Why Europeans Hate Living In The United States. 

The reasons why Europeans used to come here really don't exist any more. Ireland isn't starving. Refugees wandering from country to country due to the devastation of a world war has not happened since 1945. If you live in a safe place, have a job and can spend time with family without worrying about going bankrupt if you get sick, why leave?

American making fun of the polish guy's mistakes: maybe he wants to go to the US to improve his english. As the proverb goes: you speak english because it is the only language you know. I speak english because it is the only language you know.

High crime, high health costs, high auto expenses, long commutes, unsafe public transportation, long stressful work hours, high college costs, high home prices, high job insecurity, high personal debt, high childcare expenses, are not anyone's idea of living a "Dream".

And don't complain about a Polish person's spelling until you spell perfectly in Polish.

How can you criticise a man's second language skills when Americans struggle with English? Spoken and written.

I'm from the US and took a trip to Europe recently, I love the architecture and how they don't pump their foods with preservatives and dyes.

If people outside the US have the same concerns we citizens have, you know there's a problem.

Making fun of someone that speaks english as their second language and miswrites some words is a real ass move! Just saying!

Regarding your comment on the Polish person's spelling mistakes. He is Polish, English is his second language. How's your Polish spelling?

Despite the author’s dislike for Polish people they have built a dynamically and rapidly developing country with the seventh largest economy in Europe. For a state brutally robbed by Germans from the West and Russians from the East, betrayed by US and UK in 1945, and which, historically speaking, just recently broke a communist yoke - very few US citizens have any idea what that kind of oppression means - it is by far not a bad result. I invite all US tourists, including those still enjoying American “polish jokes”, to visit our hospitable and very safe and pleasant country. You won’t be disappointed.

America's health care system exists for 3 reasons; doctors, lobbyists, and politicians.

As a native Californian that has lived half of my life outside of the state, I have practically no desire to go back. I think Europe has lost that same desire and are very comfortable in what they have designed post war. They have very little need to be here.

I live in Europe. I come from the States. More than a few friends of mine here, say they will never go to the States because they don't want to be shot to death....

Comment about the Polish guy's spelling was out of order. Gun crime is not a perception. Just google international murder rates and you'll see. I don't know what it is. There is a misconception that guns are illegal in Europe. They are not. I live in the UK. Some guns are illegal like small handguns and automatic rifles but simple shot guns and rifles are not illegal. But they are strictly controlled. You need a licence from the police who will check why you want a gun, where and how you will keep it and they will check your background for criminal records, violence and history of mental illness. They can remove your license and guns at any time if you get into trouble. But people don't buy guns here for protection. You'd buy a gun if you needed it for pest control like if you were a farmer or if you were into shooting as a sport. Therefore there is no vicious circle of people using guns for crime and then everyone else having them for protection. It's just not a thing. Nobody's really that interested in them. A watershed moment was Dunblane, Scotland when a madman went into an infant school and shot some five and six year olds in 1996. The country was traumatised and strict gun control has never been questioned or even up for debate since and we have never had another school shooting since. The USA on the other hand, after Sandy Hook seemed to decide that your children's lives were an acceptable price. It's the most dramatic example of the cultural differences between Europe and the USA. The USA values more the freedoms TO (eg freely own a gun) and Europe thinks about freedoms FROM (eg the threat of our children being shot in school).

As an American, there's a few things I don't even like about living in the US. Agree with most of these, health care costs, political brainwashing, overly complicated tax process....but I'd also add scary religious fundies, the bizarre gun culture, violent crime that's higher than other developed countries, drivers that cluelessly drive in the passing lane and the embarrassing "American Exceptionalism" mentality, which is more often echoed by people who have never even been outside the country.

In Polish schools they study a few foreign languages. And English is one of them… how many foreign languages do you learn in high school?

They don't need to come here. They have it better than we do. They have nice clean cities, healthcare thats affordable. They passed us by a while ago.

Don't make fun of someone who speaks a foreign language -- unless you speak their language AT LEAST as well as you expect them to speak English.

The thing I absolutely dislike the most about USA is that EVERYTHING is about money here. EVERYTHING is transactional, the relationships, the social interactions, friendships, favors. Even you as a person are measured by money, success, job title (first question is "what do you do"), living location (where do you live: good area, bad area), car, possessions,..... When someone rich dies many times people say: "He/She was worth millions dollars". WTF? I never hear it anywhere else, only in USA. Weighing human life in $$$. Also the obsession with work is very unhealthy.

Although college costs are far lower in Europe, in most countries they have strict testing requirements that most students here couldn’t pass due to America’s crappy k-12 education system.

Another point, no one from where I am in Europe would be seen in public wearing a T-shirt with the surname of any politician on it, quite frankly you would be ridiculed if you did.

Briggs since you asked about the foreign banking thing, the U.S. is one of only a few countries (I think Eritrea is the other) that tax citizens who live overseas on their global income. As a result, foreign banks have to abide by IRS regulations on accounts owned by Americans. Some foreign banks are of the opinion that it's easier to disallow accounts owned by Americans than it is to comply with IRS regulations, seeing as how the bank is not even located in the U.S.

Having lived on four continents in six countries and on an island, now in Europe for 32 years, I agree with this assessment and quite frankly, I have no desire to return or visit the US again. I felt like an alien traveling by car from Alberta to Montana in how I was being treated at the border the first time I vacationed with my family there some 19 years ago. Never again. After 31 years in Europe, I have finally become a EU citizen last year.

As other comments said, the reason why Europeans don’t move to the US or other “new world” countries anymore is because Europe is no longer the troubled continent ravaged by war, famine, ethnic/religious conflicts, extreme poverty, and oppressive dictatorships that it once was. In recent decades it’s been people from Latin America and Asia who had to leave their homelands to go to the U.S. for similar reasons that Europeans used to 70+ years ago

I'm neither european nor north american, but as someone who have lived in both I think I can say somethings about it. Here's the deal: European citizens are culturally accustomed to living in a smaller, simpler and more welcoming property, without the extravagances of North American superlativity. The European has a home, while the American has a house. Europeans go to the neighborhood grocery store on foot or by bicycle, pick up only the products they need to stay nourished and satisfied, pay for their purchases and say goodbye to the cashier, whom they call by name. The American gets into his huge car, goes to a gigantic supermarket chain that has stores even in Saturn, fills two supermarket carts with huge and endless boxes of industrialized products full of chemicals, pays at a totem and leaves. When leaving the grocery store, the European passes by the café on the corner, which has been there for decades and still belongs to the same owner as always, and drinks his routine $1.50 cappuccino that comes in a bucolic and tiny cup that reminds him of his grandmother's house, while exchanging ideas with an acquaintance he met there about life, family, the show that is on at the weekend, the idea that the author wanted to convey. The American, in turn, passes by a fast food chain and doesn't even get out of the car. He uses the drive thru to order his half-liter cup of decaffeinated coffee with another box full of something he calls food, pays without leaving the car and leaves eating inside the vehicle. while talks to someone using a chat app about the new bigger car and the new bigger house he wants to buy, as if the car and the house he's already got weren't big enough. Europeans send their children to school alone, on foot or by bicycle, because their city is safe for pedestrians, the elderly and children, and their children grow up exercising and with a sense of independence. Americans put their children in a car and take them to school crossing super busy and congested streets, bordered by endless acres of parking lots, closed suburbs, no sidewalks, no bike lanes, no passers-by, nothing. Europeans have many of the same problems as Americans, though. They have also fallen victim to modernist indoctrination that compels them not to have children. This has forced them to import immigrants from very different cultures, which will certainly put an end to their way of life within a few decades. TO BE CONTINUED bellow.

I like watching Lost In the Pond, where Laurence gives all the differences between the two countries - The US and England. He loves living in Chicago, btw.

Polish people same as all other East European, Central Asian, South European speak at least 2 languages, and more speak at least 3 languages. English is my 4th language

Why the disparaging comment about the polish guy’s spelling? Do you speak any other language than english? English isn’t his first language perhaps not even his second. Not to mention the spell checker on the phone that changes correct English without you noticing when you have your own language set.

They don't want to get shot for ringing the the wrong door.

It is very, very true about the issue of banking services overseas. Congress passed FACTA a few years back to try to catch Americans who were hiding money abroad. The end result was that many, many banks throughout the world refuse to work with Americans, even Americans who aren't rich. When I lived overseas, my personal banker told me that I shouldn't say anything about being an American because if the higher ups at the bank find out about it they'd close my account. They hate dealing with Americans and it's a serious problem for Americans who want to live outside the USA.

The most weird thing about USA is the all stupid rules you have about everything. Starting from alcohol laws that are different even from city to city, and ending like things like abortion and sex laws. And you think that you have freedom because you can have a firearm. If this is your example for freedom no thanks. In USA you can get arrested for nothing

Work life balance is awesome in Europe

This could be re-titled "Why Those of Us Born Here Hate Living Here"

I think the US is a great country. But there are 3 big reasons why not many Europeans move to the US: 1) It’s almost impossible to get a visa for residency 2) The US has a worldwide tax system (as opposed to the primarily territorial tax systems in Europe) and 3) The high level of violence and gun crime

I became a naturalized citizen in 2007. I am disgusted by almost everything going on in this country before and after I gained citizenship. but I was born in England. Raised in this great experiment called America.

What I find interesting is that Europeans genuinely don't understand how BIG the US actually is. I once worked with a guy, he was from Paris for a temporary work stay. One Friday, I asked him what he was going to this weekend. He said he'd always wanted to see the sun set over Key West. I blinked. I told him it was at least a 6 hr drive from where we were, so he'd have to stay the night, and wait until the next evening for sunset, then drive back on Sunday. He blinked. I showed him a map, and he finally understood. I don't think he ever went. 😁

Free time is True. I Visited Vienna and on the Weekends, most stores and Restaurants were closed due to the fact the government Prioritize time with family.

Work life balance and isolation are the reasons to leave UnitedStates in my experience. I used to love it here and not anymore. I do not like the way Americans enjoy life, it is way better in other countries. I feel invisible, i ‘m a foreigner, I have the citizenship and now with so many changes in this Nation I want to live abroad.

American trying to educate a Polish person on spelling was classic. I guess Briggs doesn't know about text typing when nevr is legit but since Americans can't spell colour or aluminium correctly I don't think you're in any position to tell others how to spell English words.

I'm Canadian. I would never want to call United States my home. No plans on visiting anytime soon.

Thanks for your video! We are a channel that focuses specifically on Europe, and it's fascinating to hear the American perspective!

Pretty sad when I have to agree with almost everything the Euro peeps complained about, I agree with them and hope I don't have to retire in the USA.

The thing about Americans being denied bank accounts in some countries is true. The Treasury imposes reporting requirements on any bank that lets a U.S. passport holder open an account in a local country must report it to the U.S. Teeasury, even if it’s a Thai Bhat account in Thailand. Fail to comply and we will fine them

As an European, if my work contract got terminated I have two years up until I find a new job. In the meanwhile I receive benefits. Europe all the way

European, born and raised in Belgium and been traveling to the US for the past 16 years. I have been to 19 States so far and my heart is definitely American! 🇺🇸 Back to Texas, TN & NC this Fall. Clearly not your European stereotype here.

As someone who has traveled and lived all over the world, I agree completely. No interest in moving overseas but their knowledge of us is far greater than ours of them. Even though we live with these things it's hard for those from the "outside" to overlook them. Healthcare costs and gun violence are insane. Mostly because we don't do anything about it. Doesn't change my love and appreciation for our country but I do sometimes feel a bit like a disappointed parent.

Actually public transport in Europe is not limited to the cities. You can travel by public transport outwith the towns and cities. That just isn't true about gun violence being something perceived because of the media. Look at any per capita graph of shootings by country (not including war zones) and the USA is second behind Brazil. It is not perceived it is actual.

We have many different accents, but New Yorkers can understand people from Mississippi and Californians can understand Texans. There is no communication problem between Americans.

It’s like everything else: there’s a ton of nuance to consider. Take racial tensions, for example. Western Europe has taken in tons of migrants since WW2 (especially since 2000) and the only reason there isn’t as much tension is that the migrants are mostly settled in enclaves that are somewhat isolated. And they’re ignored. But, as happens, those people lack opportunities and many turn to criminal pursuits that have resulted in increased crime and a lot of resentment. Google Malmo, Sweden or search videos for Birmingham, UK. Or the suburban projects outside of Paris or Marseilles. There a lot of hypocrisy involved with that response. Many of the others are quite subjective. Remember that much of Europe is pretty densely populated so public transport makes far more economic and practical sense than it does here. We could argue healthcare all day long. Most European countries are great if you break a leg or have strep. But the US is far better for more complex issues. Lastly, the IRS; I 💯% agree with this one. Our tax system is absolutely insane. And the IRS are worse than the Mob. Also, our tax rates aren’t much better than many European countries because so many states have confiscatory tax policies too. So the total rate can be oppressive yet you don’t get the services that someone in, say, France gets. Oh, and let’s not forget that our sales taxes are added onto the price. Europeans hate that because if an item there is €20 or £10, that’s the price. Not €21.65. Their VAT is included in the price.

Here in New Zealand I pay $19 to go to the doctor and that includes proscriptions .

I've lived in other countries for the past two decades, and now that I've moved back, I find it extremely boring. People are either in their homes, their offices, or their cars. One of the first things my daughter asked was where the people were. In about three years, I will move away again.

My neighborhood in the U.S. is filled with Western European immigrants. We have Germans, Dutch, English, and French. All of them are very pro American but they are either research scientists or business owners.

the United States ranks 128 out of 163 countries for safety. So yeah, a person may actually be shot every hour over a pint...

Lived in Brussels, Belgium for 15 months back in the 1980's. Never really needed a car. I could get from my house to downtown without issue; buses every 15 minutes. All of the downtown old city was walking distance, but there was still a metro system. Covering the same distance in San Jose California took me 2 hours and three busses.

You missed food, If you have ever been to Europe and eaten the wide variety of delicious food you would never consider the USA. I have been in the USA many times and this is the thing I miss the most.

Surprised cost living isn’t in there. I know there are a few expensive places in Europe but for me I found groceries to be around 2-3 times more expensive than what I would pay here.

America used to have a WAY higher standard of living .. big cars, cheap gas, well made open roads, affordable homes and food … it’s all flipped. Sad. Europeans would be nuts to move here. only people coming here now are low end workers from south america ..

The US has kind of downplayed its role in the world. It once was a safehaven for freedom, but now there are so many other places in the world with more freedom and more proseprity. But that's how the world is! Countries come and go. The US has had its time and it's time for others to 'take over'.

I retired and live in Thailand. The amount of paperwork a Thai bank has to do to accept an American customer is mind blowing. It is fairly common for banks to refuse American customers. The transportation system in Bangkok is WAY better than anyplace in the US. The healthcare system throughout Thailand is also cheaper, much more accessible, and provides care from western trained doctors. My Thai health insurance is a little cheaper than my US policy cost. I am so glad to have put the political and cultural climate in the US with 8,000 miles in the rear view mirror. Thailand has its politics but, as a retired expat, it has little effect on me. Immigration - if you are over 50 it is easy to legally live long term in Thailand. There are some financial requirements so that may or may not be an issue. Navigating the immigration process can be a challenge but it is doable for anyone who doesn’t forget their brain at home. There is a language barrier. No getting around that. I have to give the Europeans a 👍 for their English proficiency. There are guns in Thailand but nothing like the American gun culture. As far as overall crime goes - the is the safest place I have ever lived, city and country.

My son leaves Scotland this Friday bound for his permanent move to Michigan having married an American girl over 18 months ago, only just got his visa approved in the last few weeks. There are many downsides as well as positives, but I’m excited for them.

My conservative family and friends like to say something like this: "We need to fix America!" Also, "America is the best country ever, in the history of the planet, and probably the history of the universe! That's why everyone wants to come here!" Ironically, Europeans are not fighting to get in. The people who are desperate to come here are the very people my conservative family and friends don't want here.

Briggs: Our neighbors are from Europe and they love living in the USA.

Id rather be in europe. If it wasnt for the language barrier and the cost of moving. The u s is no longer a good place to be.

The US has become a very "ruthless" place over my 70 year lifetime. I now live in Canada---Married to a Canadian-----and believe me Canada has it's own set of very real problems. If I was starting out again I really feel I would not live in either the US or Canada but also probably not Europe.

I don’t blame them. I would not live here if I had a choice. We lack so much.

Racial tensions are created by politicians. I had a taxi driver who was born in Ethiopia. He immigrated to America, legally, as an adult. He was adamant that he was NOT an American black, and that he liked to work and cared for his family. I wonder why that was important to him?

I grew up in New York City during the 80s and 90s and didn’t own my first car till 2005, you’re right about the public transportation in that aspect.

If you're stinking rich, the US is a great place to be.

As a person came from Europe, i can say that health care is far from what should be. I always do my dental care and tooth crowns in Europe. It's more cheap to do a 2 week vacation there and take care of yourself, then here in US

As an American the thing that is frustrating is the politicians on both sides do very little to address these issues, and don’t seem to even look at the countries with the highest quality of life or to emulate best in practice policies from other countries. My Dad always said there are only 2 goals for a politician, which is to get re-elected and embarrass the other party. The older i get the more I realize how wise and true this saying is.

When I was a young man (retired now) I used to periodically read articles in the paper how the French were critical of America and our race problems and relations. Guess who has national race riots now? Answer: France. They’re learning the hard way good race relations are a lot harder than they thought. Same goes for Sweden. And as Europe’s Middle Eastern and African migrant population rises watch their crime and poverty rates go up dramatically too. It’s already beginning to show.

Foreign banks not banking with American clients. Several foreign banks will not open bank accounts for Americans due to FATCA, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (or something like that). It requires foreign banks to comply with a lot of reporting requirements for their American clients. It is true, I have run into that problem in Europe. However, banks worldwide are now more used to the tax regulations they have to comply with, for their American clients, and it is becoming pretty rare for a bank not to bank with an American now. But I can guarantee some banks still treat Americans as persona not grata!

Americans don’t care if Europeans don’t like it in America.

Those are all the same reasons many Americans are leaving the US and moving to Europe. I would if I could.

America is also not as family oriented as many other countries. I also think some people are afraid of how their children may be influenced by some norms here that may contradict their cultural values.

I'm American and I can agree with many of these reasons, it's sad and I wish America could do better, but that's not realistic at this time.

Everytime you release a video I watch and enjoy it. Many I have watched twice or more. 😊

I got an offer once to go to the US, a dream came true. I started to dig in the details. Like housing, cost of living, commuting, working hours, health care, childcare etc. worklife balance, vacation etc. every research i did it turned out Europe was more attractive, except for cars and guns.

Just under five million Europeans live in the US. Well under two million Americans live in Europe - including military. Why do Americans hate living in Europe?

The language in the US is the number two problem for Europeans after gun violence? That's really weird.

When it comes to healthcare, don't get sick. 👍

No, I won't stop typing. Got it? Get it? Good. Europeans are still moving here in droves. You only hear from the US haters. Plenty of Europeans move here, and the love it. If they didn't, they wouldn't move here.

More Europeans moving to South America.

Sadly, #1 is all perception. Avoid the major cities with strict gun control laws, and you’re very safe.

I left the US in 1965 and never returned. After a few years in Europe I could not imagine living in the States. I'm now 82 and don't even have any desire to visit the country of my birth.

I wish I could argue about the reasons but they are all valid. Sigh

Am I supposed to care? EDIT: I certainly agree about the IRS though.

As an european is pretty clear that if you are a low or middle class person, your life is gonna be much better in europe than in the us. Chip public transport, health care and education are important issues if you are not rich, and in europe all of them are available for penauts...

As a Ukrainian leaving in the US I would say that I do really think that public transportation, healthcare and gun violence are the problems and everything else does not matter at all. Political climate? Seriously? How does it affect your quality of life?…

The polish person 1st language is not English so spelling mistakes are to be expected. How is your spelling in Polish?

Taxes! The U.S. has a PROGRESSIVE tax system. For the most part, the more you earn, the higher percentage you pay in taxes. What's that mean? It likely does not affect the very wealthy too much, but the upper-middle and middle classes are being pulled DOWN, having to pay excessive taxes to support the lower-middle and lower classes (housing, medical costs, food, clothing, education, transportation). Guns? BWAHAHAHA! I (a Californian) am keeping mine. Molon labe. I'd rather carry a gun than have six family/friends carry me at my funeral. #&$% Greasy Gavin!

I live in America and I hate this country.

It's strange Americans have this terrible fear of tax yet say very little of being ripped off by corporations and everything asking for a tip. On top of that, no tax free allowances, income earned abroad is taxed and sales taxes not included in the price and usually something awkward like 4 or 6%.

It’s always funny that europeans think that there’s a shoot out on every corner and then when they come here and literally nothing goes on they’re shocked because of what their perception is

I would like to visit the USA as a tourist to see the great nature spots like Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Niagara falls etc., but living there? With all of the trigger happy nutheads, the poor work life balance, the overpriced only-fat-and-sugar food, the flimsy wood and paper houses, the ugly cars? And on top the health care system, the hire-and-fire culture, the undemocratic political 2-party-system? No, thanks.

Why do Americans hate living in America so much

Not giving up my cars and trucks. My truck won't even fit on a European village street. Not giving up my guns either. 🎉 this country is huge. Need our cars.

USA is the last country i would ever move to in the western world.

As a Canadian I love to visit the US. I can’t say I feel real safe all the time but likely because I go to New York, New Orleans, and San Antonio. I should have moved there when I was younger (I am a nurse) but I went to live in France instead. One selling point in the US for a Canadian: places that get no snow in winter! ❤️ from 🇨🇦

My mom worked 2 jobs in Hong Kong, yet SHE STILL had a higher quality of life because of the social system. Trains were amazing and cheap, people didn’t fight about every little thing, food was fantastic. When work was over, it was play time. Now in 🇺🇸, after work…it’s bill time.