American Reacts to How Do The United States & Europe Compare? 

Remember that in some cultures young people living at home doesnt have the same stigma than in the us. Some stay not because they can't leave, but because they choose to live in multigenerational homes.

I absolutely agree that New England is "the most european" part of the US. Not too big of a culture shock for me as a western european. In Oklahoma i had some more "issues" 😂 , basically had to watch what i said about politics or religion.... a concept foreign to me😂. Freedom of religion yes, but unlike you we also have freedom from religion 😉

One thing that surprises many Europeans is how religious the USA is. God and religion is mentioned everywhere, and all this fighting about teaching religion in public schools and where to put up the ten commandments etc. I remember reading a few years ago that in some US counties you can't even run for a public office if you're an atheist (feel free to comment if this is actually true). From a European perspective this is insane. Freedom of religion, of course, but there should also be a freedom from religion and religion should be a personal thing that isn't imposed on you everywhere. Edit: In Finland we actually still have a state church, which I think is problematic, since fewer and fewer people are members of the church, or officially members of any religion for that matter. Officially about 65% of the people are members of a church, but only 35% say they believe in god. Personally I don't understand why you would be a member and pay church tax if you're not a believer, that's just stupid. Fortunately politicians here don't usually mix politics and religion (the very small Christian Democrats party being an exception). However, most presidents have had the tradition to say "God bless" in their new years speech, but this is equally problematic, since they're supposed to be the president for all the people and there are more atheists than religious people.

I'll just comment on the living at home part of the video for some of us Europeans. In Slovenia we tend to pool our resources and invest in multi-generational and multi-family homes. Some people build a house and then their kids build addons and grow their home so it can accommodate their families, and when the older generation dies, the parents move to the smaller place and let their kids have the bigger family house so they can raise their families there. It serves many purposes, like pooling resources, if necessary, the family can help each other out with general issues (let's say someone gets sick and everyone takes turns helping out, or taking care of young children, ...). Some of the reasons for staying at home and adding to it are security and peace of mind.

6:22 HDI map in Europe is so wrong Poland (0.881), Baltics (Lat, Lit both 0.879, Est 0.899), Greece (0.893) Croatia (0.878) should be green. Finland (0.942), UK (0.940), Slovenia and Austria both (0.926) Dark Blue. Italy(0.906), Spain(0.911)should be light blue. It seems like the data for Europe is from early 2010s and for US 2019.

Dude! When you point to "up here by the great lakes" - you are not even close. You are pointing to Hudson Bay in Northern Canada! Regards, from Norway

I live in Iceland. The climate benefits from the Gulf Stream. It’s not as cold as some think. 27’C in summer sometimes.

When it comes to yearly hours of sunshine, it's funny to see people from the US claim that solar energy is only viable in places that are far south, while you find that countries like Denmark still has a total capacity of 3.6 GW of solar energy, and produces around 2 TWh of solar energy a year, which is around 6% of the electrical power usage (so ~33 TWh per year used). For reference - if Denmark was a US state, it'd be the 20th most populous at 5.94 million, ranking between Missouri (6.15 million) and Wisconsin (5.89 million). By area it'd be 42nd at 16,000 square miles, ranking between West Virginia (24,000) and Maryland (9,700). And the southern most point of Denmark is at 54°33' north, while the northern most point of the continental 48 states in the US is Northwest Angle, which is at 49°16' north, which makes that point 5°17' further south - or ~350 miles further south. Denmark has ~1,900 sunshine hours. Total solar power capacity for Maryland? 2.2 GW. They have 2,582 sunshine hours. Missouri? 654 MW. 2,690 sunshine hours. West Virginia? 165 MW. 2,032 sunshine hours. Wisconsin? 2.3 GW. 2,428 sunshine hours. Every single one of those states are comparable to Denmark by population and by area, and they get far more sun than Denmark - but they're massively behind in solar power, by between 43% and 400%. They have more sunshine hours, and by being further south they also have a higher amount of solar power available per area. Somehow the American public has bought into the idea that solar energy doesn't work.

In eastern Europe you can very often find big houses containing 2 flats for two generations families so one of the child often stays in the flat above (or next to) leting their parents live downstairs and other child have to find its own flat. Because of the house has one adress, it is taken as living with your parents.

6:40 That Human Development Index map is pretty old. A few european countries improved their color (they were just shy below the limit). For instance my home country, Spain, not only has same color as France now, actually surpassed it: 0,911 vs 0,910.

please note that the 'young people living with parents' maps have different definitions of 'young people' the US map is about 18-34 yo, the European map is about 25-34 yo.

I can't imagine letting a 16 year old, let alone a 14 year old drive a car. Here in Switzerland the earliest mothorised vehicule you can drive is a moped at 14 limited at 45km/h(excluding electric scooters and bikes I think). Then at 16 you can drive a scooter (not the razer scooter type of things) or up to a 125cc motorcycle (it used to be 50cc max). Then at 18 it's limited motorcycle (max 35kw) and car. Then after tow years of perfect riding with your limited motorcycle licence you can get the unlimited one, so the earliest you can get that one is at 20. And even the lowest for the moped you have to pass a theoretical exam. For all the other you have to do an eye exam, first aid courses, sensitivity training and theoretical exam. Then you have to do 12hours of mandatory lessons for the motorcycle one followed by a practical exam, for cars there's no minimum amount of hours but after the practical exam you have to do 8 hours of special lessons that teach you how to drive in multiple conditions (wet roads, tight traffic, emergency breaking, etc.).

Latitudes are interesting, and time zones are also interesting. I'm in Finland and we are actually on the same time zone with South Africa. I remember reading about a South African family who decided to have a vacation in the Finnish Lapland during winter because they'd never seen snow etc, so it was a unique experience for them. Their flights took ages because they were flying almost literally to the other side of the world. But they didn't get any jet lag because they were on the same time zone all the time. Even though I understand why that it, it still sounds crazy.

I talked to an American while I was on vacation in Greece around a decade ago, and I remember regrettably pointing out that - aside from the US, the most religious countries in the world seem to be the poorest, most underdeveloped and often war ravaged countries on the planet. Conversely, the happiest, wealthiest countries in the world that boast the highest standards of living are countries that lean towards atheism and secular Christianity, like Scandinavia, the two Nordic countries and Switzerland. It was just an observation that popped into my head at the time, and I didn't think much about how it would be received. The American guy stopped me right there and immediately became defensive. Luckily, he gave me a chance to explain that I wasn't arguing that religion leads to poverty or misery, but rather that religious belief tends to occur when people are experiencing it. From my experience, quite a few Americans are very sensitive to the topics of religion and politics, and that's not exclusive to Americans, but some that I have talked to have had such a combative stance on those two subjects, that they wouldn't let me get to my point or clear up any misunderstandings without being constantly interrupted or shouted over. I think that's a subtle, but noticeable cultural difference between the US and Europe, in general. I can't speak for all European countries, as we're all very, very different, but many Americans seem to have particularly strong convictions in regard to politics and religion, and I find that it's typically easier to have discussions on these two topics with Europeans, as long as I don't mention anything extreme and know when to pull away from it when it's going in the wrong direction.

I’d say that a factor in driving age is the alternative. In Europe in most places we have well developed public transit systems that allow for kids in school to go by them selves on buses trains and subways wherever they want to go at any time of the day, except for some more rural areas. This make it unnecessary to drive at a younger age. Also almost all age limits in Europe converge around 16-20 with a majority at 18 to become adult, drink alcohol, vote, join the military and so on.

It’s less to do with hours of sun, rather higher levels of cloud cover. The golf stream brings lots of clouds across Europe which has a lot more water masses and thus cooler air pockets not pushing back the clouds. In America on the other hand, the larger landmass heats up more and thus dispels cloud cover more.

HAHAHA! As a Swede the moving out map made me smile. In 2015 Swedes were complaining that a lot of kids did not move out. And it was only 4%.

The sunshine difference is, because the climate blows lots of clouds from the Atlantic over Europe. That's also why Norway has so much less sunshine than Sweden and Finland, because the clouds get stuck on the Scandinavian mountains and disappear on the other side.

That's too much sun for me where you live. Best regards from Hamburg, Germany.😊

01:31 Side note: The flag on the right is the "Flag of Europe", meant to symbolize all of Europe. Designed by the Council of Europe (CoE) in 1955. It was adopted by the European Community (EC) as its flag in 1985. The EC later became the European Union (EU) in 1993.

Almost every time, where there is a big difference in European countries - it can be development, health care, income, life expectancy, etc. You can see that the difference copies the Iron curtain. The West will be "better / higher" ranking than the East. With exception quite often being Portugal. And The Czech Republic will be more or less half the way in between... One interesting thing: map of Berlin will have similar things as well...

"I've lived in the middle...somewhere near the Great Lakes" whilst pointing to northern Ontario, somewhere near Hudson Bay LOL.

They should update that video, the world has drastically changed since then.

1:57 Sure there’s water but they’re only counting the total *land* surface

“That’s where my tax go to”. Not really. The budget is close to a trillion, only around 4.5 billion dollars go to support NATO directly. Peanuts really. Most of that budget is to pay personnel and support non-NATO foreign bases. Yes it’s true that the whole capacity of the US military is committed to NATO, which is a direct consequence of this budget. But… One has to be deluded to think that by pulling out of NATO suddenly that budget will reduce in a significant way. It will not. Too many vested interests, 1.000.000 personnel, all the massive nuclear deterrent capability maintenance, etc., but hey everyone is free to believe what they want

Geographically Europe is placed more Northern than USA, but its climate is generally warmer because of the warm Mexican gulf stream, that crosses the Atlantic ocean and reaches Europe. Moreover: Naples (Italy) is at the same latitude of New York, and I understand that in New York they have freezing winters with snow, and in Naples you could easily be ok with a light jacket in winter! This is because of Mediterranean Sea that keeps part of the heat accumulated during summer.

Australia had the age of 21 before you can have a beer, till WW1, The Police around Australia united and had it changed. On the grounds of, If you can put on a uniform and die for Australia you can have a beer. Even now a person in uniform will not get carded, Navy, Army and Air Force take them in at 17.

The not-sunny areas of the British isles are some of the cloudiest well-inhabited (ie urban & suburban) areas on the planet. Glasgow gets less sunlight than Reykyavik. And more millimetres of rain than hours of sunshine. The Human Development index shows to quite an extent the effects of war followed by cold war - and followed by dictatorships of the right and the left. And religion. Ireland, when I was a child, was a poor country compared to the UK. Then it joined the EU, started shaking off religion and drew level by the late 70s. Then England voted for decades on decades of conservatism and fell behind. Then left the EU and has been in freefall since it came into effect.

@13:10 Just noticed, that that these two maps have different inputs. Where the European side is ages 25 - 34 and the US side is 18 - 34. I'd expect more (still) teens would still live with their parents, especially, when they're still considered kids up to the age of 21. Also, in several European countries, multi-generational living is traditional, so families often stay together their whole lives in one bigger house.

There is a huge difference in religiousity, comparing European countries, to US states. The _least_ religious US states like Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire are almost as religious as the _most_ religious Europen countries. US: Over 70 % Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas, South Carolina 60-69 % West Virginia, Georgia, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Texas, Utah, Kentucky, Virginia, Missouri 55-59 % South Dakota, Ohio, New Mexico, Iowa, Kansas, New Jersey 50-54 % Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Wyoming, Arizona, District of Columbia, Michigan, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois 43-49 % California, Minnesota, Nevada, Rhode Island, Montana, Oregon, Colorado, Hawaii, New York, Alaska, Washington, Wisconsin, Connecticut 33-34 % Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire Europe Over 50 % Romania, Armenia, Georgia 40-49 % Greece, Moldova, Bosnia, Croatia, Poland 30-39 % Portugal, Serbia, Ukraine 20-29 % Slovakia, Belarus, Italy, Ireland, Lithuania, Spain 10-19 % Bulgaria, Netherlands, Hungary, Norway, Russia, Latvia, Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Switzerland, UK, Belgium, Sweden Under 10 % Chech republic, Denmark, Estonia Percentage of people who are highly religious (who say that religion is very important in their lives) (Source: Pew Research Center "How religious is your state?" (2016) and "How do European countries differ in religious commitment? Use our interactive map to find out". (2018))zech Republic, Denmark, Estonia

8:58 in regards to driving age restrictions... here in Denmark you need a valid drivers license and must be 18 to drive unsupervised... on PUBLIC roads... but, although there are fewer of them these days, on family owned farms children of the farmer(roughly 13 and up), CAN and WILL learn to drive tractors at a younger age to help out on the farm.

just as a note, in the nordic countries the state is usually supporting people who leave the parents home, while this doesn't happen in the southern countries. Also, some numbers might be a bit off from reality. For example, in Italy many 18 y old leave to study, but they don't officially change they residency. In this way, they officially result still leaving with family

live at my parents? My parents were almost giddy throwing me out when i turned 18. They had already made plans what to do with my old room - and they were not kidding. My sister (one year older) "moved" out a year earlier .. and my parent were not exactly sad about it. We are always welcome to visit .. or rather we MUST visit at least 2 if not 3 times a year .. but as guests. There was no way to stay at my parents home, they made sure of that.

In nordic countries of europe is a social rule to move out early, 1 because they can afford it 2 because its life changing for the kids in terms of starting to work etc

The average wages in the US and Europe shown don't reflect the standard of living that well. Although the Netherlands average is twice that of lets say Poland and the US again is above the Netherlands, the cost of living is also hugely different. So a fair comparison would be income compared to cost of living, and in that sense the US isn't better off than Europe,. Inequality is less in Europe too. Of course you have differences inside the territory. Like the US has it less endowed southern states, in Europe the Iron Curtain is still visible when looking to wealth distribution in Europe.

What concern the youth living with their parents, there is perhaps a cultural impact in Europe with multigenerational houses where parents build an additional floor in the house for their children. This is almost like they live in a separate house and they can care for their parents and have a wife and children (mainly in southern and Eastern Europe where the data is the worst). I don’t know if the study counts this model as children living with their parents

About the driving licence, in France you can pass a "licence" to drive at 16 or 15 and then you're allowed to drive with someone on board (like your father or sister...) which already have a "real" licence, it make easier for you to get the real licence at 18 since you have some experience. You can also drive a "quadricycle à moteur" (a light car like the Citroen Ami) at 16 but for that you need to pass a little theoretical test i think and you can't go on a highway.

Hi Ian, there's a fun video for you to react to. It's about a bus ride to Positano, Italy, on mostly extreme narrow and winding roads with oncoming traffic. Enjoy how the driver copes with all obstacles in his way. The video is called "Amazing BUS RIDE from Amalfi to Positano" by Italian Tour. Please make sure to not miss 13:45 to 17:00-ish. This is what driving in Europe can easily look like, especially in Italy and parts of Austria and Switzerland. If you are interested in this subject in particular, there is a lot more to be found on YT. Greetings from Frankfurt, GER!

Regarding the extreme freezes: Chicago has a Continental Climate while most of Europa has a oceanic or semi-oceanic climate. So temperature fluctuate slowlier and not as extreme. Though under right Conditions, Temperatures can plummet extremely in a matter of Hours. In Germany, the Cold Front of December 1978 is called occasionally the "Mother of all Cold Fronts". Afternoon Temperatures on New Years Eve in Norway had been at -43°C (-45°F) at the Stations in Tynset and Roros, while Temperatures along the Mediterranean Coast had been around 20°C (70°F). More extreme though was that intense contrast over Central Europe. That Evening, Temperature in Berlin was at -20°C (-4°F) while Stuttgart had 9°C (48°F). My Hometown went from 11°C (52°F) at 9am to 3°C (37°F) at 12am to -5°C (23°F) at 1pm. The Front was accompanied by intense rainfall, locally as heavy freezing rain, strong snowfall and hurricane force windgusts. Such severe Winterstorms are extremely rare and hasn´t happened since. One more recent Problem especially in central and Northern Europe are Heatwaves. In my Parents childhood and youth (60s and 70s) there has only been one Day per Decade with Temperatures above 35°C (95°F) in my Home are, which is among the warmest in Germany. In recent Years that Number has risen to 5 per Year. Which is very significant for a Country in which only 19% of Households have an AC (Number heavily increasing, in 2015 it were only 3%). Also it should be noted, that many modern Houses are built in a way they trap warmth inside.

12:48. Inflation was worldwide and it was even worse in Europe. So I would expect the number of young people moving back in with their parents in Europe to have increased even more than in America.

Quite shocking to see how religious the US is. Thank God I am not religious. ;)

329 days of sun lol, here in Belgium we had 11 days of sun in the last year.

Thanks, some interesting comparisons. It's funny how you can start to see things differently when given new information. Recently listened to a lecture which highlighted how influential the auto industry is in the US, and why this is problematic. It was an opinion piece, but evidence was provided and it seemed reasonable and not hyperbolic. The reasons for the younger age of legal car driving in some US states compared to Europe (which wasn't mentioned in the video I mentioned) wouldn't have been something I'd have given much thought to previously.

Interesting video. I live in Spain, and the price of housing and rent. It has a very high price. Luckily I was able to buy my own house without any type of mortgage, but in my environment I see many complications in this regard. I love the Mad Max car behind it, best regards.

The East human dev issue is not weird at all. It's mainly a remnant of the USSR.

Regarding young people living at home, in a lot of southern European countries, tourism is a major industry and heavily effects the housing market.

10:12 This is also a bit misleading, because they only count professional armies. The largest army in Europe is Finland that got a full war time army of 280 000 personnel that can be engage in one time, with a total army reserve of 900 000 people. And its worth saying those 280 000 people are extremely well equipped. So they are well comparable to UK. While Finland navy and airforce is a bit smaller, there army is absolutely massive.

Belgian here, for the driving thing, you can drive a car once you're 18, but you can drive boosters and bike from 14 to 16 depending of the country. I feel like this is somewhat important to contextualize the age restriction :P

About living with your parents, the culture in eastern and in southern Europe is different, its normal for children to remain in the parents house until they get married and sometimes even after marriage

2:00 Yeah, we have a lot of coast line. Tiny Denmark alone has around 7300 km of coastal line, while the US can "only" manage a bit over 2.5 times that, with 19.200 km.

There's no way Poland is so low in development index. It's one of the best countries in Europe right now.

Good job! Great to remind us all that there are individual issues everywhere.

Just to start - the info in the video is old - the actual amount of people in the US is 333 million and 749 million for Europe. 0:50 The different numbers comes from different views - Europe the continent, the EU members or EU members + EU candidates. And some makes it cultural. The problem is that some countries are called European by some people even if they are mostly in Asia. I don't know why. For example Russia is in my opinion Asia, not Europe, because over 75% is in Asia and the people does not think of themselves as European. Same for the Republic of Azerbaijan (the real Caucasians, because they live in the Caucasus mountain region. I find it always funny in the USA to give Caucasian as the race replace option for white people, because Caucasian is Asian) that is in West-Asia or Armenia that is in West-Asia. Turkey is a bit difficult because it is mainly in West-Asia, but it is a EU candidate and leans to Europe. For me personally Europe is the EU including the EU candidates and ex-members (UK) and neutral states like Switzerland and Luxembourg and I see Ukraine as a part, too and if I compare something with the USA it is this area and not only single European countries. 12:30 be careful about this graphs, because 1st they are out of date and 2nd use different bases in age. USA graph defines young people between 18-34 while the Europe graph is between 25-34. If you include the people between 18-24 in Europe you'll get another graph. For example in Germany until 21yo most young people are still in secondary school or vocational training without or little income and stay with parents because of that. Another factor in the USA is that after college most young people are in debt and think of buying a starter home, while Europeans live in rentals and does not accumulate debt because of education.

About driving age, here in Europe, cars with manual gears are more common and that's still kind of the default here.

I live in the Netherlands and when I was about nine or ten, helping out with bringing in the hey and straw on my grandfather's farm involved driving the tractor, but only on the land itself. Too young to do anything else. Did get a beer afterwards though. Brown ale, about 3%, but still. The seventies were awesome. They upped the minimal age for tobacco and alchohol from sixteen to eighteen because of EU rules.

8:51 higher driving age generally makes sense, but it's something that's not enforceable in the US where having car is pretty much critical for living. As for sun hours - flatter landscape maybe? It's hard to tell if there's no measurement method given.

Great videos Sir, greetings from Belgium!

Yeah, many people in Slovakia live with their parents. It is very rural and family oriented country and it's common that households are multi-generational. Economical reasons also play significant role.

8:25 the driving one is a bit missleading because a number of nation have alternative license (typically called AM) that allows people typically from age 14 or 15 to drive a car like vehicle. Its typically with a limitation of top speed and/or weight. I know in france it use to be 80 on back 40 years ago, but they slowered it to 50. In Sweden we have AM that allow 15 year old to drive vehicles that is called M1, M2, T1 and T2. that have a speed limit of 45km/h, 30km/h, 40km/h and 30km/h and maximum weight of 425 and 425kg respectively and unrestricted for the later two (So yes, a 15 year old can in Sweden drive 74tons legally. When you turn 16 you can drive a A1 vehicle with 2, 3 or 4 wheels with a maximum weight of 450 respectively 600kg with a maximum power of 11, 15 and 15kw respectively. Those can typically be driven to speed limit. Of cause a 600kg vehicle with 15kw will be sluggish, but that is the top registered weight. They can be as light as 150kg, then they are pretty responsive. So what 15 year old do is they buy a old used car and convert it to a T2 vehicle that is pretty easy to do, then they drive to the local supermarket, play Swedish equivalent to country music on high volume, an drink non alcoholic bear that have the combined advantages that they both can buy it and drive while drinking it. There are similar rules in a lot of european nations

Thanks to the polar jet stream, we get colder weather in northern Europe. A subtropical jet stream like in the US (or southern Europe) ensures a hot climate.

I like this sort of comparison. No judgement, no politics, just a curiosity about what sort of similarities and differences there might be.

4:50 Maybe it depends on the angle between the sun and the earth? In northern Scandinavia, the sun does not rise above the horizon for a whole month. During the summer passes the sun does not go down from mid-May to mid-July. The middle part of Sweden, for example, has 6 months of winter. Stockholm is the capital of Sweden, which is located at the same latitude as southern Alaska has winter for four months. The average temperature over a whole year in Stockholm is about 8°C (46.4°f).

Groetjes from the Netherlands! love the videos man

Printer makers have to adapt to where they send their printers if the thing that is printed will be outside or inside a building. There are laser printers and thermal printers. Laser printers require a black film membrane to pass over the paper and get lasered on to the paper. Thermal printers however do not need this membrane as they heat up the paper and it turns black instead. In general, the Arizona outside heat will develop the thermal paper and turn them all black, especially if the labels are inside cars or in direct sunlight since the sun barely ever rests in Arizona.

16:00 utility. My 36 m2 / 360 sqf p aparment in January heating bill 47 euro. Central heating with propan gas . Yes outside was whole month - 15 C / 5 F . Estonia

In Croatia, you can ride a moped at 16, 18+ for any other (motorized) vehicle. Exceptions are truck driver students (we have specialized schools for truck/bus drivers).

(1:30) It's a shame that he, as a European (Portuguese?) is saying kallam-eaters instead of kilo-metres (rhymes with centimetres).

Nice! 🙂 2:34 that is Hudson Bay, not the Great Lakes ;-) As you can see, Chicago would be at the northern coast of Turkey.

Kiruna, the most northern town in Sweden lies on latitude 67, 90 mi above the arctic circle. Nuuk in Greenland lies on latitude 64.

1:40 The definition of europe is hard, not because of the mediterranean sea or water in general but because there's not an agreed upon limit between Asia and Europe (in the north it's usually the Ural mountains but it's still hard to define on some regions) 8:40 In europe in general (but more specifically from my pov as a portuguese in Portugal) people don't need to drive at 16, cities are walkable and there's ok public transportation in most places, also there's not really anything like the suburbs from us, and if there is they're well connected by bus or cycleways which means, as a kid, you never need to go so far so that a car is necessary

Drinking age at home in England is 5. We win 😂😂

Yeah, let's make this a European vs USA American comparison: That Europeans are sticking close to their birth town probably is a typical European thing. Of course being a Dutchy I cannot speak for other countries within Europe, but it sounds familiar at least for us Dutchies to stick to our Birth town as well, or at least nearby I'd say. I do not know if you and your fellow Americans are aware of the serious housing problem but being an adult of at least 23 years of age and still living at home with your parents is unfortunately no exception due to this huge housing problem we have here in The Netherlands, and probably is valid through out (Western) Europe and so it is absolutely NOT BY CHOICE ! Every healthy young person wants to live on their own at a certain age but here in The Netherlands is not uncommon that kids live until in their late 20's or even 30's at their parents house, again not by choice! The invasion of foreign people into Western Europe in general and into The Netherlands in specific, well that does not help our own local young adults to get them their own homes to begin with. Everything therefor is postponed: young people's own home is postponed, so their serious relation is postponed, so getting kids is postponed, since only at 18 years old one can apply for a social rental home, but the waiting time is about 12-15 years in general...to get a social rental home and not everybody has got the means in general to purchase a home just like that and for young people it usually is challenge to get a mortgage, it usually is being denied due to insufficient amount of income. So young adults usually still live at their parents home at the age of 23 or 27 or even 32 years old here in Europe but this is NOT BY CHOICE.

14:15 why do children stay with their parents there are several reasons example Croatia parents build big houses to ensure their children's future the house has 2 or even 3 floors, one floor for each child and here we come to the situation where the parents live on the ground floor, while the young married couple lives on the floor above everything has its advantages and disadvantages in the USA, when the child goes to college, the parents sell the house and move into a smaller one in Croatia, when the child goes to college, the house begins to be prepared for the arrival of the young couple in most cases, male children stay with their parents, especially the first-born son while the girls leave and marry into other families but this "rule" also depends on the financial situation of both families, the family that has a stronger financial potential will "push" more for the young couple to come to them this arrangement also has some situations: * constant tension between a young couple (especially a young woman with her mother-in-law) who is the "head" of the house and who is in command * But grandparents are always there when the kids need to be looked after and usually both parties (both grandparents) compete to "spoil the child" better and more to the horror of the parents

01:25 In USA are deserts and mountains areas where very low pop.

Economy within EU can vary ALOT! For Example, average house in Germany is about 300k, in Sweden yyou can buy a house for 50K. In Southeast europe its cheaper, but wages are a lot lower.

3:35 I am also always astounded when comparing the latitudes of North America and Europe. I don't know what it is but for some reason when I was younger I always considered the centre of the US being at the same latitude as Middle Europe.

Seeing the sunshine hours compared I better get why AC is a standard thing in most homes in the US. Being from Germany I never felt the need for one even when it is pretty hot for some weeks in summer and they are generally just not a thing here because power is so expensive here.

Comparing young people who live with their parents misses two important points (well, one is at least mentioned in passing): The latter point is cultural customs or traditions: In southern and southeastern Europe it is still common for several generations to live under one roof. Of course some do this because there is no other option, but many do it because they _want_ to and are used to it. The other point is necessity: Most regions in the USA are undoubtedly more spacious than most European countries, which means, among other things, that young adults are less likely to do their additional training/education and their first job in the immediate vicinity of their parents' home. They _have_ to move into their own home, whereas young adults in Europe _can_ more often stay with their parents because their training or university place or their first job is practically around the corner. It is therefore impossible to generalize as to which reason exactly plays the decisive role for whom. Having your own four walls is certainly attractive for young people striving for independence everywhere, but young people everywhere also have the need to save their initially relatively small income. Some want or need to support their parents or grandparents and therefore stay close to their birthplace. In some places there is state support, in others not. There are a lot of factors at play.

At the beginning of the video, about different population and number of country data: some people consider Russia in Europe, some not. Moreover, in many videos they talk about EU specifically, that is 27 countries now, some other talk about the entire europe.

Here's a question... why would you have a need to drive at 16? Is there really a need for it in Europe?

The most common driving age worldwide is 18... in most of Europe and MOST of the world actually.

"Which limits you attribute to the continent" doesn't mean water. It means that depending on who or where you ask, you will get different answers as to where the borders even are. Moscow or Ural? Georgia? Turkey or up until the Bosporus?

In human development i think what carries the us is basically: money income. While in other fields like quaility of life is much higher in europe: sweden, norway, denmark, germany...

The moving out of ur parent homes has something to do with culture, but by far it has to do with rent prices and salaries, also in some northern countries u get a free home at 18 (its gotten worse with the years but its still a thing). An example, here in valencia (spain) the avrage salary for an 18-25 is arround 1000€ but just the rent goes minimum to 600-700€ with electricity, gas and food it goes way up. 15 years ago with the same salary i rented an old flat for 200€ 100m2 just for reference , that's imposible nowadays. Either u share a flat with 1 or 2 mates or its imposible.

Comparing the total stats on different categories between the US and Europe is fine because its recorded data. The issue comes when comparing lifestyle and culture. Everyone grew up differently so "Normal" is entirely subjective. If people don't understand that everyone gets to have an opinion on things they need to grow up. Im not American but since American politics and economics affect me i get to have an opinion (but not a vote, some people confuse the two).

0:30 There's 50 countries with territory within Europe. Some countries have their capitals outside of Europe and are therefore not European. Some countries are not fully recognized etc. So the number *will* vary depending on the source. The UN recognize 44 as being European. Some European nations recognize more or less then that. 50 is all inclusive. 2:33 We have more landmass too, it's just that a lot of that landmass is located in various peninsulas. 4:46 We got freezes and snow aplenty too... Although there's been a lot less of that in recent years...

As an European I was also surprised with the latitudes comparison, I would also have place USA more towards the north

I am from Slovakia. That statistic about living with parents past 30 is very inaccurate. Vast majority of people who are renting do not change their legal permanent residence from their parent's home to their new leased home. There is literally no advantage or reason to do it and if you want to you will need new ID, new driver's license etc. So it will cost you time and money for no reason. You can have your temporary legal residence changed without hassle like with permanent residence but again, there is no point in doing that and thus nobody does. Useless statistic.

The Mexican land bridge is responsible for the mild temperatures in Europe. The warm water collects in the Gulf of Mexico and flows northward along the east coast of the US. The warm water then crosses the ocean and flows north along the coast of Portugal to France and Europe's North Sea. Storms from the south of the US follow this route and arrive in Europe as rain areas.

At the age of 16 you are allowed to ride a moped. When I was 16 they were petrol 49.9 cc that you could tune with a bigger cilinder, carburator, etc. A friend had a Zündapp KS50 with watercooling, it went 120 Km/h. lol My Kreidler RMC "only" went 80. :D Of course that wasn't allowed and you had to outrun the cops sometimes. =)

The differences between the development of western and easter Europe roots in the fact that eastern europe was occupied by Russia, making USSR, after WWII. It was practically unfortunate the results of countries who were "freed" by Russia and those freed by the US. Catching up on the economy and all in comparison to countries who didn't have a totalitarian system is sadly but understandably slow.

If you want to do an interesting comparison, you should check out the difference between the USA and the EU where 'unitedness' is considered .. You will be amazed , some teacher certificates are not even interchangeable between separate USA states if there is no mutuality agreement , the same counts for other jobs like nurses and such , while in Europe you may be tested or expected to learn the local language , but in principle degrees are interchangeable

All I can say is you can have all the military toys to play with but if you have less and the right training just look at the UK.

In Europe it's not necessity to have a driving license since public transport is everywhere. I think that contributes to the higher age limit.

Living at home isn't always a case of being unable to. Belgium here is one of the most equal countries in the world and a normal job makes you rather able to live on your own. If somebody WANTS to live alone they generally can. I left home with 160k in the bank because I decided to live at home for a couple of years post education, because why not? Sure, I could have helped somebody pay of somebodies fourth home and such with that money but I rather spend it on myself thank you very much. I don't know, just seems where I live family helping each other, especially their child, is just seen as more normal.

I've done driving tests in a small number of countries (Switzerland, UK, Germany, and the USA). The US driving test was way too bloody easy for safety of other drivers. The hardest and it was way the hardest was the German test. The Swiss test was easy for me due to the number of years I'd been driving when I took it and I am an advanced driver. Driving tests should be difficult and the you will do attitude isn't adequate today, due to the number of vehicles on our roads.

Even though I knew the UK was at same latitude as Canada and Moscow it is still hard to take in mentally. But I also realise the UK is protected by the Gulf stream making the climate warmer, otherwise the whether would be similar to Moscow and Canada especially during winter.

in slovakia goverment changed maximal limit of loan per capita. If your income is 1000 € netto you can have max 96 000€ (reality is 75 000€) on loan ... and good place to live starts at 130 000 € (50m2) in flat, house 160 000€ (150m2) and more (only to built) land in good but not great city cost around 120-300 for m2

The other factors that determine sunlight exposure to a continent is clouds. I am a bit... dissapointed "General knowledge" didn't think of clouds during the whole writing, editing, etc process.

For countries like Portugal I think the main reason for "low" HDI is mostly due to the GDP.