WHY CINCINNATI?! Q&A About My Move to the US! 🇺🇸 | Feli from Germany 

Feli is a national treasure (for both US and for Germany). I love your exuberance and your honesty when discussing your views of both countries. Moreover your videos are well researched when providing information. Keep up the good work!

You definitely had a stronger accent back in 2016, and it does sound like British English. Today, I don't think you have ANY accent at all!

Delightful, as always.. As a native Cincinnatian, I always get a chill when you do your introduction-how you mention Cincinnati. Your enthusiasm comes thru. You are so talented and personable. Cincinnati is very fortunate to have you as a resident.

I’m a Cincinnatian born and bred. Also a life-long Cliftonite, whose life revolved around UC before and after I retired. We live in a country known as a melting pot of cultures. We have an abundance of non-Americans living here because of UC. I’m happy to hear that you are welcomed by the citizens here. I would expect no less. And I’m extremely happy to know you are a member of our community. (I’m glad you are aiming for a dual citizenship. Both countries will be lucky to have you as a representative of both nations.)

I have never heard you hate on America? Sure, you have pointed out things that are less than ideal in the US, but you have good points there, so I don't think that counts as hating.

Feli - I am so glad you are here! We need more Germans coming to the U.S. - especially to Fort Worth, Texas. My family on my mother's side is German and so I have always been interested in my German culture and language.

I was blown away the first time I heard you speak. Your english is so good and you sound American. Hope that doesn't offend you. We had a German foreign exchange Student live with us for a year. She had an extremely strong accent. She didn't speak english even close to as well as you do. She loved it here & married an American guy so she has her citizenship. Cool vid!

My great-great grandfather also emigrated from what is now Germany at age 22. It was 1847. He had to walk 300 miles to Bremen and then- an eight week trip by sailboat! He began the five year process as soon as he arrived and became a citizen of Ohio and the USA in 1852. I salute your goal to become a citizen. "Basst scho!" as great great grandpa might have said ( a hint of where he was from !)

Late on commenting but one thing that is great about Felicia's videos is the unbiased, straightforward answers she provides and her willingness to study her subject matter in-depth BEFORE she talks about it and keep it as real as possible.

Thanks, Feli, for bringing Germany and America closer together! 🇺🇸🇩🇪

You have a very small hint of an accent, but you really have to pay attention to pick up on it. I wish learning another language was taken as seriously in the U.S. as it is in other countries.

We have friends from the Netherlands and they sent their son to us when he was 11 or 12. He hardly spoke any English when he got here, but by the time he had left, he spoke perfect American English. He got into quite a bit of trouble from his English teachers when he started taking English, because they were teaching British English (She was English) and he kept trying to correct them.

The retention of your accent is a reflection of your bicultural identity! That is an asset and frankly I think if more people had a bicultural identity, the world would be much more peaceful! You are perfect for a career in diplomacy!

Whoa, your accent was much stronger in 2016 lol. And obviously German. Now it's barely noticeable, and pretty indiscernible which particular country you're even from.

2:55 I'm English, and to me you sound far more American than you do German. But if there wasn't that difference, if I spoke American English or if you spoke British English, it might be more notable to me if you sounded slightly German... because to me you basically just sound American. If I didn't know you were German I definitely wouldn't guess, I'd just chalk it up to there being quite a bit of variation in American accents and I am no expert in what they all sound like. Knowing that you're German, I can maybe kinda hear it, but it's certainly not a bad thing... to me German sounds nicer than American English haha!

Don't let the haters get to you Both countries have their flaws

I enjoy watching your videos. You do a great job comparing the two countries and talking about their differences. I don’t believe you show any bias towards either country and it’s nice that you share your experiences. Keep up the good work.

Your videos are always great. Ignore the haters who just have nothing nice to say. You have a unique point of view and nothing wrong with your personal observations, likes and dislikes.

I am so glad to have stumbled across you Feli your videos are so insightful into all things German. Ive said it befor and will say again you are an endless inspiration to learning German. I am two years strong learning and my journey is far from over! I hope to visit Deutschland one day. Keep up the content ! 😊

Let's see, what has happened to you since 2016....you've become a successful entrepreneur and internet personality with TWO YT channels (counting UTS) bought a house, opened an online merch shop, became an online German teacher, met a boyfriend (Ben) and a best friend (Josh) are able to travel freely between the US and Germany, taken some cool trips (in both the US and Europe).....yeah, I'd say things worked out pretty well for you! 🍻👍

14:36 YES, I think this to myself all the time. I'm American currently living in the UK and have also lived in Germany and I'm constantly wishing there was a way to have a perfect world with a crazy mix of the good aspects from all of "my" various states and countries! I guess no one can have it all, but it would be nice. :)

Feli, I LOVE your videos! Keep up the good work, and don't let naysayers spoil your enjoyment. One of my go-to life sayings is: "It is impossible to please everyone, so focus on integrity for youself." You seem to be doing exactly that. As an American who lived one year in Germany(before reunification,) I very much appreciate your perspective. I find myself relating to and agreeing with nearly everything you say. Unfortunately some people are just defensive about their identity groups. They may even recognize criticisms as having some validity, but they don't want to hear an "outsider" stating it. Too bad for them! 😁 I accidentally discovered your You Tube channel just a few months ago, and it has helped rekindle my interest in the German language. I was an exchange student and have a university degree from a modest U.S. German language department, but it has been over 30 years since all that! I have mostly settled for just watching occasional German films since then. Thanks to you, I am really starting to brush up and look forward to some future cultural travel....not only to Germany, but also to some of those U.S. based German heritage sites.

Cincinnati looks nice I’ve heard it’s is the best city in Ohio alongside the capital Columbus . I felt bad for the Bengals last week 😞. You should go to baseball or football game with Ben and make a video about it Feli . Greetings and hugs from Mexico .

My son attends school in Cincinnati (Cincinnati Conservatory of Music). He loves it there. He plays the horn (also called French horn). In an ideal world he would love to play in Germany. Munich or Berlin would be incredible. It’s great that you’re really enjoying your time in Cincinnati. Best of luck.

Ah wow! Thank you so much for the shout out of our cost comparison video Feli! We enjoy your videos a lot and that kind of compliment coming from you means a lot. ❤

Feli, I am always amazed how articulate and composed you are on your videos. They are a delight. You and media are certainly a good fit. I wish nothing but the best for you.

I have nothing but respect and admiration for you Feli.You are a star and continue shining.love from North Rhine Westphalia Deutschland

Ohio is NOT flat, just mostly the northwest corner--> Toledo. From Cincy heading north-northeast to just south of Cleveland, it's much like east Tennessee. And Ohio is only boring if you're looking for trouble. Gladly "trouble" is mostly contained to the big cities, Cincy, Dayton, Toledo, Columbus & Cleveland. But Cincinnati is an extreme order of magnitude safer than Seattle..

Hey Feli my great grand parents are from Germany 🇩🇪 i was wondering how many (Horchler)s there are over there a small amount our a big amount SQUIRREL Oh i just seen your groundhog day video one was when to take the Christmas tree 🎄 down three king day on the 6th .& groundhog again SQUIRREL oh what is valentine's day , April fools day &so on & do you have a holiday video the Usa & German? & i loveeeeee German pancakes 🥞 😋 😍 Mmmmm.❤❤❤❤❤❤

If you go up to West Chester, you can see an interesting relic of the cold war era, the site of the first large shortwave broadcast transmitting station from the US Voice of America, called Bethany Station. It is now a museum of broadcasting. This station was built in the 1940s as the US response to Hitler's broadcasts from Berlin as part of a propaganda war, and it continued until after the fall of the Berlin Wall as part of the propaganda war between the US and the Soviet Union. It is said that in its early days, Hitler referred to this station as "the Cincinnati liars". This station was originally built by engineers from Powell Crosley's WLW radio, whose tower is just a couple miles to the east. In the years after this, the US built shortwave broadcast stations around the world, the last major one being at Greenville, North Carolina, built during the 1960s. Now they are mostly decommissioned. But this museum is an interesting look, not only at the history of international broadcasting, but it is a repository of some of the history of local broadcasters in the Cincinnati area.

I'm an immigrant to the USA and I found the british accent sounded always kind of snobbish, I knew I wanted to be in the USA and the USA was more important in pretty much any area like technology, entertainment and much more Americans spoke American English, so it was no brainer.

I'm glad you're able to ignore the jerks and trolls Feli. You're positive attitude and general happy approach is always a welcome in my day. Thanks for your hard work!

Regarding the National Parks question, when I was at UC Berkeley there were a couple of fellow postdocs from Germany who had visited more national parks than most Americans. A few times when a question about a park came up, I would say "I don't know; ask Hubert or Birgit."

As an american with German family, your accent is subtle but obvious to me. Crazy to hear how strong it used to be, thank you for including that snippet! 🍻

Es ist echt interessant zu sehe, welche Erfahrungen du so gemacht hast als du hier her gezogen bist. Ich studiere in Knoxville Tennessee mit einem Sportstudium und das Thema mit dem Vermissen der deutschen Kultur kenn ich nur zu gut in manchen Situationen🥲😂

I have a question. I wouldn't know the answer, since I am not bilingual, but when you think, do you mainly think in German? When you speak English, do you first think it in German and mentally translate, or do you think in both languages depending on the situation? Thanks for your videos, you are certainly welcome to be in the US, I have been told that my family has German roots, and would like to travel there someday. Anyway, best wishes and God Bless!

Disagree. You do not have an accent. You happen to be incredibly gifted.

It is (NOT ) FLAT here in Ohio move to Florida if you want to see flat...

9:00 When I think about the people who immigrated to America before about the mid 19th Century, travel was so hard and so expensive that once people left they likely never came back, and because of low literacy it was likely they never wrote. You could hire people to write or read a letter for you, but this service was probably somewhat expensive. So not only would people never come back, they would never be heard from again. Just very sad.

Hallo Feli! I can't thank you enough for your valuable time and effort sharing your wonderful videos to your audience like me on RU-vid. As a son of Chinese immigrants, I often think we need more German language teachers in this country because most American people consider themselves descendants of Germans but the people I know with family names that sound German to me often don't even speak basic German at all. Despite being born and raised in the USA, I grew up being taught that I'm still Chinese by blood and I "better know how to communicate in Chinese" which is what my late dad often nags. That's one reason why I paused my German courses in 2005 after 1 semester to focus on Chinese language skills. After learning and maintaining my Chinese language skills for many years, I finally decided to resume learning German again last year. Not A1 level yet but looking forward to learn enough German to communicate well when I travel to Germany again in the future. And I still think more American people, especially of German descent, can benefit greatly from learning German as well. Just my thinking.

Why are you so obsessed with canyons? It seemed like two thirds of all the places you visited were canyons!

i traveled the US & Canada as a sound engineer/lighting tech and whitewaterboater. My only other experience was Germany and Austria; amazing!!!

Yay! A new Feli video--nice to brighten up Sunday evening! My cousin was stationed in Germany for awhile and she came back and told me how much better at speaking English most German kids were than most Americans! I do remember a line from an old WWI movie where a German POW finally reveals he speaks English and the American soldier from Tennessee replies, "You speak better English than I do!" I've often thought of that listening to your videos! 🙂Have a great week, Feli!

I am from Pittsburgh PA. You sound like you are from Ohio.

Feli, do you celebrate October fest here in Cincinnati?? 😊

I love the informations your sharing with us. I’m from the Uk and about to move to US, never been so excited and confused lol.

Hello Feli. A question from one who is new to your channel. After living in this country, and seeing the many changes in attitude, in the political and ideological climate, as well as the growing intolerance of some groups, do you find yourself having second thoughts about moving or staying here?

Love your videos! I totally relate... but in the other direction... I am an American who moved to Switzerland (in 1987!) and understand lots of your comparisons. One additional thing that you will find decades later.. the country you remember no longer exists! Nothing stays the same, your home country included.

I loved your Q&A. Like your viewer, I am amazed you have an almost perfect American accent. Ironically, the only word I noticed in this video with an accent was the word "accent", somehow off. I loved your prior video on how Hitler affected Americans impression of German. It's so true at least among people like me growing up with parents in WWII. Absolutely hilarious, your spoof of spoof on language. I visit Germany regularly (before COVID) so know your soft pronunciation is pretty real. Maybe you should do a spoof of German newscasters who describe world calamities with no emotion. Kind of the opposite of American commercial TV.

Are you the most animated talker you know or is this common in your family?

There is not good answer to "why Ohio?". All I can say is I'm sorry.......

You're a beautiful and sweet girl 😘❤️

Why wouldn't you want to become a citizen of the greatest country in the world? Why dual citizenship? The red white and blue is all that you need.

Hi Feli, I am a newer member of your channel and I do really find your videos interesting and also extremely well done. You do a very good job and I really enjoy them. When you grow up in the states, you don't realize that many things are different in Europe and other countries. An example is that I never felt that this country was friendlier than some European countries. Nothing to compare it to. I guess I am glad that seems to be true as many of the other cultural comparison videos mention that also. I think people in Europe are a little less warm to each other and that is probably not so bad, just different. In the spirit of one of your videos, you mentioned Americans are more positive and optimistic. I watch a lot of music reaction videos and often a RU-vidr will add a music reaction video even if their channel is not necessarily a music reaction channel. Many music teachers, for example, will add a popular music artist and do a review to broaden and boost their membership and to solicit Zoom vocal lessons. . I will guess that after several years of your channel, it is probably harder to come up with new ideas ? Here is what I am suggesting. A Capella music is something that started here in the US in the years around 2000 to 2010 or about that time period. It did not follow suit in Europe that I know of , so you could use this as a cultural difference if you wanted. In 2011, there was a show on US television called the " Sing Off". It was like Britain's Got Talent , but for A Cappella groups. The winner each season got $200,000 and a recording contract. Several of these groups are still around and have been extremely successful and are very , very big on RU-vid. An example is the A Capella group, Pentatinox. They have a RU-vid channel with 19 million subscribers ? They have one video ( Hallelujah ) on RU-vid that has 701 million views ? They also have over 5 Billion views of their songs ? You can probably see that doing a few of their songs could add thousands to your channel. If you are wanting more channel membership, doing some videos of Pentatonix is the low hanging fruit. There is some navigating that has to be done on some of their videos as some will get blocked. Many of the video posts are often paused and commented on to qualify them as "Fair Use". It appears that if a video does get blocked, you then answer with a dispute and then it is ok'd. Once you figure that out, you can add thousands to your channel. If you search Pentatonix reactions on RU-vid , you can see many, many RU-vidrs have figured it out. This comment is a bit long-winded, and I apologize, but it might be worth a bunch of money so, in the USA optimistic spirit , go for it. I will leave a link to Hallelujah and you can easily see why this song has 701 million views ? Thanks Feli, I love your channel. With love from Florida ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LRP8d7hhpoQ.html

Yes, you have a good American, midwestern accent. The German only peaks through from time to time. 👍 Idioms, slang, phrases, don't count! I was born here, West Coast and young moved to East Coast and I still learn phrases and such in American English that I have never heard before.

Du hast ja erzählt du hattest eine WG während der ersten 5 Monate. Wo hast du die weiteren Male gewohnt?☺️

Your English is perfect Feli, there's nothing wrong with an accent. Listen to Arnold Schwarzenegger, he's got a far stronger accent than you do.

Always so candid, thoughtful and well-spoken. 👏👏❤️✨

You really don't have much of an accent.

Re: How I Met Your Mother. I listened to the Italian-American architect Paolo Soleri give a brief Q&A session a few years before his death. He told an anecdote about how, when he studied with Frank Lloyd Wright, Wright would give a lecture after lunch every day, but Soleri always missed it, because he was there on scholarship, and had to help with the washing up. Anyhow, someone asked him if he learned English from Wright's lectures, and he said no, he'd learned it from listening to Paul Harvey. [Harvey was an institution in US broadcasting, but he was something so utterly quotidian compared to the god of American architecture.]

The big thing about whether a person comes to the USA and likes it here and ends up moving here is if they can find a vocation that nets them enough money to live comfortably. Some people I have met who went to college here all came from families in Europe that were very well off. So, they had their college paid for where as many of us Americans are not wealthy enough to afford much more then the basics, let alone college. Many of us don't see the attraction of the USA since it's wealth distribution is among the worse in the world. American pop culture and Hollywood would have people abroad believe that everyone can afford a 2000+ sq foot house in a nice suburb and a couple new cars as well as health care and college tuition. Such is not the case for 60 percent or more of Americans now. Also, the violent crime rate is very high for a first world country. USA is a great country, but it's streets are not paved with gold as media and many would have people believe. I only mention this because a lot of people from other parts of the world are led to believe that if they just get here, they too will miraculously end up with what used to be called 'The American Dream". Such is not always the case. I know several who went to college here, worked here then decided to go back home to their country of origin. Feli, I do really like your videos and am glad you are one of the lucky ones who seem to have been able to do well here for yourself... Best of luck to you in the USA.

I lived in Germany for a few years and loved it. Watching your channel brings back very fond memories. I love your energy; glad you’re here. You’re a great addition to the American experiment. Keep doing what you do.

Hello Feli, if you ever find yourself in the beautiful state of Washington, please do consider our incredible Olympic National Park and Mount Rainer National Park! We have such a beautiful combination of mountains, ocean, and even desert in the eastern part of the state. Additionally, a two hour drive east of Seattle gets you past the mountain range that splits western Washington and eastern Washington. One of the first few towns east of the mountains is called Leavenworth. It is a small Bavarian-style village that is known by all locals here, and is considered a must see location. Authentic German Beers and food as well as great street performances and even a horse-drawn carriage ride (maybe more of a Vienna experience, but still cool regardless). Ich hoffe du kannst eines Tages meinen Staat besuchen!

I think we're lucky to have you here you seem like a very nice young lady. I drive truck for a living and drive through the Cincinatti. area on an almost daily basis from New York State to Indiania, and have thought it would be funny if I happened to see you but I don't get into the city just drive around it. I bought some of your I'll just call them beer mugs I know thats not the proper term but I'm an old man so hopefully you'll forgive me. I enjoy your video's. Hang in there you're alright in my book. Have a great life!!

Hey feli I was wondering if a American wants to fly into Germany and drive through Europe would I need a visa or is it visa free? I’ve found people saying both so I thought I’d try asking you. Any help would be great thanks

One of my other favorite YT content creators is a Korean American dentist. His parents were very sad when he said he wanted to move to the U S to go to the best dental school in the world. They said they wanted the best of success and wealth for him even though he was moving so far away from Seoul, South Korea. That seems to be a more extreme situation than moving from Munich to Cincinnati.

I like your "Feli 101" videos... 😀 Sorry to hear you got such negative comments... but fortunately there are plenty of supportive comments on your channel as well. Some are unwilling to grasp that one can like more than one thing and even not like parts of a thing, but still appreciate the rest of it. No reason you can't enjoy aspects of both cultures. I have a good friend living here from Germany (Berlin), and he has been nothing but positive. 🙂 If you and Ben haven't seen it yet, I have a movie recommendation for you both --that you can critique the (East) German aspects of and hopefully find it funny. It is a parody/comedy called "Top Secret", and is a lot like the "Airplane" movies.

I don't know how anyone could hate you. You're always smiling and happy. Keep it up. I'm Canadian living across the river from you in KY. Ever been up to Canada? If so, do you see any difference from the US?

AGAIN!!!….I CANNOT discern ANY (foreign) accent in your speaking!!!!!….I think that is SO EXCEPTIONAL!!!!….also, you are very talented & photogenic (nice features)…..Good luck on your RU-vid experience!!😎🥰👍🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

Thanks for the video. When you travel in the US. The accent. Changes ever two hours. You will notice. Different slang from Americans. You have been program from Cincinnati Ohio. You had a better education than most American. Keep video taking. Later.

I would never give up my German citizenship...hang on like grim death!!!!

Hey Feli.. Lol... yes, why Cinci... Akron, Cleveland Columbus....lol Live your channel.. Was in the Army... We know how much Germany loves US Military...lol Was in Berlin, Munich, etc.. I liked living in Europe but was not there fulltime but culterize..lol I do miss it... Maybe in summer I can come down and buy you a real coffee... I ride the Harley all around Ohio... Ciao'... later, lol😅😅

Hey Feli.. Lol... yes, why Cinci... Akron, Cleveland Columbus....lol Live your channel.. Was in the Army... We know how much Germany loves US Military...lol Was in Berlin, Munich, etc.. I liked living in Europe but was not there fulltime but culterize..lol I do miss it... Maybe in summer I can come down and buy you a real coffee... I ride the Harley all around Ohio... Ciao'... later, lol😅😅

Hey Feli.. Lol... yes, why Cinci... Akron, Cleveland Columbus....lol Live your channel.. Was in the Army... We know how much Germany loves US Military...lol Was in Berlin, Munich, etc.. I liked living in Europe but was not there fulltime but culterize..lol I do miss it... Maybe in summer I can come down and buy you a real coffee... I ride the Harley all around Ohio... Ciao'... later, lol😅😅

Hey Feli.. Lol... yes, why Cinci... Akron, Cleveland Columbus....lol Live your channel.. Was in the Army... We know how much Germany loves US Military...lol Was in Berlin, Munich, etc.. I liked living in Europe but was not there fulltime but culterize..lol I do miss it... Maybe in summer I can come down and buy you a real coffee... I ride the Harley all around Ohio... Ciao'... later, lol😅😅

That recording from 2016... Sexy. Too bad the accent is so diminished now. Lol Seriously though. Yer awesome.

Wow - Great job! I just want to let you know that I love your content - I may not always agree with certain things that you say, but that's ok. I really like the way you compare and contrast Germany and the U.S. people, language, traditions, quirks and so on. Keep it up! Please don't let any of the negativity from trolls and fools ever take away your incredible attitude! I always enjoy the vids where you are out and about showing sights, entertainment, food and people in different settings, whether in Germany or the U.S. Thank you for what you're doing here and with Train Station!

Maybe, if you’re into radio broadcasting, you could bring back WKRP..😂😄 just a little US TV culture joke, it’s the only show i know that takes place in Cincinnati that you might be an interesting to you. but it’s also an oldie from 1978-1982 ❤️✌🏻in fact ironically, after hearing your story about leaving Germany and your boyfriend and family behind, its theme song would fit you perfectly… ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YQvCNLIVydM.html

Yup, I lost about 20 lbs during my 6 months in Scotland without noticing. It was the walking culture for sure.

German #3 I've known? Professor's wife from Pomerania. Along with U-boat funker from Chemnitz and Ostfront General's daughter. They all still remembered the Hitlerzeit.

The U.S. government and parents should do more to encourage their children to learn a second language. You do know if you marry Ben that fast tracks your US citizenship, just saying.

They made us Germans look stupid in “Hogan’s heroes.” Whilst flying blutfahnes😆😆😆

How do you say "Robin Sparkles" or "Robin Daggers" in German? 😂😂😂

Hey Feli. You say you have an accent and I guess maybe you do somewhere but I can't tell. In fact, I've mentioned you before to other people and I've always said she speaks better English than me, and you do. I have a slight East Coast accent and as I said to me you have no accent at all! I think speaking another language as well as you do is a super human talent. I've met a couple Germans over the years who speak what I would say would be perfect English. By the way, I don't know if you've noticed, but a lot of Canadians (not all) speak better English than Americans. They pronounce the words better than we do.

If Feli don't like the US, she won't stay in Ohio. If Feli don't like Germany, she won't go back to Germany. Of course, she loves both countries.

Feli someday go to Alaska. Go by way of the Alaska Highway through Canada. Stop in Whitehorse in the Yukon Territories, where the third language is German, then turn off at Haines Junction on the Haines Highway (My vote for the most beautiful undiscovered road in North America.), then go to Haines Alaska. Then spend a week or two there and you can experience the best of Alaska in one place. (Also ask around for any Germans, I know two German women who live there.) Glaciers, bears, five kinds of salmon, bald eagles, moose, mountains, fjords, rivers, mountains, and fine summer weather all in one place. Just planting the thought as a seed for the future.

Yes, go for dual citizenship if you have the chance. Both countries can benefit from your experience and insight.

Your accent kinda varies. On certain words or syllables it's quite distinctive, and yet others it's thoroughly, purely native. You do a lot of sounds well, or natively, that most non-natives (include Germans) can't, such as the vowel in bat/cat/sat, the Murican R, and the th sounds. Edit: On the other hand, your 2016 accent tag definitely was thicker, and I noticed you struggled with the R in "beer", which you no longer do. So you've come a fairly long way since then.

You do sound American when you speak .

I live in Cincinnati, and I detect a very slight accent. My college age kids have exchange student friends from Germany. I am also of German descent: all my ancestors came from there in the 1800's.

About those haters accusing you of “bashing America”😂 (riiiiight🙄) Of course you’re gonna find pros AND cons of living in the US. i lived in both US and Mexico and there’s pros and cons in each. i could make a list. if only i could be independent and if you ask me which country i’d like to live. (US or Mexico) it really wouldn’t matter because there’s pros and cons to living in both even though they differ. I’m sure you find some things easier in the US than Germany other things vice verca. it’s like that everywhere. BTW and i think mentioned this in another comment to one of your videos: i would probably ask you if you ever been to Hamburg at that Cavern where the Beatles played when they first started out.

Have you been to Mamoth Cave? It's close by in Kentucky, I like following you and your experienceses.

Good grief, in 1987, I packed 2 suitcases and moved to Vienna, Austria. We didn’t have the internet, etc. so there was more a feeling of being cut off from people at home in the US. But my finance was in Vienna so that’s where my life was. (He was an opera singer, I was a pianist.) I’d already lived in Germany for 8 years so it wasn’t completely new. I’ve known a lot of people who have done what you’ve done. It can be done and it’s done everyday. But I guess most people in the US have NOT lived overseas or had any contact outside the US so they have all these questions.

I, for one, am glad you’re here. I love the videos. My wife said that you are beautiful. I must agree. The videos are entertaining and very informative. I am originally from Indianapolis, Indiana. Indiana is beautiful also. You must go there sometime. Visit the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. You might not be interested in motor sports, but you can take a lap around the track and visit the museum. It’s a pretty cool place.

Never understood the hate for Cincinnati. I lived abroad for 3 years and came back to Cincy. It’s great. But, I don’t want any snobs moving here so I’m fine with them thinking it sucks. We are happy to have you here Feli!

All East Germans. Am I right? Pomerania, Saxony, and East Prussia. I'm guessing they emigrated much more than West Germans.

You have less of a noticeable accent than a lot of Americans do! If I had ever met you in person without knowing anything about your RU-vid channel, I would have been quite unable to determine where you came from, and never would have guessed Germany. You actually don't sound a lot different from me, and my accent is a mishmash of a father from New York City, a mother who moved around a lot when she was growing up, rural upstate New York, two grandparents with *very* thick German accents (hmm, I never thought of that before, because I didn't notice my grandparents' accents until we moved away from them and I wasn't hearing it every day), and a dash of Boston and Chicago twangs thrown in for good (?) measure. I think both English and German sound beautiful when you speak them.

Have you picked up on the little "Germanisms" Cincinnati locals have in their speech? For example, the way many here use "please" in ways Germans use "bitte", that aren't commonly used by English speakers. For example, using it instead of saying "your welcome" or instead of "excuse me".

As a kid, I always had the idea, that other cultures are fascinating to learn from, and was a rich awesome experience! (Early trips into the interior of Mexico for example) Great episode and the early recording was awesome! Easy to hear EARLY Fili! Best wishes! Thanks for sharing!

When you came to Cincinnati did you see effects of the Germans that did come to town in earlier times. I know that I often automatically use German spellings of German sir names rather that the Anglo version of those same names. I grew up in Southwestern Ohio, (Warren Co, and Butler Co, and Union Co Indiana.) I have German ancestry from the 1700 German migration. My mother's maiden name was Wise and of course earlier generations around 1850 change to that from the German spelling