AMERICAN REACTS To 17 Weird Ways the US and Portugal are Different 

I love when Americans compare US Wages to Portugese Wages and say its cheap ofc its cheap for you :)

Our cars don't look like that 😂 Yeah, the salaries are kinda low, and Lisbon and big cities are waaaay more expensive then the rest of the countrie.

I'm portuguese always lived here (I'm 54 yo) and had never seen those cars. Yes in general cars are smaller but let's not exagerate. The guy knowing on your door to check the electricity, etc it's rare this days only in pretty old buildings, most have them outside so they don't need to know on your door, also this chack it's only made like 2 or 3 times per year.

Salary’s are low in Portugal. Which is why everything seems cheaper to us brits and Americans

As a native portuguese i must correct the video you're reacting to since most of the stuff is plain wrong, i dont even know where that person got they're "informations"... 1 - The meters arent always in the inside of the house/apartment... only on old homes... most meters are either on the exterior walls and in the case of apartments are on the floors corridors in cabinets. 4 - Its somewhat wrong... people do grocery shopping once a week mainly, but sometimes things like meat, fish and/or veggis are bought daily to maintain freshness. 8 - Theres no weird cars like that here in Portugal, thats internet footage... 9 - Wrong again... only on old houses where there isnt much space or/and live older people they usually put the clothes to dry on the balcony or window to safe money and space, instead of buying a dryer. Of course theres 24/7 laundrys people can use. 10 - Theres not much need for it since portuguese homes have good isolation and wind circulation. Just a plain fan and heater is required. Also we tend to save money not using a lot of electric apliances since energy is expensive. 13 - So much BS... in city centers is completely prohibited to walk with alcohol drinks in a certain time frame... Also drive and drink is completely prohibited, can leave to have the license ceased for a while... there !! ZERO !! tolerance on drunkiness... 14 - Depends on the degree, but most ones start at 8 am. 15 - Thats the most wrong thing ever... me and my wife with 4 cats and 2 cars in a rented house we spent almost 1500 to 2000 euros per month. Our luck is that we have "good" paying jobs, despite in other countrys there are much better paid due to being very risky jobs. The average wage in Portugal its 741 euros before taxes... with tax's its about +/- 550 euros... An average rent of an apartment with one bedroom ( T1 ) is about 600 euros, more 200 euros of expenses (gas, water, internet and electricity) and of course grocerys, fuel for both cars, etc... its not very "cheap" now isnt it ?

Where did she saw those cars? 😂😂😂I’m portuguese and never saw them 😂😂

as a portuguese I dont eat breakfast.. Im not a fan of eating right after waking up, makes me feel icky. But my mom always gets her hot americano and toast, so yeah breakfast tends to be light here. Edit: about the clubs, I just go on the weekend, like go out on saturday and then youre in a coma sleeping thru sunday haha

1- These days the meters are mostly outside. Companies also bill by estimate so readings only happen twice a year. 8- You won't be seeing cars like that. 12- Yes I know people who went from a night out to work or school. I did it myself. 16- 22 days is the minimum mandatory paid time of. You can get more. Regarding salaries, yes they are low. That's why we emmigrate so much. And CoL has been increasing like crazy for the past 10 years or so.

as a portuguese, at least where i live, school only starts at 9am in pre-school and primary school, but after 4th grade it starts at 8am as well and the time you spend at school can be VERY long (like 8:10am - 6:30pm, though i don't know if school time is shorter or longer in the usa)

The car difference is a joke, it couldn't be more far from the truth ... ROFL. Tipping in Portugal is a respectful and kind gesture for a service that has surpassed your expectations, so don't tip always but if someone provides a great service cause he/she went far and beyond then it's polite to tip. When I was a kid, I remember going to the club at midnight, exiting it at 08h00, going for brunch to one of my fav spots then straight to work, nowadays NOPE.

The cars tend to be smaller but the two she showed us are an extreme they also have big cars and trucks.

Ok, cars are smaller in Portugal and Europe, but these cars?? it's a joke!!! and schools start at 8am not 9am.

Just for the record... We dont have those cars In Portugal!!!

As a portuguese person I just eat chocolate cereal for breakfast 💀

The public schools, in Portugal, start at 8h00 or 8h30am

This is her experience. Dont take all that She Said for granted...some are true

Cost of living reflects our mediocre salaries. You are right about that

the school hours depends if you are 1-4 grade its 9 but after that it's normally 8:20 (i am not sure and cant speak for everyone tho, not including private schools idk their schedule)

And yes, sometimes we leave the club and go straight to work

There's autopay for utilities as well, and usually what happens is a few days before they place a notice on your building's door saying they will be there on day something something in the morning to check the meters and you can just leave a post it outside your door with the readings and they'll send you the bill accordingly. Looks like she draws too many conclusions from the first experiences.

As a Portuguese, I've partied many nights and went straight to work.

the salaries are low here in Portugal, when comparing it to other european countries, yes, but it is possible to live confortably with the minimum wage here, providing you share an apartment with someone else. Rents are expensive though

Tips are expected, they’re just not mandatory. Waiters are severely underpaid and the tips are a supplement. Most people use this as a system to reward better service with a better tip, and if you do dislike the service or produce, not leaving a tip would be morally acceptable. In any case you will not be hassled about it!

Small cars are more to be used in cities because of parking and fuel consumption.

Dar, ma man, you need to come visit Portugal!

What are those cars? I'm from Portugal and I've never seen one of those in my life. But cool video man!

Fun story: while i was in uni we had a 3 day party and at some point in the morning of the 2nd day i had to leave to go to class for then to return in the afternoon. 3rd day was a little fuzzy thou. Dont really remember how that went😅

they just check the meter like once a year to make sure no one was messing with it thats it

we have small cars but not so tiny cars, well some elderly outsides the city m8 use those cars that dont even need driving license

Never saw one of those cars in my 20 years of life.

these videos fail to mention that, while portugal is cheaper than the us, our wages are much lower.

Im portuguese 22 years old and ive once left a birthday at 5am to go home shower, put on my work outfit and go to work at 6am

DON T FORGET THAT PEOPLE IN PORTUGAL LIVE WITH 800 EUROS FOR MONTH, SO MAYBE THINGS ARE NOT SO CHEAP AS YOU SAY.

i lived in portugal for 19 years, work in england half the year and chill in portugal for the rest, dont work there cuz is shit wage , minimum 3.50 a hour!!!!!!!!!!

7:30 Yeah but here in Portugal *we're broke* .The government doesn't want to raise our salaries to a healthy amount and then they complain that we do not have many ppl here bc many Portuguese ppl emigrate in order to be able to be paied like 3000€ per month or more, instead of 1000€. Nowadays, we see on the news almost every sector going on strikes to better our life quality, specially the teachers and medical staff which are bases of every society😥😡

She lied on the prices, everything including food is becoming more and more expensive as time goes on. But of course these prices are still not as expensive as in the USA.

We in Portugal do our pre clubbing at like noon to 2am and we usually enter the clubs at 3am lmao

When i was younger i did go from partys straight to work at 7 am , it´s called after-hours.

7:18 WOWOWOWOW what the hell did she just say? I went to school with my parents at 6 am, if I had a bus I'd go on 7 am, and the first class would be 8:30

Well, one cant generalize some particular aspects as they were typical of all Portugal, for instance to dry the cloths in the windows is forbidden in the city I live.

Rents increased a lot in the last year.

i live in porto, nights out start on Wednesday and keeps goint till sunday 5-6 am

Several times he leaves a disco/dance club to go for breakfast.😄

Wtf was that car bro I've lived in Portugal for 10 years and never once have I seen that car 💀

Im portuguese i never saw that kind of cars here 😂😂😂😂

Aaahhhhhaaahhhh. I'm portuguese and i never see this mini cars🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Let me correct somet things: 1- that thing of the cars part its not true at all, I mean we have those cars in rural parts of the country, not in the citys, I can understand that she wanted to compare "american muscles" and SUV's from america to Portugal but in America the cars are bigger compared with EVERY single country in EUrope, specially the SUV's they are completely Bathtubs compared to European SUV's. 2- yes we have climate control, most of the new houses made after 2010 with prices higher than 200.000$ already have. 3- in portugal we dont ask or simply expect tips because it CAN BE seen as a bribery. with this Im not saying that we dont give tips, and Ive seen some people trying to give a tip not as a compensation but trying to achive their goals as clients. 4- in the partys some people make the " after hours" they leave the discos at 6 am or 7 am and go to other partys.

Less than 1000 in cost of living??? Which Portugal is she living in? My rent alone is 750€ and nowadays that's considered cheap since I live close to Lisbon.

Those cars aren't common as before, they have been disappearing

As a portuguese I need to say something about the prices. Our prices are low because we are poor!!! 1000 euros of cost living is too much! It is not cheap in any way for majority of portuguese citizens! Our minimum salary is 700 euros and normally we get way less than that per month! And at this point as the portuguese economy is, we are just surviving So, please, don't see hour houses as an easy and cheap way to live, cause than the house prices go up (our salaries don't) and the citizens cannot find a home themselfs! Visit? Welcome in! Moving from a country to another looking for a better life? Bem vindo! Buying a house simply because it's cheap? Please don't. Ps: I'm not exagerating, this has been happenning over the years and it's getting worse. Do not advertise Portugal as a cheap way to live.

In Portugal we party all night and day !!

Because the party goes. until that hours in the morning, the breakfast is lighter.

Im Portuguese, grow up and lived in lisbon like for 32 years of my 33 and no you dont drive cars like that, we do have some small ones like most europe like the smart yaris and so on, and no you cant live confy with just 1k and minimum wage is 830 without taxes, good luck finding a job where they will pay you that, unless you love working extra more then beeing with your family and friends Schools start mostly at 8:15-8:30 and can go up to 18:30-18:40 And we dont eat croissants that much, we have like 84939393 difrent kinds of pasteries why would we stuck to the croissants when you can eat something diferent every day, also donuts are not sooooo popular as the video makes it look, there are a few yes but thats it

Usa its bigger,yes but quality belongs to Portugal ❤🇵🇹💚

Caro amigo eu gosto de ver os seus videos , e digo lhepara se conhecer Portugal tem que se vivenciar a o modo de viver a nossa cultura a nossa historia , porque Portugal é muito peculiar e só e conhecendo é que o Pais ele é pequenino mas tem uma divesidade de costumes de norte a sul do pais , como tem um gosto por Portugal aconselho a vista lo , muito obrigado por mostrar que gosta deste meu pais com tanta historia .....

Nobody drives those crapy cars in Portugal, I never even saw one of those

Idk where she shops but we got some expensive stuff

You do need to come to Portugal. With a us wage you are rich in Portugal. Come psichological ready to the biggest differences our countries : 1 in the us you live to make MONEY, in Portugal you make money to LIVE/ 2 owning things is not happiness, happiness is family friends

Hey man, Im Portuguese so trust me instead: I've only seen those tiny cars like in an average 1/3000 ratio maybe. So let's not exaggerate, please.

Girly got a few things wrongs, the cars normal size, SUV etc.. the cost of living has been going up since covid and it`s unbearable know, spain the prices are basically the same the minimum wage is much higher, the minimum wage in Portugalis lowwww..Clubs and bars close at 4am, a few more like discos close at 6/7am..Most water & electricity meter are outside

bro the car thing is cappppp

I am portuguese and coffe normaly is selled at 0,60 euros

Esses carros não há muitos e a máquinas de secar nas cidades no rural não e muito usado

Fyi...those tyni cars are not as comun as she said ...maybe in lisbon...but not in the rest of portugal...but if you chech it out you ll see that easy

we don't have that tiny cars.... Search for Renault Clio 2024, Toyota YARIS Hybrid 2024, Citroen C5 2024 ando Opel Corsa 2024.

that cars dont exist!!!

bro what happened to game of thrones

She exagerated on Our cars, its more like, we have those, they are rare, but we have the others to, now, I'm not a car specialist, ours look way morrle simple, and the smoke leaking from the pipe is very less if I remmember right, portuguese talking here

Very imformation is wrong

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Portugal. Better than U.S.A😁

Yes you are expected to tip in Portugal.

And drink in the car beer hee wish place in portugal you live this is not normal sorry i dont understand what she is foing but its notjing like that

Why bother with your comments.

1000€ cost of living in Portugal!? Total bs and a lie !