem to be very rude and bad drivers compared to most people here. I also work at a tourist Mall and I meet people from around the world everyday, mostly from out of state and we got a lot of Californians and most of them that I meet, seem to be rude and very obnoxious compared to most of the other people that we get from the states. Maybe it's just a cultural thing, I don't know that's just my experience. But of course I have met some good nice people form California, sadly it's just the majority that I meet that are rude.

@@gen.washington1893 Every Southerner who visits New York City complains that New Yorkers are rude and abrupt.

@Jane Ryan-Douglas you sound like a butthurt new yorker lol......and before you flip out i've been to new york city and can say with certainty that many nyc people are rude. Especially behind the wheel or on a bicycle. They talk to each other in a way that would get you punched in the face at the least and shot at the worst in most other parts of the country. Having said that, I understand nyc isnt representative of ALL of new york state, and I did have a good time while I was there, so i'm not hating.

They do?

Exactly. The whole "most Americans don't own a passport" screed has always been an unfair criticism designed to play up the whole loud, blundering, provincial American stereotype. People never really grasp the sheer size of the US. It takes six and a half hours to just fly from NYC to L.A. By contrast it takes just over four hours to fly from London to Moscow. It never occurs to most people that the reach of American territory (not including military bases) makes it possible to travel from the Arctic Circle to the Caribbean and from New England to the middle and south Pacific Ocean and everywhere in between without any special paperwork. Heck, it was only within the last decade or so that air travel to Mexico or Canada started requiring a passport...ground travel is remains less stringent.

Genghis Pecan totally agree you were able to explain it much more elegantly then I can LOL but I think we’re on the same page here 👍🏼

TheRenaissanceman65 working on getting my passport so I can go to Amsterdam in Seattle and concert next year that’ll be my first time ever leave in the country let alone leave in the state of North Carolina in the United States but the US is so large that I’ve only been to three states out of 50 already our country is huge and there is so much to see and the landscapes differ from mile to like to mile

Its also thousands of dollars for a US citizen to go anywhere that isn't Canada or Mexico for a week or two.

@@SuperPremiumDeluxe not really you can get almost anywhere in the world for less than $1000

For another perspective, I grew up in Idaho and this was the first time I realized that it was a regional term unique to us. Never really thought about it.

PaleBear We say it here in the mountains of East Tennessee too. That’s what we call groundhogs. Skunks are polecats, crows are caw birds, red squirrels are boomers and so on.

@@smileychess I didn't know until I searched it up and couldn't find what I was looking for. Had to look on Fish and Game for the specific species lol

@@PotatoeSnow Really? Cuz I've lived in Idaho for half my life and that's all we call the ground squirrels. There is no specification. Maybe it's an Ada County thing?

@@PotatoeSnow So it sounds like it's a localized thing then.

And today it was back up to 32... lol love the midwest

Detroit it went from a foot and a half of snow and -40 to 50 and then it rained and then the whole city was covered in ice 😂 definition of Michigan weather if u don’t like it now just wait 5 minutes

Chicago can get some brutal windchill off the lake though, I was in Winnipeg for nearly 3 years where its regularly -25 to - 40 Celsius with wind chill on top but if no wind you can actually walk around in just a hoodie at those temps.

lol i live in chicago i feel that

BaalAdvocate I know I’m a month late but same

The truth is we have to be kind and optimistic. Our country is so big and the federal government has so much control. The whole nation is kinda in bad shape. If we didnt counter that with a sense of duty to fellow man and some hope for the future, I dont think many of is would get on.

@@maxonmendel5757 Hi max.... I'd say we've BEEN that way because our religious ancestors passed it along and it's how we were once all raised. Sadly we're losing our religion and it shows. Cheers🌞

@@sonshine5038 you onna them 'Jesus freaks' or somethin? I got somethin to say to you

THANK YOU and happy to have you!

@@maxonmendel5757 You're STILL a kid. THAT SHOWS!! 🌞

taninhawk, yeeees! I was born and raised in Oregon. Oregon is not even remotely the largest state in the U.S, and yet all of the U.K. can fit inside of Oregon with room to spare. I've visited Washington and California on many occasions, but have barely travelled within my own state. I've been to South America once when I was a baby for a family emergency. (My grandfather was there and suffered an aneurism, and I was too little to be away from Mom, so she took me with her to help my grandfather recover.) I used to know someone who spent an entire Summer with his best friend traveling to all 48 continental states, living out of a van. He is one of the few people I knew that had been to nearly all 50.

taninhawk I live in Kansas and would literally go bankrupt if I tried to get a flight to Florida lmao

@@ye1451 that's why the Midwestern motto is "drive, not fly" Because driving costs just as much as a plane ticket. Lol

LMAO pop over to Texas LOL I live in Ohio so I understand completely yeah that's that's a very very very long plane ride really can't even consider a car trip I mean you're talking like what a week

Samee,I used to live in New York but now I live in Georgia and i have this friend from England and when I told him i'd only been to a few states and have never been to Cali he was shocked😂 Sorry but I don't have that type of money to travel even within my own country😂

"You call this pizza? We got better stuff on the sidewalk in NYC"

@@LeglessWonder lmaoooo them and Jersey folk always gotta bring up the pizza

I think your estimate of 30 seconds is a little heavy. My experience is that they own with that little nugget.

brownjatt21 I tried some “Authentic New York Pizza” while on vacation in NYC, and it was very similar to the gas station pizza down the road from me, in Maine.

@@gabe-a-ghoul691 haha most of it is overhyped definitely but I've had some good stuff there can't lie. Going in 2 weeks again. That gas station/ truck stop Pizza is the best thing on the planet when it's that time though ooooweeee.

@TheRenaissanceman65 I don't know, saying that Britain is more like Continental Europe because it's closer is like saying I'm more like my next door neighbor than my cousin from Illinois because we live closer. True, I might share more day-to-day habits with my neighbor--such as shopping at the same stores--but ultimately I'm going to have a stronger bond with my cousin because of our shared blood and background.

Brits actually see America in a very positive light because we're such close ally's and so culturally linked. The Brits that hate America are really in the minority of the minority like maybe 0.5%of Brits at most hate America and everything to do with it. In fact I would say America would be in the top 5 countries for practically every Brit. It would be a pleasure for any and all Americans to come and visit the uk and you will truly be welcomed don't worry about the minority of minority of Brits who have a dislike of America because I highly doubt you would ever come across one.

Fuck off!

bonecanoe86 Not saying who's right or wrong, but I can relate to your feeling in some ways. While growing up, my mother was a huge Anglophile although I don't think she put a great deal of thought into that fact itself. We always read Dickens and Jane Austen and Thomas Hardy and Winnie the Pooh and Beatrix Potter and we knew Miss Marple and Inspsector Clousseau, and we watched the Prisoner and The Avengers and The Man from Uncle and Alfred Hitchcock and so on. Of course we had American cultural icons around too, but in retrospect we really did feel a special connection to British people. I think my Mother's connection was stronger still because she was older than most of my friends parents and she grew up especially following Madeleine Carroll and Robert Donat, Merle Oberon, Michael Redgrave, Laurence Oilivier, Margaret Lockwood, etc. She generally loved her trips to the UK that she was able to enjoy after retiring too. Unfortunately she became internet savvy in her last years, and I believe it was very disappointing for her to find out how many Brits were so openly hateful towards anything or anyone American. She'd always loved all things Brits and assumed they would probably find something to like about her too, but instead learned that most often she was simply judged by Brits she met online as an ignorant, fat, uneducated, warmongering racist who was simply beneath all Brits... basically she felt hated and disappointed. Of course she was basically positive and understood that "theyre not all like that" but I know it bothered her. That's why I honestly think it's probably better to stay away from internet types IF one if actually affected by this type of thing. People online are always much meaner than people in person, no matter where they're from.

@@ellengregory8002 Yeah similarly my family are all Anglophiles, including me to a large extent. More than half of my favorite bands are English, I was a big Harry Potter fan as a kid, and I used to watch British shows. Even today there's almost always a British accent coming out of the TV in my parents' living room. I have a theory as to why so many British are hostile towards Americans: The British have been so heavily attacked and demonized by the media, pop culture, and education system both globally and within their own country that they lash out in frustration at the one people who have been demonized even more than they and are thus the only "acceptable targets": the Americans.

PupCake1025 Well put

Let's also not forget that waitresses/waiters/servers often work for minimum wage, and tipping is expected or even included on the actual food bill. They therefore have a strong incentive to be helpful and courteous. Not saying they wouldn't be otherwise, but in this society bad reviews can put a restaurant out of business.

Jesus wept you people are dumber than rocks.

@ See the problem with society is that they think people like us are assholes, when its really society that's at fault. See, I want to insult people on the internet and call them names but not explain why they are at fault but everyone around me seems to think I'm a jerk! Gosh how society can be so blind to the great such as you and I.

@@snortist1256 Don't worry about him, he's a just a dirty, drunk, bog-hopping, mick.

Robot Bjorn Dude. (Please be Trollin’) He’s from England? You know, where English is from and people from England are called the English?

Lol

lmao

I think you mean *AMERICAN* ?

Robot Bjorn lel

Also the playfulness of a few regions in the south, we can make you think we are being very nice while we laugh at you for agreeing

Southerners have mastered the art of polite passive aggressiveness lol, "Oh, bless your heart!" 99% of the time means, "lol your a fuckin idiot"

There's also the unfortunately common "I have to smile no matter how abusive you get because otherwise I'll be fired" polite in stores and restaurants. I can only hope that it isn't enforced as much in other countries.

"Interesting" also means, "I vehemently disagree."

@@emmawaters8380 Every time my old neighbor says something incredibly rude about someone she follows it up with a "bless their heart".

Sounds like a lot of *not Texas* to me

:D this is so nice

NW Arkansas better😉 jk I’m from fayetteville so I go to Tulsa for the apple store. But have you ever been to eureka springs Arkansas? THATS a gem!

As an Arkansan from Fayetteville, I often am treated, from my own experience, pretty rudely when I travel to Tulsa. I might just be imagining it but people seem more friendly in Texas and Louisiana than Oklahoma. Just my experience though. Have made some great friends from Oklahoma, but overall y’all seem a bit on the anti Arkie bandwagon, but I could be wrong.

@@klaytonbowen5646 Eureka Springs is an absolute hidden gem. We live in northern Oklahoma and head over there on many breaks or 3 day weekends. Always something cool going on, people are unbelievably friendly, so many quirky and great shops downtown. Would HIGHLY reccomend to anybody nearby!

If anybody says a country doesn't have a culture that means that they don't have a good grasp on what culture means.

Alyssa Hansen America has a business culture that is more focused on good people

The Apathetic Ape I’m making some in the laboratory at this very moment.

@@g0679 That took me way too long to get.

The US is the culture capitol of the world lol. The vast majority of globally popular movies, tv shows, and music come from here. People are just jelly

Especially in the Midwest.

Not in the larger east coast cities...

Unless you live in a big city and never plan to leave it, otherwise yes you’ll need a car.

Do you just not believe in laws

@@bailbondsyesbailbonds what are you on about?

😂😂😂😂

Greetings my fellow Wyomingite👐 what part are you from?

Two Wyomians commenting? I think that statistically we can say we've heard from the whole state. LOL And it is a beautiful state btw. I would move there in a heartbeat if someone offered me a job.

Hehehe!

@Heidi Marchant: Cheyenne, by the airport

I’m in Florida, anything below like 40-60°F (depends) is literally freezing to us born and raised here

i’m from california (don’t call me a liberal, i’m more republican than i am democrat) and like 90°F is warm, 80-70°F is fresh/perfect weather, 60-50°F is cold cold, like we need a jacket or two, and anything below 50° literally freezing

I threw warm water out the window in Canada and it turned to explosions of ice fluff.

I lived in Utah and now live in Seattle, Washington. 70-80°F is perfect temperature, 90+°F is hot, 40-60°F is a bit chilly but bearable, and anything less than 40°F is cold and wear many layers.

Lisa G Love doing that in Wisconsin too!

That's so true

That's great and all but it also hits negative 15 here. So we get screwed on both ends. Freezing winters and hot summers the Midwest is bull****.

Very true! Thanks for posting this.

LOL, well Texas was it's on country for a brief time lol. But we went bankrupt and that's why we wanted to join the union. Plus a lot of Texas immigrants were originally from the union.

We were individual countries before the constitution and, in a lot of ways, even afterwards. The word State means country. If you think of it in that context, issues like states rights and the electoral college make a lot more sense.

Technically, that is exactly how America is supposed to be, and was, officially, until the Civil War in the 1860s. I won’t get into the causes of the war, but the effect was unification of the states under a strong federal government, which is exactly the opposite of what the founders wanted.

Fortunately we still have the EC and Senate to at least give us some tie to those days.

@IAmaPersion Or the one school trip they made for a few days to DC or the like when they were 16.

IAmaPersion or encounters they’ve had with American tourists in Europe.

JoAnne Middaugh American tourist in Europe most of the time are some rich pricks. So not an average person living in America.

it's interesting if you think about it- our politics are tense largely due to the MASSIVE difference we have in our regions here. people live so differently and are so different in terms of culture, geography, ethnicity etc, that we think very differently, as our life experiences based on our growing up are very different. imagine how different a rural appalachian is from a Hawaiian from a New Yorker from an Alaskan- it makes for different perceptions and understand of the world, of how the world works. We are all Americans but man oh man what it means to be American is so very different for all of us.

MAGA

72 in the day, 34 in the night.

we have the same problem in Maryland in the spring. my sister's birthday is March 13th and one year it was 90 degrees on her birthday and the very next year there was 2 feet of snow on the ground. this past February (I think) we had a nasty windstorm, a high of 80, a high of 45, and 2 inches of rain all in the same week!!

Same in Michigan. It was 30, then the next day it was low 60, then the next day it was mid 30s. It's crazy.

Yup, native Illinoisian. "Dress in Layers" is the 11th Commandment.

Same here in Nor Cal

I can get you a therapist, man. I feel bad for whoever has to put up with you.

Yes. When I have guests over, I always have a backup plan for if it looks like I'm running out of food to serve them.

@@firewisplet8275 What? That's just culturally how it is here... Why do you have to be so rude about the manners and etiquette of a certain people to the point you think you can tell someone elaborating on them that they need a therapist?

@@coreywest9597 They've since edited their comment. The original said some nasty stuff

@@firewisplet8275 oh alright, sorry for the misunderstanding

except the west coast.

NYC metro suburbs have okay mass transit. The busses sucks

Vindoodles Lmaoo

Well, it wasn't then but it's a misnomer now. It's just one of those quaint accidents of history, like that spot in the rug where the dog pooped that keeps coming back no matter how many times you scrub it.

Fellow Indiana resident here, It’s called the Mid-West because it’s the middle of the Western Hemisphere, much like the Middle East or Mid-East is the middle of the Eastern Hemisphere.

Indiana is back east. The perspective has changed in 200 years.

I live north of Seattle and I always thought of the Midwest as East of the Rockies and West of the Mississippi. So I always thought of Indiana as East.

Yeah but its said and it is not the middle of the country or on the west coast so for people that don't know the history of the country get confused

Also, our research shows that it could cost upwards of near £20,000 from initial visa to ILR in the UK. I know others (a US/UK spousal immigration group) that has cost much more, but that's average.

We're proud to have you!

I've been battling fat since puberty, 50 years! For me now, medications are a wonderful way to increase my weight.

Violent Kisses During my first time visiting Britain,April 1985, while in high school, my school mates and I were impressed with how slim the general population was with an overweight person a rarity. Over time that has changed. But the same can be said of America. Growing up in the 70's we were a lot thinner. Part of that is we had more physical activity and portion sizes were smaller.

I think its mostly culture and how your are raised. Ive noticed the more rural you get people may not care about themselves as much in that way. While living in the city, people were much more aware of how food effected them. Also income is a big player. People more wealthy are known to take care of themselves better. Some of that being because they can and thei jobs usually being client based where how you look matters.

It's because the food industry was not properly restricted way back when and now they have quite a bit of power and influence in America.

I've spent some time in the UK and I noticed quite a few "big boned" women there also. Many were not just heavier, but taller than average also. In the US, you see quite a few women (especially of certain ethnic persuasions) that are, shall we say, "pear shaped".

People who've lived in a certain intense climate for all of their lives (and who are highly adapted to it) will naturally feel inclined to stay in it, whether it be hot or cold. Outliers exist of course, but it's not as though they feel at odds with it.

There is a pretty sizable Scandinavian population in Texas. Most have assimilated into the Texas culture after three or four generations, though.

@@RealVikingsWearKilts Don't you mean the Yeehaw Oil Tarnation culture?

As a Finn, my guess would be the familiar landscape and climate, not too much people yapping around, and probably most importantly, plenty of job opportunities in the wood industry, a field many had experience from back home.

Nowadays the largest concentration of Finnish people in the USA is in Lake Worth, Florida, about 30 minutes from where I live. Times have changed I guess :D

That lake effect bites the skin.

i lived there when i was younger i loved the thunder storms you get out there

Unfortunately I think we have lost spring and fall forever in Indiana - I really miss having 2 and a half months of fall weather.

That's totally true.....Indiana weather is nuts!

Growing up here I experienced the wonders of ice storm and thunder snow. But I love my state and I'll be a Hoosier for life.

Better bang for your buck.

Badguy 1 "...if you split your meal in have it cuts down on the average cost...." Absolutely. I always get two to three meals from one visit to a restaurant. Thank heaven for doggy bags!

BADGUY 1 - I live in the UK (have done for decades now) and we have takeaway boxes in restaurants, they are boxes for leftover food made from cardboard (we don’t have doggy bags), they’re very common here.

We mostly don't have actual bags here any more either. If you ask for a doggy bag they usually bring you a "to go box" (more common term in California than "takeaway box"), usually of Styrofoam but often now of some other kind of plastic since somebody decided that Styrofoam wasn't good for the environment.

Doggy bags used to be frowned on here. I read where a couple asked for a doggie bag for their steaks. The snotty manager loudly told the waiter to put all the restaurant scraps in a bag. The wife said they only wanted theirs. The manager said, in front of everybody, that the couple had an extremely picky dog. The wife replied, Yes, and he is going to be very disappointed that we ate here.

The UK is the size of Oregon plus Washington state plus a little more.

Canada is bigger so you are small fries to us.

Corvette Dude oh please Canada is barely bigger then the United States. Like by a few hundred square miles. Plus most of it is an unpopulated barren waist land.

That’s a good point a lot of people don’t think about; how people moving from one place to another really impacts the accent. I grew up in Tennessee and people, well, were always so condescendingly happily surprised to find that out, because I don’t “have that accent.” It’s like they’re shocked I have all my teeth and haven’t brought up four wheelin’ and huntin’ or downin some whiskey. It’s interesting, what we assume of people based off of the accent. To this day I’m thankful my Mom was on the radio and news, so I grew up listening to her sort of... accentless voice. Except on voicemails, lol. I can do an impersonation that is SPOT on, and it’s because it’s THE news anchor accent. “Hi, this is Lila Evans. I’m not here to take your call *pause* but, if you’d leave your name, number, and a brief message, I’d be happy to get back to you as soon as I can! Thanks for calling! *radio chuckle, click* Bless that woman so I don’t have to deal with people assuming I have no education or brain in general, founding aallll those assumptions on a super country accent. It’s tied with a Jersey accent as being the one assumed to be the least intelligent. As in, even more vapid than VALLEY GIRL. Goodness.

@@SunflowerSpotlight I'm from a small european country, and what you describe happens to lots of children here: growing up without speaking their local dialects. They all sound like small newsreaders from the neighbouring bigger country (people watch the tv channels from them because they have way more channels, and films are dubbed in their almost accent free "tv speaking") It makes me sad for them. A somewhat famous writer in the german speaking parts of Europe (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) once said "the only thing that really connects you with your area of origin is your dialect". And in my opinion this "no accent thing" sadly kills a bit of language heritage (and diversity/variety of a language). People here have their share of prejudice too when it comes to the language, but they know that the dialects are no indication for intelligence.

@@nirfz I've lived up and down the East Coast (of America) and I don't really have a specific accent. Its more of the standard Mid West but now it's developing into a slight sounthern quality because I've lived in the south for quite awhile. You will develop one the longer you stay in one place, it just takes a while. That aside, everyone has their own take on it. My father and mother have spent most of their lives in the south but don't have southern accents because both sets of their parents didn't approve of speaking improper English and focused on enunciation. That can effect how you sound.

@@midgetwthahacksaw There is no such thing as a "standard Midwest accent."

There's an Irish women who visits a family member where I work. When I first told her I loved her accent she said. "Oh, do I still have one?" She and her accent are simply lovely! We NYers can sound like alley cats......

Because it's nice to hear positive things about our country for once

nah you are not.

@@leoaksil4085 I agree

Same

Same

Frank Hoffman sadly major cities are what foreigners judge us by.. moment they visit a town of 50k or less.. we’re the most friendliest people ever

Most Brits tend to visit New York, LA, Las Vegas, or Florida, which isn't the best representation of the country as a whole.

@@BM-te9te amen. small town folks are the best. I'd even up your population cap to 75k....but under 25k is the best.

Most of the time it's just sour grapes.

and how are things in London now............answer:...SHITHOLE

That's a bit concerning

I don’t even know what to say to that one

@@monkeysue61 Neither did I..

Lmao.. sounds Islamic

You were with her for 6 months and that was the conclusion she came to? Wth did you do to her?

That is categorically not true. The vast majority of people ordering in any kind of restaurant in the US eat the whole meal themselves or discard the remainder.

John Bissett Thank you for sharing your story. It was interesting. As an American, I'm glad you decided to stay in the U.S. Do you ever miss Scotland? Have you been back at all? My father's parents were from Glasgow.

Great story, Sir. I’m glad you decided to stay too. Thanks for sharing.

@@christinedorman3383 Thanks for your comments, Yes I do get a little homesick at times. Especially after watching RU-vid channels from Edinburgh and Scotland. I don't miss the weather though, although many parts of the U.S. are colder. I haven't been back in a long time, 1999, was my last trip, after 9/11, and restrictions on flying got stricter and I older, I more or less stopped going. Just kept on touch, via Emails, videos and pics and a few phone calls. I love being an American, and much of my accent has gone, until I meet up with a fellow Scot or Brit. Then it comes out so easily, lol The great thing is, in America. is that I can view British Movies and TV shows and keep in ouch, so to speak. There have been a few moments, that stick in my mind. becoming an America Citizen. I actually got my Papers, before my Citizen Class was finished, However the teacher, took us to Culver City Council meeting. I was shocked, when the Mayor called out my name, and congratulated me, on becoming a Citizen, and got a round of applause. I was very touched by that. The Ceremony for new Citizens like myself was held at the large Auditorium in down Town Los Angeles, lots of dignitaries an Orchestra and choir and Speeches. a Fabulous evening for us all. While I was working in an Aerospace Test Lab on one of the early Mars Landings, a NASA rep, came by for our signatures, for those who had worked on the Project. and it was mounted on the Spacecraft. Of course it was all miniaturized, seeing how many thousands had worked on it. But just the thought of my signature on another Planet, Mars, was mind blowing. You cannot help. but to love a Country that does those sort of things for its people. I've been very fortunate, America is a place where dreams can come true. Both my Countries have been very good to me, Scotland for my upbringing and Education, and America, for opening its doors and giving me many opportunities, to succeed. I hope one day, you can visit the homeland where your Grandparents grew up. I'm sure you'll get a warm welcome.

@@elizabethd2916 Thank you, so am I. I'd like to be a Siir, but all I got from her Majesty was a British Army Veterans, Badge Very pretty, but no Knighthood. But at Least a fellow Edinburgh citizen got one, Sean Connery. So I'll let Sean have the Glory. lol

@@johnbisset4504 How very cool about the mayor and about the signatures, You have such wonderful memories. Have you considered writing them into an article and getting them published in a magazine or journal? I'm sure lots of people would enjoy reading them. In regards to Scotland, I so want to get there and see it! Maybe one if these years.

God save the queen. 🇺🇲 🇬🇧

The queen will live to see the tricentennial, probably!

Nah I live in Arizona as well. Yeah the summers try to kill you with heat but winters get cold. It is a desert after all

Not to mention you guys have that dry heat. I'd rather sit in 100 degree Arizona weather than 80 degree South Texas weather. The humidity in the closest city to me is %97; its "cold" outside and im sweating!

It's mental for him. It's considered a crisis in the UK if it gets above 80.

Yeah I got a small laugh when he said that. Live in Miami 98 degrees and 90% humidity is somewhat common.

It does get over 100. But his point was the extreme temperatures in both directions in the Midwest. -20 in winter and over 100 in summer with high humidity

Everything from big red to root beer is called coke

That's weird. Texas native, but we called everything Dr. Pepper, at least in the DFW area. Then again, Dr. Pepper ball park was near by so maybe that's why.

@@AnonymousZaoGaming I'm from the DFW area and we call everything coke

That's fucking retarded... I know that's a bit vulgar but Coke is it's own soda, so calling other sodas "coke" makes no sense, because it's not fucking coke....

@@thetwogamers1532 Post-its, hoovers, selotape, blu-tac, velcro, heroin, google; all of these are specific brand names which become synonymous with the product being marketed under them. It's a common phenomenon and not "fucking retarded". It's human nature to apply labels to things.

lol

It's also why other than Spanish, most Americans don't study languages besides English. In Europe they need to, they're so much closer to a lot of other countries so it makes more sense.

I've watched a couple of the "Joel & Lia" video clips and am wondering, what were they drinking before they did those videos ;)

Cellophanity Frog I just watched the one where she said that Americans sound dumb for saying “tomāto” rather than too-mah-to.”

I don’t find Joel and Lia to be pompous or stuck up at all.

cat W Lead paint?

I love taking the train 🚊

We had to either fly from Nebraska to Philadelphia and spend the night in a hotel, ($$$), or take the train and get there in time. Two day trip on the train. We opted for the train as we were not wealthy by any means because my husband was a US Army soldier. We were PCSing (permanent change of duty station) to Turkey. Our daughter was eight and I think she met everyone in that train. In fact she turned eight during our trip and the porters all came and sang happy birthday to her. Fun trip. It was 1980 and we traveled past three mile island.

"Major cities have good transit" ...except Los Angeles.

jdhalvo and Houston and dallas

I took the train/subway between philadelphia and nyc that was fast. San Antonio tx is improving it's public transport but it has a long way to go to replace having a car

Been living in Chicago for years with no car and it's never been a problem. New York is the same way

@@jmcrofts anywhere but cities needs cara

I live in la, uber makes it manageable

you need a car Evey where except large East Coast cities and Chicago, San Fran, maybe even Seattle.

I use to rely on public transportation in the suburbs of Minneapolis. It's not that great. An hour between buses departing and I had to be home by 8 otherwise I'd have to take an Uber. I finally met the requirements by the state for me to get a drivers license. Since I'm 17 there's a lot of requirements and thing you need to go to get one. Unless you live in the big cities or just outside public transportation isn't great.

If you were to cut Alaska in half, Texas would be the third largest state instead of just the second largest.

@@ireaddekkerIt would also be the lowest two spots in population. Total population of Alaska is less than any of the Texas major cities. Still, I'd love to visit it sometime. Definitely one of the harder ones to just pop on up there for a visit.

Originally, the states were supposed to be like their own countries.

Archer yeah if the anti-federalists won

@@turdsandwich7490 your talking about who has the most power. My comment was more about when u visit the states

Nice to hear that you had an enjoyable time, mate. It’s always pleasant to have people visit that appreciate the history and culture of this country.

Well Said. Come to London circa 2018 and you might have a Cultural shock though..lol In my youth from 1960 it was 98% White/British indigenous. By 2016 only one birth in ten in Inner London was to that same group...

Im a direct descendent of William Bradford who game over on the Mayflower. I wonder if your ancestors and mine were friends at all

Same as most large American cities, and they don't want to assimilate. Liberals here tell them that they don't have to. Caucasians of European heritage are just about in the minority now. Diversity for diversity's sake.

Sadly. Easy Maths in England. The average White or Jewish or Chinese Family has 2 children which is around 130 progeny in 6 generations ( 2x22x2x2x2 ) while The Black and Asian and Muslim families average over 4 children per household which is ( 4x4x4x4x4x4 ) which is over SIXTEEN THOUSAND offspring in the same period and that gap widens with every future generation...@ @@19580822

I am terrified of flying so I won't be going overseas in this lifetime. With so much internal variety regarding climate, scenery, terrain, and local food culture, and, thanks to so many diverse immigrants bringing the world's cultures to us, there isn't a strong desire to travel for a different experience.

I think it's more like massively expensive to travel overseas. It's prohibitive enough going state to state.

@@msr1116 I can't tell if sarcasm or just a bit naive.

Life....How you make either judgment is beyond me. Do you actually know the definitions of those words?

@@msr1116 I do know the definition of the words I use but can you clarify your comment from before? Sincerity and sarcasm are difficult to know through simple text

That's an old question from physics class in high school....a questions we all had to "solve" using algebraic "machinations".

Towns by the Canadian border (Ely, International Falls) have a different climate than Red River Valley towns (Moorhead, Detroit Lakes) which are different from the Cities. You can have 40 below in Embarrass, 20 below in Moorhead (but 30 mph winds) and 0 in St Paul.

This is so true! The town that I grew up in had only 300 people, but we had 3 churches. The town I live in now has about 10k people and I can't even count how many churches we have. At least a couple dozen. If you grow up in a small town or in the country just a trip to the store may be a 10 or more mile drive. I imagine that those who own vehicles in Europe don't have to replace their vehicles as often as most Americans do (less miles to drive).

Atlanta has like 8 churches per square mile. If you include non-christian churches that number goes up to 10.

Mine has 500 people 6 churches

We have 6 churches here in San Francisco, too. See, we're all just the same.

80s Lady that’s cute I’m in Memphis and we have Mega Churches that hold 10,000 people lmao