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I would miss the organic healthfood stores and restaurants; other countries have these, but they are usually very small or far and few between ❤

I'd miss the weather, the music, the natural beauty, the squirrels in my backyard

I wouldn't miss the religion and the politics talk. If I lived overseas.

You are so pretty

I live in the US. You said the truth. It is evil. And the white Americans are completely oblivious to their plight.

You made it to the other side, congrats!

Every time I travel abroad it reminds me how many issues I have in the USA but at the same time how many blessings. Every individual is different, so there is no perfect country. I am considering moving back to my country or living abroad at some point in the future mostly because of the cost of living and division here. It's sad but I'm hopeful we can turn this trend around in the next 10 years.

@@gugy68 you are delusional. The USA is an occult abomination

Yes , well stated . Healthcare and Social Tensions / Political division .

@@mitchellgeisen1073 I say that all the time. Well put.

The Almighty Dollar rules the USA. NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

I mean, it’s still the same racist and classist place it’s ALWAYS been

@@Wee_Catalyst…that because *_you’re_* the racist

@@Wee_Catalyst Western countries are the least racist countries in the world, they're only called racist because people can leverage that label for power and people in the west are so afraid of being seen as evil. Visit any non-western country and you'll be shocked by the amount of racism

I just took a four hour train ride today. Love it so much! I never want to get off the train 😄

REAL TRAINS too, not like the rusty garbage in the USA

I was riding a HST in Italy... I was so comfortable and enjoyed the ride. The US... Amtrak lol. I hate flying in the US too.

BRAVO .... the USA is SO FAR BEHIND the rest of the REAL WORLD, IT will never catch up, BIDEN is doing his best to REPAIR all the damage every REPUBLICAN did to RUIN the country but it's like pushing a huge rock UPHILL with one hand tied behind your back @@Richard.Cabeza

And wine and beer on board!

And machine guns to rent 😮

I'm from here in the u s and I hate them

Plus endless tv ads for medicines and healthcare treatments.

And all you can eat breakfast for a $.99 at Big Boys!

Plus at every road junction swinging in the wind you have identical ads for Arby’s Roast Beef, Subway, the latest local Chevy retailer flogging this seasons best truck deal etc etc

There was a restaurant in New York that banned tipping and instead just added it to the prices on the menu so that the staff would get a living wage. Trade dropped drastically even though the customers weren't paying a cent more. The owner had to end the trial or go bust. Customers only look at the prices on the menu.

Totally. It is a factor of employers who do not want to pay a living wage. They lay the guilt on us. It is becoming common to hear, They cannot live without your tips...! I am not talking bout waters/waitresses.I am talking about counter personnel who ring up an order. Or some such.

Totally agree with you. Employers in the US are too cheap to pay a living wage to their employees. Why should customers, eating out, have to subsidize a servers wages because the employer won't pay them a living wage.

Yes, I've stopped going out so much because of this...

Go to Italy, Greece, Egypt, Jamaica and several other countries that are not Northern Europe. Tipping is essential to the wait staff, and the economy.

Yeah and any pissed off American with his or her firearm would threaten you if someone was fully against their side.

And their talking about what they perceive to be reality when it is uninformed and entrenched.

I lived in a country that was seen the same way. Friendly and laid back. There were some that liked the idea of hanging out with an American. They were more open minded and friendly. But the general public was different. Once they figured out you're not a tourist they could possible make money from their attitudes changed. Probably rightly so. It's a hard life and everything you do all day has to be geared towards making a living. Most people projected everything bad that they've ever heard about the USA on you. Nothing about being calm or more tolerant just more abusive and intolerant. I never saw so many disheartened and unhappy people in all my life. One time I said good morning to someone on the street. They replied "I don't have to say good morning if I don't want too!". Why? Because he was unhappy with his situation and Americans are seen as privileged people abroad. Compared to them we are. Even middle class USA is rich in their eyes. The average salary there was $400 a month. Before taxes and health insurance were removed. That was minimum wage in 2021. I know because I had a business there. FYI.. I always paid over minimum wage. Keep in mind that prices for everything were comparable to USA prices. The only exception was fresh produce. Lack of regulation had prices way above what the average person could afford. Essentials for daily living like shampoo and toothpaste were 3 times the price in the USA because you need them every day and there is no regulation to keep companies from price gouging. Some regulation is good. They had no way to get out of lower class poverty. The class system there was strictly enforced. If you're not in the proper class you didn't get the job or the apartment. Stepping up in class is very difficult. Some would say impossible. I knew people that lived paycheck to paycheck their entire lives and worked from dusk to dawn. And they still struggled with enough to eat or essentials for their families. I was living in the most prosperous country on the continent. That didn't matter. What people thought of you did. They had discrimination and prejudice within their own race. Isn't that worse racism? Certainly not open and friendly. It was and still is a strictly classed society to keep a working class enslaved in a daily grind with no hope of escape. With no hope they are very bitter and unhappy. Mental illness is prolific. They know that Americans have the ability to move from class to class if you get an education and work hard. Doing it there wasn't a guarantee of success. Even if you have the best credentials you still need to know somebody to get the best jobs. We can get those jobs if we have the credentials and talent. That's depressing for them and leads to all sorts of social disfunction. The grass is not always greener on the other side. Dip your toe in and see what you find. It may come back out of the water and it may go missing. @matrices3987 Sorry for the long winded post. I know you were being more subtle. Just find it hard to stop when I get going. There is such a misconception about living abroad. -Jeff ve,

@@icoder445 What area of the world were you in?

​@@lisagrace6471 We lived in Vina Del Mar, Chile. Considered to be a top destination in the most prosperous and USA like country in South America.

@@icoder445 Well that is relative.... you have the money you have the access...try being a Bolivian, a Peruvian....etc and see if the Chileans will see you, treat you the same way

@@atta1798 Hello, I think your point is a little off based on what I experienced and still know to be happening in Chile. We have family in Chile. Sure, having the money get's you access to things. However if you have a society designed to hold the class that you were born in under the thumb of the rich and powerful everything is stacked against you. Look at Russia for example. There is a strictly enforced class structure in Chile. And that's not the government imposing it. It's the people. They look at you and decide if you get in to their class or not. Be it an everyday job, a government job or political post. They decide if you advance in society. I have several relatives with degrees and they have a hard time finding work. The ones that are working are doing blue collar manual labor or very low income work. Construction, cleaning, restaurant work ... That's one reason why young men want to get into the police force/carabineros or the military. If you can get in, in other words, if you know the right people, you'll get a shot at way out. Otherwise you're on the outside looking in. I know it sounds arcane but it is real in some societies. My nephew went through the process as a Carabinero Cadet but was washed out. He got the shot because his grandfather was an officer in the Carabineros. I'm not saying that it doesn't happen without bias. I am saying it is extremely difficult to make the transition up to one class from another. Much easier in the USA. I went through the process of getting a green card - cedula in Chile. At the time there was a huge influx of Venezuelan refugees. I am married to a Chilean and I got no special preference over Venezuelans, Columbians, Peruvians or any other nationality. Even the Chileans didn't get a preference over anyone else. In the USA there's a line for US citizens and a line for everyone else. Our business was next door to a Venezuelan restaurant owner. There were other businesses with owners from other Latin American countries, Arab countries, Asian countries and others. We got along really well with all of them. As far as I could tell they integrated into the Chilean society easily, The only real problem was an increase in crime due to the large influx of Venezuelan immigrants. I guess they didn't do a good enough job screening at the border. There were a lot of people coming across the border illegally into Chile. Crime was probably a result of being without the proper paperwork to get a job. There was a sudden increase in street vendors. People trying to make it without the paperwork and without participating in crime. That provoked a tighter enforcement on having the papers for street vending and a vicious cycle ensued. -Jeff

Don’t you mean guns

I never in my life saw dogs in banks, restaurants, public transport and other public places until I went to Europe.

That is so true.

To be fair....dogs rule. People on the other hand.....?.....not always

@@iron_bison People could learn a lot from a loyal dog

exactly

@@ImOk... SO MANY countries DO NOT HAVE the problems the US has, many of them are POOR comparedly

ZERO REASON TO STAY

Don't worry because greed in America will be a thing of the past and America reduced to a third world country, as we struggle to feed, house and provide an education for the poor migrants coming into the US. 300,000 in the December alone. I am sure you will want to come back and help us to improve the lives of all these people through governmental wealth redistribution schemes.

I wouldn't mind helping improve the lives of people who are running for their lives rather than continue to support unethical and criminal people trying to keep them out.

Good point. When I lived in Spain I thought nothing about taking an evening stroll. Here? I won't even drive by myself at night and when I do I have doors and windows locked and the access to 911. Talking about living in paranoia and this is in deed our lifestyle. Car jackings, mall shootings, and on and on and on.

In Europe they make a lot of common sense laws. The US could learn a few things about protecting the population. People, not just “consumers”.

I make it a point to actively AVOID companies with blatant in your face and eff you advertising. I very rarely get cold callers due to the Data Protection laws in Europe, but those that do get rebuffed in good naval language. (But having just driven from the UK to Norway via Denmark and Sweden, I was shocked by the very high cost of the Oresund bridge into Sweden! We avoided it on the return journey)

It does get ridiculous

Car dealers

@@TravelingwithKristin Protecting the population from what, whom? In the US we pride ourselves in not allowing the government to intrude too far into individual property rights and other areas as they do in Europe - cradle to grave. It's what make the US unique and why most of us our proud of our country - warts and all. And People are "consumers".

Fast food is in Europe too. People need to just learn how to cook again. I think the Pandemic helped people rediscover good food just by cooking at home.

So much better. 🍽️

Nahha I’m certainly cooking more since the pandemic

@@nahha9529 Totally agree with needing to cook more. I'm guilty of that myself.

@@nahha9529 yes, there's fast food in Europe as well, but it's better than the fast food crap in the US, plus you have tons of small, family owned restaurants where you can choose from at a very affordable price compared to the US.

😊 Thank you for your kind words, Temple. I'm truly touched to know that my content resonates with you and inspires your travels. Keep exploring, and don't stop following your heart! 🌍🌟❤️😄

Hello Traveller - Have you been to Seville? It is beautiful and peaceful and ancient.

@@TravelingwithKristinyour videos are quite inspirational and aspirational!!

I hope you find your home...

Someone once said that TV is the thief of life - I tend to agree (video games and mobile phones too of course)

I DVR everything and watch it at the point I can skip over all the commercials. If I were unable to do that, I certainly would not watch anything at all.

TV free since 2007

Same. I can't remember the last time I watched regular TV channels (we don't pay for cable). Now that we have Netflix and Prime videos we can pick and choose our shows without commercials.

Great advice here. Congrats everyone!

I heard of one US city where bridges over new roads to new housing areas were built deliberately low so that buses couldn't use the roads. This forced the owners of the new houses to use a car as the only alternative. The car industry also had a big hand in destroying the streetcar/tramcar companies to boost car ownership.

​@@nevillemason6791I think you will find it was Standard Oil.

And no one with power wants to change it. I'm over it too.

@@LisaSoulLevelHealing I'm in South Lake Tahoe and there is no direct bus to Vegas. Have to go North to Reno first. For Sacramento/SF, there is only ONE bus a day and you get to SF around 8pm, meaning you have to get a hotel room right before going to bed.

It’s such a travesty

​@@TravelingwithKristinYou have huge conflict in Europe every now and then, as a result we have a huge size of Bosnian refugees where I stay. U.S has problems just like any other country but these refugees thrive here in this Midwest metro area where cost of living is not as high as in Florida, California, New York. It is a bigger " travesty " for most of Europe if Putin blows up the ZZNP in Ukraine. Radiation fall out, prices of food and energy will go up, currency depreciation, huge refugee problem, as I said war or conflict would always occur in Europe. Are you heading to Costa Rica if Putler decides to light up the biggest nuke plant in Europe?

It's a disaster and no one does anything about it.

Vigorously?

Are we?

I don’t think so

Wish there was a damn sight more resistance.

Support your small, local businesses

You must have bl%%dy good hearing to be in Cornwall and still hear the sound of Bow bells. Ha Ha! COYI.

@@HappyHammer69 didn’t you know? Bow church is now housing “refugees” The bells have gone as the new residents were offended by them.

Yeah, that sums up America - all billboards. Just a really terrible place

The media. Don't be a pawn. It's not that serious.

been travelling Europe for 6 months, across 13 countries. have not been threatened or harassed once. it's way safer out here no question. much more respect as well. walked the streets at night alone in many countries even Bulgaria. currently in Albania now and no issues. it's night and day compared to most major american cities.

Gun violence statistics and numbers are real. And more states are allowing anyone over a specific age to open carry - with no training. Gun violence is real is this country, not a figment of media imagination. BTW, i grew up on a farm, have been trained to shoot safely since age 8, have a concealed carry license - and I’m worried about the loose cannons here with tempers, no self control, and a firearm on their hip with no safety training whatsoever.

@@LisaSoulLevelHealing Really? A quick google search...US gun deaths so far this year = 37,040 - UK = 162

I completely forgot to mention that. I talked about crime in this video though kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i7dhidyhzJ7akqs.html

Thank you so much, JohnJames.

Brilliant, where have you moved to?

@@anthonym3351 probably where you'd least expect--northern England, near Newcastle upon Tyne.

@@michellemaine2719 ahh cool, the geordies are my favourite English people, hope brexit hasn't messed things up too much for you!

Good for you dear, I'm truly happy for you, most people would have not taken the risk that you took, real people and less stress in the UK, I hope you agree. 5 years, wonderful.

@@rbnhd1144 thank you. I love life here. Honestly it is Britain's nature, gardening, and walking culture that's been a lifesaver. There is nothing better for my mind than getting out on the walking paths, putting one foot in front of the other, and admiring the stunning scenery at the same time. You have to drive for ages in the states to get somewhere you can do this on public land. There are no public footpaths. Problem is you're working yourself to exhaustion and don't even have the energy for it when you have a little time off. The people in the North are particularly humble, and generally very considerate. I haven't spent much time in the South, perhaps I'd like it there less.

Not knowing the language is always and interesting challenge for me. Being surrounded by English is boring.

@@chipsnmydip Except when it's useful to you?

@@Bertie22222 As a last resort.

@@chipsnmydip Really

Me too!!!🎉 It's a lighter world when you don't have to listen or care what everyone is talking about. The ignorance filter is bliss!!❤ I prefer to enjoy my own thoughts.

You were shocked that prices are cheaper in europe or seattle? You wrote even the "cheap" options, which makes it sound more expensive..

@@toddl.3454 shocked at the high food prices in seattle

Have you been to Heathrow and its environs lately? Anything near or on an airport is expensive!

@@patrickdougherty6390 thanks for the pro tip. We travel the world full time, and this is not the case.

What is preventing you from moving back to Ireland? I would guess a plane ticket would be a big cost but I have been living in Ireland from Michigan for 17 years and don't find anything more expensive except housing.

@peggygraham6129 Ireland has a housing problem also, and I like warm weather, Ireland is cold and damp. But mostly the cost of housing and living, my $1000 a month income wouldn't cover the cost of living there whereas it would in Asia.

​@@peggygraham6129He said he finds Ireland more expensive to live ! It's true Ireland is not a cheap place to live !! Irish people told me they don't feel they are rich,although the country is rich now !!💜🥁🐉🎤🎶✈️💞

I really hope your situation will be better very soon !!!Stay safe !🙏 💜🥁🐉🎤🎶✈️💞

Corporate feudalism is the current political system in the US.

So friendly! Just talked about that a couple weeks ago kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i7dhidyhzJ7akqs.html

and respectful...it is so refreshing.

Americans are only friendly to their friends and social groups. They treat strangers like shit on their shoe.

Altough I know what you mean, as a non-american, I'd have to say friendliness is probably one of the American's best traits. On average you guys are pretty friendly.

So great to hear, guys! I hope we can connect somewhere on the continent this year - enjoy the great food and relaxed pace of life!

Indigestion from all the garbage we eat, lol

Exactly Lucianne!

Where are you from Flumpah?

A small town called Chadderton, about 6 miles from Manchester (UK)

I visited my cousin in Boston, MA in 1993. TV news then was full of shootings and murders, live was the funeral of a police officer that had been shot. One story was chap shot his girl friend and baby in the street. Shocking.

Thank you Bruce 🙏🙏

My kids visited Amsterdam and called it "creepy" because they thought everything looked the same. I suppose it's one's perspective.

​@@MNP208 Amsterdam is beautiful. Beautiful architecture, canals, museums, bicycle culture, people. Maybe they will appreciate it when they are older.

GUNS are nothing more than an OVER COMPENSATION for a real PP, a brain that works and gonads

. Please break your writing into paragraphs! This is called - wall of text. Last week I read a Facebook post about wall of text from Dana, my friend who writes cookbooks and health related articles. They were several people who agreed how fatiguing it is to read through a massive block of text. I have given up on reading these massive comments. Using paragraphs is a 9th grade, English class skill. .

What confounds me about the dearth of Big Pharma's advertising is that they are the most crooked and rich businesses in the country! The role of a pharmaceutical rep is to invade doctor's offices during a work day so they can make a sale. Where does this greed come from?

It only gets worse.....

And I hate to say this - adding to the negativity- but I am a senior and that hope that one lives by finally becomes the reality: It "ain't" gonna happen". - it gets worse. I am ready to leave the US even as a senior and truly believe my mental health would improve immensely.

Hi Michelle, great idea for a video! I will add this to the list :)

Street dogs, not sweet

as a little kid I wondered this silently to myself- why the news was SO heavy and graphic and gruesome...why not other positive stuff? And why graphic descriptions?

In America it's more prevalent. But all media is meant to disenpower people with FEAR. Don't watch the news anywhere. It's not smart. And it doesn't add anything to your life.

It is in not uniquely American but other rich developed countries don’t have this problem and lots of poorer countries undeveloped countries are also safer

And Fat Ugly American Human Beings

Maybe, it's because we can see any Doctor when we need to,,, or have elected surgeries anytime we "want" to... and we get to chose our own doctor and have the surgery without a big wait!!

Americans put up with all these things esp the healthcare system because we are kept ignorant of the rest of the world. Americans have no idea that anything can be done better than what they experience, and big interests prefer it that way. And we are also among the most heavily propagandized society on Earth.

​@@jjohn4874Bullshit. Absolute nonsense.

@@jjohn4874 This may be true, but we have to pay $2,000 (on the low end) to $9,000 out of pocket before our insurance will kick in. Women are telling me it costs $15,000 out of pocket to have a baby these days. When I had my kids in the early 1990s it was free. Our health care costs are out of control. I work in the health care system.

It really is! I'm a Brit in my 50s and my country still fascinates and charms me. From a beautiful church to an old monument with a disturbing history , I absolutely love it. Oxford is my home town and there is so much to see with London less than an hour away. There is so much to discover, learn and enjoy.

Well because of insanity of Brexit we have that too.

If you return, make sure to watch the reverse culture shock video, first! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aLR1gaWdqKvIaYE.html

She was talking, about Billboards. I totally agree with her on that.

@@sandrabentley8111 She mentioned pharmaceutical commercials.

Me too!!

Common sense! Refreshing

No place is perfect when it's full of people

Thank you, Daniel. I wonder the same thing!

Always cracks me up: "Ask your gastroenterologist"......well, that's just it - I don't retain any personal "gastroenterologist" !!

Just don't watch them! 🤷‍♀

I never watch t.v. but once at a friends i saw a pharmaceutical commercial with the endless warnings at the end. that was truly shocking! huh?

Unreal! Should not be normalized. ^also agree with @rschier 😂

😂 that was also my pet peeve

Interesting. In the dominican republic there was always a load of noise from a man shouting on the street, it turned out he was shouting for people who have scrap metal. EVERYDAY! So noisy with motorbikes. I could never live there

Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm thrilled that you enjoyed the video and found the analysis helpful. Your support means a lot to me @brianjones5033! 😊

Also, having so many billboards in the United States, is flat out ugly !!

I don't get your logic. It's the farmers land he can do what he wants. You don't have to look at the trailer sign. Keep your eyes on the road and find other things to complain about!

No he cannot. Roadside advertising requires planning permission, and using trailers in fields is a blatant attempt to evade planning laws. It's only lawful to advertise on a vehicle if its primary purpose is as a vehicle, so a trailer in a field is not lawful. The law exists to prevent unnecessary distractions and accidents and to avoid eyesores in the landscape.@@voice.of.reason

It's a field. It's the farmers land. It is not a sign. It's a trailer (mobile) with a sign on it that just happens to be visible at times to the motorist. Not illegal. It's attitudes like yours that really spoil the UK. You must live a very sad life if that is all you can complain about, there are far worse things happening in this country, like the knife crime all over the UK, especially Croydon!@@davidjones332

And even then you could be randomly killed by a crazy person with a gun

Money does not help evrybody to have good life in the US.

Thank you; yes I found the rent and food prices very reasonable in Lofoten where I was living

Twice as expensive in Norway or in the UK? Sorry that isn't clear.

@@antjee NORWAY is twice as expensive as you are not taxed on your income the government makes its money from taxation of goods, mostly imports so food, alcohol pretty much everything YOU PURCHASE is twice the price, for example in dollars a Big Mac meal was about $20 in UK about $6, a bottle of UK whiskey about $70 UK around $25 and a meal in reasonable restaurant about $100 UK about $40

​@gmdhargreaves Are you sure Norway has no income tax? Only taxing goods and services would be very regressive as it would hit lower income citizens who have, perforce, to spend a much higher proportion of their income on food, clothing, etc. This would result in the poorer citizens paying a higher proportion of their income in tax than the richer. I don't believe that this can be true as Norway scores highly in the areas that lead to a good quality of life, and one of the most important of these is equality.

@@52power I never payed tax on my income working for a software company for the best part of 2 years and was payed much better than I would have been I London, Norway doesn’t really have poor people, only those that choose through life choices to be homeless, and even those are well looked after. Yes it’s a system that works, you use free education to get a great job and pay your taxes through buying goods it makes sense too me and… for me makes Norway a great place to live, the poorer people are those that don’t work but still live less than crude lives compared to all other countries

You said the magic word "CHOICE(S)"

Agree. But now a days google is no less. You search a keyword and it starts pumping related ads.

This. The fear culture! There are people in my town that are afraid of the homeless

Don't fool yourself there's crime over there too

​@@WildlifeWarrior-cr1kkEurope though, has a lower crime rate overall than the US.

@@kevinmalone3210 I believe it

In the area I live just outside of, it is the opposite of safe.

Most of Asia is extremely safe, even for solo traveller's.