UK cities are usually surrounded by a "Green Belt", where development is strictly regulated. So cities and towns don't just merge together.

I think the thing with the British weather is that is can be 29C on Monday, 12c on Tuesday, raining heavily and very windy Wednesday morning, and back to 29c by Wednesday afternoon. You never know if you need sunscreen or an umbrella.

You've got to remember North America is a continent, it's big enough to create it's own weather whereas the UK is a small island in the North Atlantic and gets it's weather 99% of the time from the sea.

In 1990 we stayed in a Motel about a mile from the nearest Town we stopped over in Kittitas Country Oregon, on "WALKING" into the small Town, we wondered why everyone was looking at us as they drove by....we were off to the local Bar, hence not taking the car. At one point the local Sheriff drove slowly past, eyeing us up. I said to the Wife that I bet he will possibly come into the Bar to check us out! It was a small Town with only a couple of Bars that we knew of....and he did. However on hearing our accent, we got into conversation about many things, including why he was checking us out....he said it was highly unusual to see anyone walking anywhere, hence why he was checking us out. As a consequence over the next couple of days, every time he drove by us (out walking again) he'd give a toot on the horn and a wave. Everywhere we went we found the people extremely friendly, even being invited to a local Rodeo event by some locals we met in the Bar.

I think the reason for us using our “sidewalks” is that we don’t have ridiculous zoning laws. Most of us have shops and pubs, parks and other amenities within walking distance.

Average annual rainfall in the UK is 74th it rains more on average in Japan and Switzerland, so it doesn't rain as much as non-natives think, the stereotype annoys me so much... Plus our rain is what creates the lush green countryside that tourists are so impressed with :)

Remember that the term “sidewalk” hardly exists in the UK; we call it the PAVEMENT

In a UK Restaurant there will be one rest room for Men, a different one for Women, and yet another one for disabled people. Elsewhere there will be multiple individual stalls which lock and have no gaps!

Large parts of the country are officially designated AONB - Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty - and are subject to planning restrictions. The South Downs is one such area.

In England I.have walked along a street in bright sunshine but the people on the opposite pavement were being rained on hard. A very strange experience. ,

Not all public (or semi-public) toilets are separate lockable rooms; many have a row of 5-6 urinals along with 4-5 cubicles [note: I'm only acquainted with the gents' rooms!] but the cubicles are still much more private than in the USA - no gaps at the sides of the doors, and the gap at the bottom is considerably less. Some restaurants have multiple mini-loos with a toilet and wash-basin in each one, which are frequently unisex. Some smaller coffee shops may well only have a single mini-loo for use by everybody. I now live in a medium sized town (population ~140,000) and I can be in open countryside in 10 minutes on a cycle. On the flip side, I grew up in Orange County, California, and it was built-up urban sprawl all the way to Los Angeles and beyond - 20+ miles.

Also in the UK there are also loads of public footpaths. You know, sidewalks without roads. In my little town, you can usually walk in a nearly straight line between any two points, without just following the roads. As there are footpaths through housing areas, and even across open fields.

The thing i love is that no matter where you live you are never far away from the sea. In the countryside, an area is protected and it's called The Green Belt.

Come on Tyler it's time you came over to see for yourself what the UK is like!!!

The gulf stream that keeps us wet in summer also keeps us warmer in winter. It's rare to get temperatures as low as -5c.

Due to being an island the UK's climate is primarily oceanic.

I’m not long back from a three week stay with my son and his family in the Chicago suburbs… the four of us went for a walk on my second evening so I could get a feel for the neighbourhood. We were out for and hour or so and saw only one other person who gave a friendly greeting as we passed. However we also got a lot of looks from drivers and some people on their verandas. Such a strange conceit!

The UK weather can depend on where you live. The whole of the UK does get rain 🌧️ but as our main weather comes in off the Atlantic the west seems to be the wettest. The north and north-east can be wet when the weather is coming from that direction. They say the driest area is East Anglia. Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex. At the moment we seem to get rain ☔ almost everyday. Hope the Jetstream starts bringing summer 🌞 soon!

What d'you mean, we're "rough around the edges"?? Excuse me? This, from a country where they don't know how to use a knife and fork.....

It depends where you live in the UK as to how much rain you get. London is drier than New York or LA for example. Now the west side of the UK particularly in the North can be a lot wetter as the UK's weather generally comes in from the Atlantic on the west coast.

The UK does not have a rain season and in fact it is one of the most temperate easy climates to live and grow things in, as far as weather goes it also very safe without natural disasters.

Statistics say that it rains on four out of seven days. That doesn't mean that it is raining all day though, it could just be a passing shower and if it is at night you might not even notice it.

Jaywalking is not a crime in the UK. You looked both ways and if a car is not really close then you just walk over the road. Walking is actually a pleasure in Europe!

as a general rule for English weather is the further north you go the colder and more rainy it is

I'm in Norwich England and 2 hour's ago we had a full blown thunderstorm the rain was about as heavy as it gets but now everything is bone dry and blue skies and sunshine 18°c at 7pm. Uk weather is pretty unpredictable for the most part.

The reason we tend to walk to places locally is a simple one. Trying to find somewhere to park the car isn't particularly easy in many areas and,when you do,it's bloody expensive in most cases.

I live in Yorkshire and in the autumn i go pick my own magic mushrooms from the hills liberty caps they are called 😊

Where I live in south west Lancashire (north west England) I can walk from one side of the town to the other without crossing a road by using underpasses and footbridges.

Rain: it's a good idea to carry a collapsible, compact umbrella when walking, if it looks like rain. I have heard it said that the climate of Britain resembles that of Hawaii - both are an archipelago subject to oceanic influences which tend to moderate their temperatures in winter and summer, and give them enough rain, although I suspect this may not be kind enough to Hawaii. The west of Britain gets a lot more rain than the eastern half. The prevailing wind is from the west, and laden with Atlantic water. Also, most of the hills are in the west, so the east is in the rain shadow. In fact, there is often a shortage of water in the south-east, if there have been a few weeks of dry weather.

I swear the more I watch this guy compare America to the UK, the worst America sounds, and how far behind they are to the rest of the world.

It's strange how you are aware of the climate differences throughout the US, but not the geographic differences throughout the US.

In UK, you are never more than 77 miles from the sea.

I was quite shocked whilst watching some videos on KZfaq about US and Canadian suburbs, and their lack of (sidewalks), or as we call them here in New Zealand, FootPaths.

The UK would be at around 16th place in the US based on mean rainfall. Less than Florida , less than Hawaii,around the same as Delaware. Also there's a distinct lack of tornadoes, earthquakes blizzards (on the whole) and extreme weather events . Temperate wet and warm.

We have 'green belts', which are areas around towns and cities that are protected from buildings, or anything. Also, within the urban areas there are lots of green spaces. Even a little village would most likely have a 'village green'. London is 46% park/green land❤

I would say most English people like Americans and welcome then. I spent several months in Tennessee and the people there were very friendly and welcoming to me so the feeling is mutual in my experience.

Hi Tyler. Regarding the UK weather, what you have to bear in mind is that the UK is at the same northern latitudes as Canada! It is the warm waters of the Gulf Stream that stop us being as cold as the latitude would normal imply. This tends to give us rain rather than snow. Weather systems tend to move from the west to the east as a generalisation, just think about the usual weather in the coastal areas of the state of Washington as an example. Anyway, keep up the great videos.

The thing is that New York gets more rain then London

I must have been lucky during my seven holidays I’ve spent in America. I can truly say I have only met charming, welcoming people. They always show a great interest in my homeland and in me personally. Never met a rude American, I guess I’ve been lucky

What else would you use a pavement/sidewalk for !? They are NOT everywhere. Villages might not have any at all. My grandkids have a half hour walk to school....each way ! Walking is usual in the UK! (5.56) " If lots of people were walking, I would feel more comfortable. It's OK if I walk " !? It depends where you live as to how much it rains. We don't call them STALLS IN THE BATHROOM/RESTROOM. We call them CUBICLES IN THE TOILET/LOO. Public loos are usually in rows not single. We don't have to flush our urinals . They flush automatically every few minutes. NOT " gotten used to". GOT used to ! If I walk 2 minutes from my house I am at farmers fields with crops and animals and countryside beyond.

We have many stall toilets too! Usually there's no gaps around but a lot above and below the door and sides. It's mainly disabled toilets that are fully enclosed or in some posher places 😂 most supermarkets for instance have a row of stalls. I've always wanted to visit the US, if I ever do I will bring something to cover the gaps haha 😂

When I heard he lived in the south downs, I realised why he has *such* a good view of England. It's not an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty for nothing.

Hi Tyler I know this is not specific to this particular video but it’s just to say my wife and thoroughly enjoy all your videos We were both born in the U.K. but your videos put things into an entirely different perspective, especially with regards to everyday things we take for granted and never question. It has definitely enabled us to see the differences between the U.k. and the states. We are quite touched by your affection for the U.k. If you ever need any ideas about things that may be of interest we would be more than happy to throw you some ideas of areas that might be of interest. Take care and carry on with the vids. Cheers Ian & Viv

The problem with the weather isn't the quantity of rain, but that regardless of the time of year, when planning ahead there is not one week where you can guarantee good weather, if you are planning one month in advance to do something its basically 50% that it will be raining in the middle of summer. We also spend most of the year overcast, slightly cold and a little damp with light rain and showers most of the time.

I'm 36 year old got 3 kids under 7 and have never owned a car, we walk everywhere and that's by choice

Live in Florida....weather extreme...hot summers....heavy rain...thunder and lightning!!

In US...people don't trust each other and more suspicious...tougher and less neibourly..more selfish.....in UK..more caring and kinder...

I remember staying in a hotel in New Your state somewhere on business. There was a small shop (store) no more than a hundred yards away. That's the sort of distance I can walk in maybe a minute or two. At home in the UK it would never have crossed my mind for a moment to use my car to visit my local Spar shop, which is probably twice that distance. But there in NY, there was absolutely no way physically to walk to that shop. It would have meant trying to negotiate somehow across roads with no crosswalks, no pedestrian bridges, nothing but the option of jaywalking. (Which is perfectly legal in the UK but apparently not in the US) and then walking along a dusty section of open ground to the paved area around the store.

Great Britain is a large island, for being an island, the weather varies a lot by region with the most populous area, the East and South-East (of England), being by far the driest parts of the isles. London itself is located in the South-East and gets about half the annual rainfall of cities like New York or Sydney. There is multiple reasons as to why the East and south-east are drier from them being flat to the multiple air masses which converge over the UK but ultimately it is a point that these parts of England are generally by far the driest parts of the UK, they can also be drought prone in summer. On the flip side, Lake district, Snowdonia and the Scottish Highlands get significant amounts of rain which is why those areas likely have some extremely green vegetation and grass. London gets about 0.58M of rainfall a year, compared to the over 4M that Lake District, Snowdonia and the Scottish Highlands all get.

This guy is soft spoken and appears very respectful and polite. Brits LOVE that, and I think this is why his experience with them has been so positive. Brits try to avoid talking to loud or brash people and may come across as rude or perhaps even aloof when faced with those types.

A massive difference is that although the US pop. is only 5x that of the UK, its geographic size is 41x.

Earlier this year we were on a cruise around South America. At one of the ports we wanted to know if we could walk from the ship into the nearest town so we asked one of the receptionists who was Spanish. Her answer was that, as we were European, walking would not be a problem for us.

A few years ago here in London it was warmer on Christmas day than on the 1st June

In the countryside there are 'public rights of way'. These can go anywhere, even across private land. They are all on the maps, available all over the country. As long as you stick to the 'public right of way' (foot path or track) you will be able to walk/ hike all over the countryside in the UK.

I really enjoy your videos. I love the humour and the way you try always to find a good reason why we Brits are as we are.

matthew loved living in england so much, he had to move back to the states lol.

It’s common for people in the UK to take part in sponsored walks or other such activities in order to raise funds for various charities, it might only be the entire student body that takes part to raise funds to support a school in a third world country that the school has partnered up with. The children will usually seek sponsorship from their parents and grandparents, who will set a limit of a set amount for each child no matter how many circuits of their chosen route they manage to complete, or they might be sponsored for the number of circuits that they manage to complete in a set time scale. Alternatively people who are slightly older and independent will raise sponsorship funds by completing one of the many long distance walks that have been created on one of the many long distance walking footpaths that criss- cross the UK such as the Pennine way which is normally a 2 to 3 week trip, either utilising some of the Hostels or boarding houses en route or by wild camping. The types of recipients of the funds raised by these sponsorships vary from a person in need of some form of medical treatment that is only available in other countries to projects to help repair damaged buildings that are not eligible for funding from the local authorities or government agencies. In simple language the people of the UK are quite happy to walk to raise money for many reasons, but we would always prefer to let someone else make the effort and pay for their time and energy.

My first hearing about suburban sprawl was in 1981 when Kim Wilde sang "Outside a new day is dawning, outside suburbia's sprawling everywhere" in her debut single 'Kids In America'. Where I live was once termed 'semi-rural' when I moved in 20 years ago as I was right on the edge of suburbia and the countryside with suburbia on my immediate southeast and the countryside to the northeast and west of me. Now the fields all around me have since been turned into suburbia, all within the space of ten years when before that, my house was one of the last to be built in this area back in the early 1930s. Suburban sprawl has ramped up and become relentless.

The bathrooms in America were designed to stop drug use also they are cubicles but they have no gaps and there are loads of urinals

London is like a lot of villages/small towns, all conjoined, which each have their own character, & centres, people can meet others regularly in the stores & cafes, pubs etc. Only when you go to the most touristy parts of the city do you lose that community feel. Having said that, the main part that visitors go to can actually feel quite manageable, especially with all the transport options,(buses are ideal for sightseeing from the top deck as you travel from one site to another You can easily walk, via parks even, from one landmark to the other, which is amazing when you consider that London is twice the size of New York !! 💖🇬🇧🇺🇲🙋‍♀️

On average it rains 4 days in every 7. Or 200 days a year. It's not very cold here. Temperature is usually between 50f and 70f

Really like your whole attitude to comparing the cultures, analytical and pretty objective. As a Brit, it’s interesting to hear your side of the cultural story. Nice work.

I live in a town in the North East of England. About 200 years ago there were 5 tiny villages here, which over time grew to became this one town, with a current population of about 70,000. Surrounding here is pretty much just open country for about 20 miles, obviously there are a few villages and farms in that space, and a two-way motorway link (highway).

To clarify the Toilet issue. Its not VERY common to have singular self contained bathrooms, however they are increasing in certain places, especially where a higher capacity is not required, as multiple singular bathrooms doo take more space than a series of stalls/shared sinks. However, they can be made unisex/gender neutral, as well as have better facilities for baby changing, etc. We do usually have seperate bathrooms for disabled/baby change cases.

Near where I live in Peterborough there's one of the city's commercial hubs with four supermarkets, various other businesses and a big office building. Cross the main road walking and you are in a little suburban bit with houses. Carry on for about three minutes and there is an incongruous rural looking gate and if you go through it, suddenly the city is just gone and you are on a footpath through farmland! Wide open fields and trees as far as you can see, sheep, cows... Keep going and look back and the city just ends in a straight line! It's surreal. The traffic noise is replaced by birdsong and there are horses hanging out leaning over a fence to say hi.

Years ago tv weather forecasts only showed the UK and gave the impression that it only rained in Britain, so Brits became self-deprecating about the weather. Nowadays the weather forecast shows the whole of Western Europe and we can see the moving rain belts covering much of West Europe including Britain. Britain is not meteorologically isolated from continental west Europe.

sprawling - spread out over a large space, there is not any gaps between what used to be seperate villages, which have gradually expanded into each other to become one big town

If you live in a village, its most likely in the countryside. The villages are small and always surrounded by fields and mountains. You might have one small-ish shop. But not really big companies. Also basically all of the uk is countryside so thats why there is such a big difference between city and countryside

Everything he mentioned is in all parts of the UK and not just in England though Tyler. In rest rooms there will be several cubicles or stalls, but totally private and lockable too.

Definitely rains a lot in the north west, he certainly gets better weather in the Downs. We certainly get dry and wet periods, been dry for over a month, and now it's been raining (showers) for a month. All depends on the mood of that jet-stream, which is the main factor that controls our weather. We are a temperate climate, but it's definitely not dependable, one of the main things people talk about in polite conversation with strangers and associates is the weather. We complain about it all the time.

rain does not bother a brit, we know 4 seasons in one day, sun, rain, wind, sunny evening, we still go, we have picnic in rain, hot tub winter, BBQ snow on the ground, if you really get wet, hey we go in pub toilet, dry off under hand dryer, good to go

i work20 miles away so i use my car but in the week i walk past my car and will always walk everywhere in my own town even if it is 30 mins away i enjoy walking

The countryside in England is not that different from much of mainland Europe but there are hedgerows, something you don't see everywhere. Ireland is also good for hedgerows and they make a great habitat for many small bird species.

If you live on the Pennines. It's usually raining, often cold, then unexpectedly hot. That's just a summer day. Drizzle is the most common weather the rest of the year.

Hi tyler enjoyed a lot and your so cheery happy thank you brightens our day enjoy this week have a good one

tyler i live in northe east, i swear on my heart yesterday weather, sunny morning, it is summer, 11am clouds came over black ones, it rained 30 mins, then 10 mins hale stones, that passed, lovely evening, we sat in the garden with few drinks in the sun till 9pm

I have walked in our countryside and there were no pavements, just roads...so scary. We have had a drought almost every year in South East of England. Local Pub has 2 cubicles (stalls) each. But the bathroom bit is separate. This guy andd family live where I live in rural Sussex, lucky him... near the South Downs, seaside too. Also you have to come here to experience the "atmosphere", like when we travel to other countries.

From my experience after living several years in the uk, that rain is very variable and really depends on area as well as time of year. Several weather systems meet in the Uk creating frequent rainstorms but unlike American and Canada these rains move off quckly. It is quite common to be sunny one minute have 20 minutes of rain and then back to sun unlike North America's all day affairs. Also I found Scotland actually got a great deal more rain and overcast days, more in line with the all day type of weather.

The Ocean, nomatter the size of the land mass, has a cooling effect during the Summer months and a warming effect during the Winter months. Ergo, the further away one lives from any body of water the warmer it will be during the Summer and the cooler it will be during the Winter. It`s basic fluid mechanics.

Where I livein the English Midlands our average rainfall is 25 inches, in Cincinnati the average is 48 inches, we Have around 10 days of rain in August but remember that to be included as a rainy day it only needs 1mm of rain to fall, perhaps in a short shower. I live in a very small rural village and we are only 10 miles south of Leicester, 10 miles north of Northampton, and between 1 and 6 miles from good sized towns. and 30 miles from Birmingham. He should have mentioned safety, almost no guns, eving normal poilice aren't armed.

I noticed this was filmed in my home town of Eastbourne, a coastal town in the south east. I'm not surprised he liked the weather as we're known as "the sunniest place in the UK". It's also a gateway town to the beautiful South Downs National Park.

Walking places used to be the default mode of transport. Most people walked to places that were, literally within walking distance. Note also, that the public transport system in the UK is better developed, and as such, anywhere that's not within walking distance can be travelled by bus within town. This being one step up from walking. It's only within the last 40+ years that the motor car has become more of a default mode of transport, meaning more and more people travel even short distances by car, purely because it's deemed more convenient to do so. I always found walking to be quite therapeutic, in that you not only got exercise, but you could spend the time contemplating all manner of things on your journey. One great advantage of going by foot is no need for parking spaces.

It has rained above average this month due to a jet stream from the U.S. so, thanks for that! Most of May and June was glorious weather. We do seem to get all your country's remnants, left over blizzards, hurricanes and small tornadoes now and again.

With toilet, it can be either. Toilet on it's own or a toilets with urinals and doors for the actual toilet in a cubicle

Not sure if anyone else has commented on the amount of Pedestrianisation" that has occurred in central areas of many of our towns and cities in recent decades. Many of the old roads have been paved over and affordable car parking virtually disappeared.

The guy in the vi is SUPER nice, welcome to the uk young man, hope you have a happy life here mister

I can *walk* from my city centre studio to open countryside (farms and stuff) in half an hour. From the town I live in, I walk to the end of our street - half a mile - and I'm in open country.

It’s 17 July and currently 71 degrees and sunny in London. If we get snow in the winter in London, an inch is enough to stop traffic. A heat wave is 80 or above. Rarely do we hit 90 for one day.

I was in Chicago 30 years ago. There were stores about 1/4 Mike from the apartment I was in. I walked to the store and noticed that I got quite a few people giving me strange looks lol

😂 In some of the smaller stores and cafes their is only one restroom for male and female with two or three stalls with a sink and hand dryer in each room

I've always found it funny how the US names things quite literally. 'Sidewalk' - You are technically walking at the side of the road. We call it a 'pavement' or a 'path'. 'Seeing-Eye-Dog': It's a dog that sees for you if you're blind, for example. We call it a 'Guide Dog'. 'Horseback riding': You are technically riding on the horse's back. We call that 'horse riding'. There's probably a load of other examples but these three stick in my mind.

Regarding the weather it depends where you live in the UK in the north it is typically slightly cooler and they often get the snow in winter where in the south its typically slightly warmer and if we do get snow its not much. We tend to find spring is when we get alot of rain (we do have rainy days at other times, on and off, but spring is commonly wet)

I realised you can get the American toilet experience in Costco! Massive gaps top and bottom, although they have put somer rubber straps along the hinges so you can't see through any vertical gaps!

Bit of a clarification on the weather in the UK. It's not any rainier in terms of volume than most temperate parts of the US, but it's extremely changeable due to where it is geographically. A normal day won't contain a lot of rain but when it changes from sunny to cloudy to windy to rainy and back to sunny literally 5-10 and sometimes more per day, it feels like a lot. Impossible to plan for too, so we likely get caught in the rain more/it's a nuisance.

In uk places like pubs might have just one or two toilet rooms but big restaurant chains, shopping malls/centre, motorway service stops will have huge bathrooms with multiple enclosed stalls. That feel like your own private room but the sinks aren’t in the toilet stall.

Many major US cities have higher rainfall than major UK cities, however that doesnt translate into the number of days on which there is rain. Theres plenty of 'showers' and 'drizzley' days in the UK. Where I perceive in the US theres a lot more sun, then some serious rain when it does rain.

Public toilet provision in England depends on the location and venue. Large venues like theatres, sports stadiums etc will provide urinals and cubicles in the gents' restrooms. In smaller venues like cafes and restaurants there may be a small number of individual cubicles with wash basins beyond or individual rooms with washbasins included.

I don't know where he is living but the majority of public restrooms have urinals and stalls not a separate room. The only difference is that the stalls are a lot more private over here. Those with separate rooms are more than likely small companies and therefore do not need large rest rooms. Or like the gym that I go to they have both. The larger restroom for the majority of people and a small separate restroom for disabled people.

He’s living in a lovely place , the South Downs. We have a policy where the ‘greenbelt’ it’s protected from being built on. But at the moment that’s causing problems because we have a huge housing shortage.

Uk loos:a lot have been closed in recent decades due to costs and female facilities especially in older places,eg theatres,are inadequate and so big queues.There are proper cubicles with locks:but sometimes the locks are broken and the walls are more likely to be wooden or metal than tiled brickwork (especially in newer establishments and offices,etc🎩