LUXURY IN America BUT NORMAL IN Germany || FOREIGN REACTS 

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My mother got old plates, cups, pots, knives, forks, spoons, etc. from my grandmother when she got married and wanted to start her own household with children. I got many of these things from my mother and still have them in my closet today. (My mother is now 81, my grandmother is dead. You can imagine how old these dishes are!?) Gute, deutsche Wertarbeit. Keine Pappteller. ;)

Great to see the amount of interest some Americans have in Germany. We Germans are often arguing about how bad our country is, but trying to see it from an external perspective makes you understand that Germany isn't that bad.

Heated Towel Racks and Floor Heating is pretty common in Germany - though not every single home has it.

Was mich am meisten in USA störte, ist, das man nie genau weis, was was kostet! Ich will drn Preis bezahlen der dran steht!!!

Paper plates!!! The only times I've ever used these things have been for childrens parties or for buffet food when used in celebrational "get-togethers". I honestly can't imagine using paper plates everyday. I'm stunned, just stunned 😲. Fresh produce are cheap in the UK but we still have great farmers markets - fresh from the ground/shrub etc, and organic food is amazingly tasty AND they're usually cheaper than buying the items in a supermarket. It's such a great feeling - knowing you're supporting local farmers too!

I even eat my McDonald’s takeaway food from a regular plate. And guess what we also use old fashioned cotton napkins with silver napkins rings.

If you ever come to Germany and taste the bread here (other 3000 types of bread and rolls) I'm sure, you will never go back to that stuff you call "bread". In Germany, your “bread” wouldn't even be called bread, but toast.

About work/life balance, there's a popular quote from Jürgen Seifert, a political scientist and civil rights activist: "Ich arbeite, um leben zu können und lebe nicht, um zu arbeiten." ("I work to be able to live and don't live to work.")

My childhood friend has a heated floor , of course it was a newly built house . It is not in every house but in some newly built . This "towel rack heater " is just a heater for the bathroom that just happens to heat the towels 😅. If you renovate or built homes you would actually use that kind of heater because it doesnt take much space

In Italy we simply call them bathroom radiators and they also serve as warmers for towels and bath robes. They are pretty common. What s so luxurious about that?

The house I live in was built in the 1930s. There is no towel rack heater but I love my flat with its strong walls and big windows.

"Wir essen diesen Scheiß nicht ...!" 😂😂👍

Not every house has underfloor heating, but it's quite common. It's not expensive either. The floor is usually made of concrete, so you just put some pipes in it before you fill it with concrete, and then you just let warm water flow through those pipes instead of the radiators. There are some electric ones, but they are rare as electricity is often more expensive. They are particularly popular in bathrooms because the ceramic tiles on the floor can be very cold, so you put underfloor heating under them and they are nice and warm.

I do live in a rental apartment in Germany and this apartment does not have underfloor heating, neither a towel rack heater in the bathroom. I, as a born german, wouldn't consider these two items as normal in germany, because only a few percent of homes do have these. To health care: Yes, I totally agree on that one! In my point of view, each country should take on the task of providing and supporting peoples (and of course potential voters) health care, by default. In germany, each citizen is able to have a health insurance, wether the citizen is employed or unemployed, by law. The insurance contributions are deducted directly from your salary and get paid to the insurance company by ones employer or the employment center or, in case you messed up with the employment center, from the social welfare office. I think, this is one of germanys all time achivements for the local citizens. America had a great and awesome opportunity, going in a similar direction, with Obama-Care. We Germans praised the efford, Obama did put into this, wich would have had the chance to become a milestone for the States. And along came Trump and wiped it all away. What a darn pity!

You do not have bread in the USA.. there is only cake..

The towell heater and heated floors are pretty much standart in Czechia too. It´s not a luxury at all. My 91 years old grandfather has them in his house. He lives in a village that has around 100 people in middle of nowhere.

Well,the romans had heated floors and walls.

I'm a central heating and ventilation fitter from germany and did my apprenticeship in the 90's. At this time floor heating was not such a big thing but rised in the years. The problem with floor heating at that time was that the air in the rooms was kind of dry, it felt a bit strange by breathing and one got a dry throat (I hope you understand what I mean, my english is not so good). Even floor heating was realy expensive. In that times It was said that one should run a mixed system between floor and radiator heating . But in the years the problems get solved. Since around 2010 I would guess that around 50% of the new build homes have floor heating installed in Germany. The number rised up in the following years. Nowadays I'd say it's about 8/10 of new build homes. The towel radiator is quite common in Germany. You can almost always find it in renovated apartments and in new buildings since the early 2000s.

The price of certain fruits and vegetables in the USA is attributed to a long-standing rule put in place during the FDR administration in the depression of the 1930s. Ever cross the border and see the signs at US Customs requiring you to declare all fresh produce and end up having it confiscated when you do declare? Ever get the answer from the officer that it's to prevent the importation of pests? Most have no idea why they must confiscate fresh fruit and veg. In short, the USDA limits the supply of peppers, cucumbers, citrus, and many other fruits and vegetables grown in the USA, and forces farmers to destroy anything beyond their allotted quota; it's illegal to sell or to consume it. This drives up the price of those goods. As an example, I can buy a Florida oranges here in Canada for 59¢/lb or go over the border to NYS and pay $2-$4/lb. By the way, it's illegal under US Customs to import those Florida oranges back into the USA from Canada. It's not that these are "luxury" items: it's that your government interferes with the production and sale of your produce. Same goes in Canada in respect of poultry and dairy.

Radiant floor heating (Fußbodenheizung) is indeed widespread. Around 50% to 60% of all new homes and around 20% of all apartments and houses are equipped with underfloor heating (according to the BVF e.V. association).

Underfloor heating is the most energy-efficient way to heat rooms. In bathrooms, however, a small additional heating system is required, where the heating radiator is designed as a towel warmer.

Floor heating and towel heating is not in all apartments in Germany, but the more modern/renovated houses do have them. I am living in a 1 room apartment in a house that was build approx 15 years ago and I have the floor heating and towel heating.

in germany you dont have AC in general. Some people have a mobile AC for the summer month and put it back in the basement in the other month. Under floor heating is generally also considered fancy in germany but if people build a house for a million they often put one in since its not that big percentage of the rest of the house. So you will definately come across it here and there. And since we dont have these air vents in our stone houses and no AC we heat with radiators. And in a bathroom these towel heaters even save space since the radiator goes upwards and is pretty slim. Its not an addition but serves as the radiator you had otherwise.

Fußbodenheizung ist schon was Feines 😊 sonst muss du ja auf den kalten Fliesen rumlaufen im Bad oder Küche. Ich habe übrigens gestern erst meine Fußbodenheizung wieder angemacht 😅 es ist immer noch kalt bei uns im Norden ))

Instead of a "regular" radiator, many people choose to install a flat, wall-mounted radiator with rails you can hang towels on. Very convenient. Although, underfloor heating is not the rule unless it's a new build that goes for the upscale market.

In america everything is profit motivated..imagine how much the manufacturers of single use paper plates, coffee cups, take out containers, plastic forks and knives paper serviettes etc. .it's a multi billion dollar industry. Makes many companies filthy rich.

German here: heated floors and tower racks are luxury for some germans too.😂 We don't have it. You can choose to have it, but that comes with a price tag of course.

I think the plates is the thing that nobody ever wonders about and ask questions about. I literally never stopped to ask myself "what do Americans eat their meals off", because, why would I? Like, why wouldn't they eat off the similar kitchenware we do? Also, I am an information sponge, my brain just loves to hold on to useless facts - if I ever heard about it, I'd remember it. Alas it is only TIL paper plates belong to the kitchen in US, not garden parties like they do in Europe :)

Heated towelracks are absolute standard. Floor heating is getting more and more. In Bathrooms and kitchens it's quite standard when you build a new house or renovate an older one. Cold tiles are not nice

She is cookin

Fußbodenheizung und "Handtuchheizungen" are not common in every household. Maybe they are in new buildings, but not every household have them. For example, I live in a district where there are old buildings that were built around 1860. Accordingly, there are of course no underfloor heating systems here (but, god, I wish we had some...😆). It´s not really a standart. Instead, I would still call it luxury even today, even in Germany. Or at least something that people with a slightly higher income can really afford. Especially with energy prices at the moment.

"Take good care of your self and you don't need the doctor's check up" is a dangeous way of thinking. Yes, it should be the first step to take care of your health and it will reduce the amount of medical attention needed but there are things that can go wrong even when you are living the most healthy life ever. And catching these things early one will allow you to have them treated before they become a problem and/or have better chances to heal them completely. I'm talking about cancer in the worst case but also things like heart diseases or cataract. I'm someone who tries to avoid visiting the doctor myself but some check ups are important to make sure nothing is hollowing you from the inside out.

I went to a farmers markets in San Francisco long time ago.

Here's one for you all, in Germany if you get a beer from a restaurant or bar and the beer is not in the glass of the same producer of the beer ( ie Budweiser in a Budweiser glass) you can refuse the beer. My German father in law informed me of this on my 1st trip to Germany.

alway recoment lerning how to make bread at home

"In the..." Federal Republic of Germany. Which is actually the official name.=)

Adjusting one's taste to good bread is not hard, just try

I work in an authority whose job is to check that companies are complying with occupational health and safety regulations. This makes German companies more productive and society has to spend less money on sick people. Does this also exist in the USA?

Ei Gude wie, the Roman`s had a underfloor heating ; ) Dude. ´

You handsome , i love your eys Greetings from Germany (gay)

towel rack heaters and fußbodenheizung are considered luxus in german ist not every apartment who has that maybe in the south or south west but in the former east german part dont expect to finf that in ur partment bußodenheizung also raises the rent for an apartment about 10% at least so i am not even shure if i want that and she was living south helli live in a soviet style apartment building overhaled so it has better insulation and looks nicer but that doesnt change the insides bathrooms with an air went and no window no floor heating no heatet towlel rack hell there is not even a heater in the bathroom we had to buy an infra redheater and install that on the wall like the bath is a tiny box lmao

You can bake your own bread. Just saying.

BAKE YOUR OWN BREAD .... it's not that hard.