BRITISH MUM REACTS | How Big Is USA Actually? 

People say Americans are not cultured because we don't travel BUT I will never have time to see all of America in my lifetime!

Mum is right! Arnold was the governor of California.

90% of Canada's population lives within 100 miles of the US.

Your Mum is correct. Arnold Schwarzenegger was Governor of California from Nov. 2003- Jan. 2011. He had reached his term limit at that time.

One story to help compare sizes. A rancher from Texas visited the UK, where he met a local farmer while visiting a pub. They got to talking about the sizes of their respective operations. The Texan told the UK farmer about his ranch, where he could get into his pickup truck at sunup, drive all day,and still be on his own land by nightfall. "That's OK, mate, said the UK farmer. I once had a truck like that meself".

Prayers for the Beesleys and the little one to come. Your life is going to change in so, so many wonderful ways. Rick, Angela and our 27 year old son, Morgan. Charleston SC

The straight line (great circle) flying distance from Seattle to Miami is just slightly greater than the flying distance from London to Baghdad.

A fun thing to do is to go search Alaska overlayed on top of the continental United States. Alaska is ridiculously large. And it's 1 of 50 states in the US.

I'm really enjoying Mum on the reactions. She really seems like an amazing and intelligent person. And very nonjudgmental. An easy going personality. Such a sweet lady. And like her open opinions about the United States. She's going to be a wonderful grandmother. 😊 Great video today. ❤ from Texas.

I owned a medical billing company in the states. A person pays a monthly premium (5 years ago mine was 1300.00 dollars a month for just me) then if you go to a doctor you pay a copay. Copays range from roughly 30.00 to up to about 100.00 depending on the type of doctor you see. Then the insurance company pays their portion. This portion depends on the type of policy you have. So 20% paid by the patient and 80% by the insurance company. Or 30/70 or 35/65. The same basically applies for hospital visits or medical testing like CT scans etc. Then there is a deductible that must be met every year before the insurance company will even start paying on hospital/tests. These deductibles can range from 3500 to 10,000. Thats every year and in some policies each and every person on the policy. THAT is why you don't want private insurance to replace NHS. Insurance companies are greedy and always come out on top.

Millie, your Mom (Mum) is so charming. What a pleasant addition, her presence is, to your videos. Keeping you and James in my prayers. May your pending parenthood bring countless blessings and joy beyond compare.

Arnold Schwarzenegger was in fact the Governor of California for a time in the early 2000s. In the US, the joke was that he was the "Governator"! Canada has a larger overall area than the USA, but much of that area is frozen wasteland. That's why all but one of Canada's major cities are in the far south of the country (the exception being Edmonton, Alberta). As I like to say, there are essentially two parts to Canada: the part along the US border where everyone lives, and the "Siberia of the Western Hemisphere"!

It's a blessing to be parents. Time will go by so fast. Enjoy every minute. Congratulations to the grandparent's as well. We will keep y'all in our prayers. We can't wait to see baby Beesley.

Also, on the insurance, the job you have in america dictates your insurance as well. Some jobs have better health coverage than others.

Show your mom the national parks.

Love y'all! ❤ Millie you're going to be a wonderful momma and your mother is going to be a wonderful grandma😊

Your Mum is so nice. Best wishes to Y'all and the 🍼

If you are poor enough in America your health care is free. I myself am 64 years old and cannot work and I am currently on Medicaid which pays for every prescription every doctor's visit and will even pay for my transportation there. So, we do have avenues where poorer people can get the health care they need.

Interesting point here: Canada is slightly bigger than the USA, but if the vast amount of water between the arctic islands is removed, we're a % or 2 larger.

We live in the States. One of my in-laws' relatives visited from England, and had a list of places she wished to see. She had no idea the locations were so far away from each other. The Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Death Valley, who knows what else. I think perhaps Yellowstone was on that list.

If it helps, the driving distance from New York to Los Angeles is about the same distance as London to Beirut.

7:33 we also have most medical innovations, either directly or indirectly. Best specialty doctors and hospitals. That is why rich people usually come here for medical or fly an American doctor. Also two children died in the UK because of their system wouldn't let them come to America for treatment even tho we had the facilities, the doctors said they would do it and the families of those kids say they would pay for it.

should have used (lost in the ponds) version of how big is the US.

The square mileage of Canada is larger than the United States but only about twenty-eight to thirty percent of Canada is habitable. And 90% of the Canadian population lives within 100 miles of the United States border.

Love both of you, mum you rock, appreciate your input. Love your reactions. Husband wife & mum have an amazing honesty & humbleness. Rare qualities in this day & age

Recommend reacting to either of the following videos 1: The Florida Keys 200 years of history. 2: the Florida keys; what you need to know before you visit. I think if you and James ever plan another trip to the U.S you both might enjoy this tropical paradise, keeping in mind timing is everything the winter months are more busy as northerners tend to come to escape winters making prices higher, ( however renting an RV, there are lots of places you can get a spot to camp in as long as you reserve in advance but cheaper than hotels, Summer a bit warmer, but the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico is awesome temperatures (not to say it’s too cold in winter especially if your from cooler climates because you don’t really notice the water temperature)

The NHS isn’t free you pay in based on your income.

Water area contributes to Canada being larger. If you count only actual land area, the US is larger. They aren't way off in size either way though. Australia and China are also both roughly the size of the US as well. India is about 1/3rd of the size of the US. It's a handy kind of rough comparison.

Yes! We often get asked by tourists if it's possible to see Disneyland in the morning, and the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone national parks in the afternoon. Or they want a 1-week trip that sees New York, Washington DC, Graceland, New Orleans, the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, and Disneyland. FUN FACT: One of the city parks in Phoenix Arizona is about the same size as the Republic of San Marino in Italy.

When I was living near Miami, Florida, I once made a road trip to Mobile, Alabama. It took me _two days_ to drive there {one way}. I COULD have done it in one day, but I am NOT fan of driving until totally exhausted. I currently live in N.E. North Carolina. To drive to Asheville, NC -- which is in the westernmost part of the state -- takes a full day. *EDIT →* Reading through the comments reminded me of something: I was born & raised in St. Petersburg, Florida, but BOTH my parents were from southern-ish Indiana. {Most of both sides of my family were from Indiana.} For summer vacation, my parents -- with me {their only child} in tow -- would drive to southern Indiana and stay with relatives. That drive took _two days,_ even with much {or most?} of it on Interstate Highways.

Show your Mum some of Eva Zu Beck's videos. They're a much more entertaining way to learn about America than a dry data dump like this video. Also, of course, more Laurence Lost in the Pond videos. Maybe also Shaun, that Scot who tours America a lot. And Jolly videos, I guess, too.

While we may only have 1.3 mil active duty personnel in the military, we have many reserves, National Guard units and well over 100 million armed citizens for any potential invader to contend with. I know we appear divided but I reference 9/12/2001. When it's America in the crosshairs we are all Americans.

I think the state I live in (Michigan) is as big landwise as South Korea, it boggles my mind when for us its a day trip to go from the west side to the east side which can take roughly about 4-5 hrs. Insurance is a nightmare here if you have an employer that offers insurance, typically this is the cheaper route to go as they can either insure themselves or get it at a bulk discount, as an employee you choose what you want to pay comparing costs, but also if you need to visit the doctor or specialists you have a copay of a fixed amount and insurance covers the rest, things like deductibles you need to take into account as well if you need to have any kind of hospital or procedure done you'll prob have to pay X amount out of pocket until your deductible is met, then the insurance kicks in and typically pays either all of it or 80% for the rest of the year. Dental and Vision are usually either included or a few dollars per paycheck. and this is typical for a single person, not a parent w/ a child or spouse

Only about 18% of US healthcare dollars go to doctors. 25% goes to administration!

To people in the US, 200 years is a long time. To people in the UK, 200 miles is a long way.

Just to give a scale to the size of the states, I live in the 11th biggest state (Michigan) and we as a state are larger in square miles than the UK with much larger states still above us. It will take you about 7 hours to drive through from the bottom to the top, but even longer if you want to actually get out of the upper peninsula as straight up hits Lake Superior (the lake is massive at 32,000 square miles or 82,000 squared km) so it is not an easy drive around. You either have to go into Canada or into Wisconsin unless you want to turn around to go back down through Michigan again.

Note: Los Angeles has several hundred cities surrounding it. Greater L.A. has about 20 million people.

If you drive straight thru Ocean to Ocean it takes 6 days non stop driving at the speed limit and highway construction in various conditions ❤ but we travel 6 am to Dusk stopping as needed for bathroom and fuel and sites … took a two week vacation round trip 😂❤

I've driven across the US twice, up and down the east coast, and still have only been to/through/in 32 states and the USVI. I have been to Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico, but it's so expensive for us to travel to Europe. I would love to, but I'd need a windfall.

🌟 That's a gold star for your mum.

We got our problems but I’m proud to be American still❤️❤️❤️

It will take you 5 or 6 days to travel coast to coast at 10 hours a day. Texas ia over 900 miles east to west.

In 80s Germany. I was overheard one night in a bar trying to explain the vast distances to my German friends. The eavesdropping German asked that I use distances instead of driving times between places. I told him that I can’t, as the distances are so vast, we Americans use driving times for distance. That I only know the drive times. My German friends were floored by the 17 to 18-hours (at the time) from Chicago to Denver. That Bryce Canyon, there destination, was another 10 to 12-hours. They thought they could visit Bryce over the course of two days. Nope. A minimum of 3-days round trip drive time. Just drive time. Even on family roadtrips, distances on maps were always converted to drive time-3-hours to go, etc. That’s its 4.5 hours from my city to my dad’s place. Miles?! No idea.

My hometown of Jacksonville FL is 848 square miles. Driving from the beach on the east to the western edge is a 45 minute drive without any traffic delays

Our government spends its defense budget fairly inefficiently, so any claims about its budget meaning that we have the “best-equipped” military in the world need to be taken with a grain of salt. There’s a lot of info unavailable to civilians that would be needed for someone to do a fair comparison. I doubt any country would divulge all the information needed to do that.

I drove from New Hampshire to Southern California. New Hampshire is in the Northeast on the Atlantic Ocean. Driving 10+ hours a day at 65 + MPH (105 Kph), it took me 5 full days.

Not including Alaska or Hawai'i, the United States is 2,800 miles (4500 km) West to East and 1,659 miles (2660 km) North to South. The longest road trip goes from Key West Florida (bottom Southeast) to Cape Flattery Washington (Pacific Northwest) - 3,689 miles (4, 654 km). From New York City to Los Angeles is 2778 miles (4470 km). You can literally drive for days in a straight line in the U.S. At 60 miles an hour, ten hours a day, the trip from Florida to Washington is about a week!

no.. the uk does NOT have free health care.. people pay thru taxes.

May I suggest once more that you watch Fried Green Tomatoes with Mum?

In the last 2 yrs we have encountered over 6 million people surging across the US/ Mexican Border.

I’m from California and lived there until I was in my early fifties. Since it was described as a top agricultural producer, top entertainment, and all added up as if it were in line with other countries, it gave me a sense of how productive and large my state was . Now that I’ve moved, I have no idea about where I live now lol.

I was at a USAF school in Beloxi Ms and some students from Austria brought their climbing gear. Their plan was over the 2 day weekend was to climb the Rockies 😮

4:59 Mum was correct, Arnold was governor of California

Millie, you’d be surprised how much your labor, delivery and hospital stay would cost over here. Healthcare costs, and insurance costs, are outrageously expensive.

yes Arnie was the Govenator as we called him.

4:50 Silicon Valley (where I'm from!) and Hollywood 🙂....and we have some of the busiest deep water ports as well, such as the Port of Long Beach and the Port of Oakland. 🙂

Our population has grown since this video was released. I believe there are 340 million of us Americans not 327 million.

Yes Arnold was Governor of Cali from 2010-2018 2 terms

Just a slight insight (US Navy veteran). Per capita the US military is the largest in the world. India and China are not even close, again per population.

Yeah, we're big and bad ass in the USA. It's just the way we are.

Lived in Wisconsin most of my life, but moved to Arizona 7 years ago. Still visit Wisconsin every other year, but it is a 4 day, 1850 mile drive. Only 3-3.5 hour flight though.

Alabama is about the same size as England. Not the whole UK but England alone. Americans are used to driving everywhere to get stuff, see stuff, or do stuff. But then gasoline is much cheaper than in the UK. In the USA 100 years is a long time. In the UK 100 miles is a long distance.

The overwhelming population (92%) of Canada lives within 200 miles of the USA/Canada border

Enjoyed listening to you and your mum discussing the video thanks Frank from Texas

NHS isn't exactly "free". 9% of your total income is steep.

The comment about the NHS being free, of course it is not, that's what national insurance payments are for.

I'm sort of one of the lucky ones with healthcare. Due to my income and a medical condition I have I'm on Medicaid from the government and I don't pay anything for prescriptions or doctor visits, I've even been to the ER a couple of times and paid nothing. I do have to pay for dental but I get a huge discount, like 50% off. My regular eye doctor visits are free and I get a free pair of glasses per year.

Florida and Hawaii are tropical.. idk why they say subtropical in the video.. Tennessee is subtropical rainforest

Lawrence from Lost in the Pond breaks it down to the size of the US to UK

The healthcare situation is better than they make it sound... Anyone can get insurance, if you're having trouble with the cost they have Medicare and Medicaid. we also have "emtala" Rules governing health care state that if you show up At and emergency room or casualty as you would say they have to treat you if you have insurance, money, or not... I worked at the hospital and for those who had no coverage... we would get it for them... because we wanted to get paid... You can send bills to people with no money everyday.. it's not gonna put money on the books. So we got them coverage for their own good, and for our accountants happiness.

When my husband and I worked we got health insurance through our companies. It usually paid for 80% of the cost and we paid 20%. We’re retired now and we have Medicare. Usually our prescriptions are free or aren’t too expensive and we’re generally pretty healthy but it can be tough on people with poor health. The people who are uninsured can go to the hospital and won’t be turned away. We can get in to see a specialist pretty quickly. I would say this video needs to be updated. Under Biden our immigrants are way more than 900K. We are over 2 million this year already and it’s becoming a problem with housing, education - it’s straining out systems.

ARETHA FRANKLIN - I NEVER LOVED A MAN (THE WAY I LOVE YOU). Thank you for your opinions Ladies!

Europeans, in general, don’t understand how large the US is, we travel to other states like you travel to other counties. The other part misunderstood is the diversity of geography, we can go from desert, to sub-tropics, to frozen by just driving (a lot) and be in the same country. Was in a pub in London, bartender says something like “you Americans, you don’t travel to other countries much”. My answer: ever been to Louisiana? The cultural differences between somewhere like New York, Louisiana and say, Michigan, can be huge. Then there’s Texas, technically it is another country. And of course California, it has an economy larger than a huge swath of the rest of the countries on the planet.

I read 80% of Canada is uninhabited. Thats a lot of land no one lives in. 😮

So weird how many people including infographcis thinks the USA is subtropical when it has fully tropical areas in south Florida and Hawaii, same climates you would find in the amazon and congo.

30 years ago, or so, I met two German couples at a local motorcycle dealer. They had just taken possession of a pair of Honda Goldwings and were planning their trip. I asked their plans, and they said they would ride to Los Angeles tomorrow. We were in Minneapolis. I quickly asked them to get their maps out, and pointed out that Los Angeles is just about 2000 miles from Mpls, and that they might, if they ride like the wind, get to Denver the next day. Scale, between European maps and U.S. maps, isn't really addressed. Europeans have no idea of the distances involved in American travel

One of the reasons that US healthcare is so expensive is the horrific expenses of malpractice insurance and having too many under-employed lawyers willing to file lawsuits over literally anything. They know some juries are either gullible or biased against corporations. Sad fact of life. It is balanced by having many of the best hospitals, though---like MD Anderson, for example. They treat people from all around the world. As for immigration, I think the 900,000 only included the legal immigrants, not the flood of "document-challenged guest-workers" we've seen in the 21st Century. Our laws in that area need more than a small tuneup. We currently have between 11 and 40 million unlawful immigrants (depending on who is reporting), many of whom are really great people, as well as many who are not.

Americans do not react to how small Britain is..but we appreciate where we came from... AND you speak ENGLISH! LOL

It's been said that a Brit thinks 100 miles is a very long distance while an American thinks 100 years is a very long time.

Actually the US GDP at the end of 2022 was $25.5T.

I can get in my car outside my building here in New York City, and start driving north for 7 hours, and I'd still be in New York State.

I am from Eastern Kentucky i would love to see the world America is my home the whole world is everyone's

Yes...Arnold was governor of Ca in the early 2,000s.

Yep, Arnold was indeed our governor once. I miss him, to be honest.

The insurance thing is crazy. I spend about $250 a paycheck on health insurance for my family. When my daughter was born, we got a $250 dollar bill. In fact, thats the only bill we've had to pay. Thing is, that kind of coverage is almost unheard of.

Fun fact all 8 billion people could live comfortably in a place the size of Texas alone and the video I got that from (I forgot the title) is over a few years old when the world wasn’t 8 billion but 7.8 or .9 billion

Arnie was 'da Gov' in Glitterland. Your mom is very sharp. I have a head for a lot of useless facts too. Medical is hard to say. No matter how you add it up the US is expensive. I have sought treatment with & without insurance. With it is cheap (I get free meds). Without it isn't a bank breaker but major medical is. The free or reduced pay medical you wait around endlessly & I would say not that great.

The funny thing about Canada is that something like 95% of its population lives in the Southernmost 5% of its landmass. The true North strong and free--Of people, mostly. :)

You mom was correct about Arnold Schwarzenegger. He was the governor of California. Well done!!!

The US citizens are the most armed citizens in the world with 102.5 guns per person. As for Arnold he was Governor of Ca nicknamed “the Govenator”

The thing is, the price you pay without insurance is typically MUCH less than what insurance pays, at least for common things like doctor's visits and such. The problem is that without insurance, not only can you be wiped out financially, but many places won't treat you because they don't want to find a problem with your health, treat it, and then be stuck with the bill. Obamacare, or somewhat-health-care, is geared mainly to low-income people (i.s. "Medicaid"), which misses people too "rich" to not be covered but not rich enough to be able to afford healthcare premiums, and not have a job with healthcare.

Arnold was indeed the governator of California

One thing they didn't mention was the US has the biggest unofficial army in the world, the gun owners of America all 100+ million of us lol

And THIS is why the "public transportation" argument from Europeans doesn't work here.

Germany is about the size of my state Oregon. Yet we have only 3.5 million people here.

7:38 there are differing insurance situations in the U.S. first there is Medicare for everyone over 65. the government puts you on health insurance and it will pay for parts of health care and some prescriptions. there are different levels and types and they each cover more or less than each other. you have to be really careful on which one you get depending on your medical needs. Then there is Medicaid for people that are under the poverty line. it is similar to Medicare, but there is no age restriction, but there is a income restriction and you can't get it if you make too much money (above poverty line). it covers many things but not everything or very expensive things. Like Medicare, there are many different types and you have to chose one base on your medical needs. Add to that, anyone above the poverty line has to get their own health insurance that they pay for themselves. you usually pay monthly, but there are some that you pay quarterly and some yearly. how much and what it covers depends on what you decide to choose. each company has multiple plans and each plan covers different things and amounts ($ the policy covers) and are each priced differently depending on how much and what they cover. the more it covers, the more expensive it will be. in each of these there will always be an "out of pocket" payment the person will have to pay for service. like an office visit, or an ER visit, or a certain amount of shared cost until they reach a 'cap' (the limit that the person has to share payment until it's the responsibility of the insurance company totally). it can be as low as $10 or much higher (like an ER visit might be hundreds or thousands of dollars depending on what services were done) Now, Medicare and Medicaid are both paid for through citizens' taxes so you WILL be taxed on your income for other people to have this insurance AND you will still have to pay for your own insurance if you make above the poverty line. Additionally, though most of the world thinks this all is crazy and why not have universal health care, just think about all the medical advances that have come out of America. I guarantee that nearly all medical advances made in the last 2 centuries came from America. That would not have been possible with a universal health care system as they stagnate and have unending wait lists. AND for those that doubt that our system is the preferred system, ask yourself, where in the world do those that are rich go when they need medical attention??? the UK? Canada? France?... no, they come straight to the U.S.

NHS Isn't free..... You pay for it in taxes, instead of insurance premiums.. Same thing different name.

New York City alone has a population that is nearly twice as much as the state of Wisconsin's total population where I live.

Fun fact, half of Canadas total population lives below the northern most border of the U.S. most of Canada is just uninhabited

Yes, Arnold was the Governor of California.