A german school that would want their students to speak an oath to the german flag at the start of school day would be closed and the teachers who had the idea fired.

i think most of people in EU know at least 30% of states, where americans can't point 2 countries in EU

I think the problem most people perceive with american suburbs is,due to the zoning laws it’s just houses. No shops,no pubs or schools or community centres,nothing to make where you live anything other than a dormitory.

i think as an european knowing countries is more useful and important than knowing states in one country

the main issues raised with American-style suburbs is that their designs a) create excessive traffic, b) waste excessive amounts of land and c) create a massive maintenance burden for roads and utilities on local municipalities relative to the ability to generate tax revenues for maintaining said roads and utilities, etc (and on the subject of grass lawns, they might make sense in some states, but trying to maintain a lawn in a desert is an absolute waste of water)

About the flag. I only see it on 4 occasions: when I visit a government office, when it's a national holiday (like independence day), when there's some important international sports match (like world cup classifications), or when there's a protest. This reminds me a short by an American KZfaqr that lives in Italy, that said people exaggerated about the American flag and how it was everywhere, until she went back and was shocked. You don't notice it because it's normal to you.

If I walk around for 15min in a german suburb, there is at least 1 bank, 1 supermarket, 1 pharmacy, 1 kindergarden, 1 school, 1 doctor, 1 dentist, 1 bakery, 1 lotto/newspaper store and lots of other small bussinesses (usually craftsmen) and probably at least one bus stop or even a tram stop as well.

in France we rarely see our flag anywhere else than on public institution buildings (except during the world cup) here it's considered as fascism (especially here because most of local cities were communists during decades) About Football supporters: a match between Paris and Marseille is always considered as a war by the authorities (people fight each other, car burns etc..... and the next day, everything comes back to calm)

Gasoline prices ((US Gallon, U.S. Dollar) US: $3.375 Poland: $5.844 Spain: $6.301 Austria:$6.319 Sweden: $6.528 UK: $6.694 Ireland: $6.899 Germany: $7.128 France: $7.289 Italy: $7.294 Greece: $7.469 Netherlands: $7.872 Iceland: $8.749 Monaco: $8.751 (Source: Global Petrol Prices)

Probably too long for you to read but I tried to be fair. 4:05 I have lived in NC and Germany. And to be honest: We had amazing neighbors in NC but the whole suburbia part felt soooo soulless. It was just a copy of a copy of a copy standing next to each other. Everyone's frontyard was empty. Just grass. No trees and bushes for birds, bees and wildlife. No flower beds. We didn't have access to a sidewalk. The roads were big and we lived in a roundabout at the end but going jogging or walking on hot days was a pain. It was 15 minutes suburbs until we came to a small creek with some trees that contained a small round path trough the shade for only another 15-20 minutes. In Germany we have great neighbors as well. Some of the Germans I've grown close to but where I live I'm in constant contact with US Americans and they make the best neighbors! We have tons of bushes, natural mulch, different trees (even apple trees), wild bees living in brickstone holes. Each house is different. Everything is walkable. People have such high trees and bushes, it feels like you are walking through a park. I need 3 minutes to walk into nature (lake, forests, etc) and a 5 walk to a supermarket. All that I need is in walking distance. From the air, American suburbs look superb. It looks like it was painted on there. Living there is unpractical. Whereas many towns and outer areas of German cities look the same from satellite view and a little "messy", they are well planned intriguing modern jungles for animals, wildlife, playing kids and foremost: They are walkable

Here in Germany you see the flag everywhere during the Soccer World Championships and a few less during the Europe Championships. If you raise one during off-season, people automatically assume you're Far Right or even a Nazi.

For me the American residential area wouldn't be so bad if they had small shops between them. Like a bakery, a butcher or a small Aldi store.

Trying to explain: In Europe in between those houses there are also bakeries, small supermarkets, restaurants etc. This makes the whole atmosphere more lively and you can do your daily shopping on foot. Luckily we have no regulations strictly separating residential and commercial areas.

Cobblestone is mainly used for pedestrian sidewalks in towns, you hardly have roads with cobblestone designed exclusively for cars

States are just states within a country. All the European countries also have states, counties ect in fact i'd go as far to say every country in the world has it's own equivalent of individual states.

That comparison between US states and European countries is so bad. Can you name a single arrondissements in France? Or any of the states of Germany? What about the counties in England or the UK? And if the argument is "but the states in the US are as large as countries." Well then name any of the states in Russia, China, India or Brazil. I can probably name one or two in China a few in India and luck out and guess one in Brazil and Russia but I don't think people from those countries expect anybody from outside to necessarily know. There can can be a reasonable expectation to have a basic knowledge of geography and where countries are located. Don't think anybody expects another person to know much more about other countries unless they went there or learned more about a specific country.

That bottom right U.S suburb looks glorious, though the 2 hour round trip by car to the nearest shop would put me off.

5:53 and that, right there is the main issue I think most europeans have with the USA, that they dont really think about any other place as worthy of any thought.

I understand why US citizens want live in bubble.. every one who came out gets mad, sad, frustrated and feels like lied to all his/her life and wants to move out🤷

Ian, have you ever noticed how many movies and TV shows mention the city followed by the state during the dialogue? It’s how I’ve learned a lot of them here in Oz: Chicago, Illinois, Springfield, Massachussetts, Las Vegas, Nevada, Atlanta, Georgia, Tampa, Florida, Denver, Colorado, etc

I live in Finland, specifically in the Åland Islands which has it's own flag, and the only places you would see the Åland/Finland flag every day here would be perhaps by certain governement buildings, not all of em but some might have it, and outside a specific hotel in my hometown that have several flagpoles where they show the flags of all the countries they currently have guests from. Other than that, we pretty much only hoist our flags on certain days of the year, typically hollidays. Some people who have flagpoles have what in english would be called pennants i think? Like a smaller more "elongated" version of the flag that they have hoisted on the days that aren't "flag days" but that's pretty much it Oh and ships also tend to have the flag of whichever country the ship is registered in hoisted at the stern of the ship

"Balkan couples be like" is so damn accurate 🤣🤣🤣

The gas prices is so accurate. I can't help but chuckle everytime I hear an American say "I can't believe gas is at $5 per gallon! Ridiculous!" and I'm sitting here like "Come to the most expensive country in the world, when it comes to gas. The Netherlands. We pay double that price for the same amount"

In an old Polish comedy there was a scene from an airplane, "we are landing, the temperature is 90 degrees" and the passenger says "90 degrees, take tar and cook it"

In N Europe I think it's pretty normal to have a sauna in your home, and to use it with friends/family (towels not needed). Must be shocking for Americans who can't even say the word "toilet" without getting flustered.

The US Suburbia Streets... Having lived in the USA for 20+ years (i am back in Europe now), i actually agree with you and find those appealing, even clean looking - until you compare how you are supposed to get around. American Surburbia makes most Public Transportation unfeasable, as you would have to walk Miles (!) to get to a Store or Station, it is all Car Centric in design. Sure, you are a Car Guy, but consider what happens to People in the US that (for health/financial reasons) are unable to drive. Besides, especially the newer Suburbs that get built all at once: There are only 2 to 4 different House Designs, and all looks the same... In many cases the houses are also built so close together, there is hardly a backyard anymore - although that is the case as well in Europe, in historic areas. BTW, there are US Style Neighborhoods in Europe as well, so you can get that flavor here as well. :-D

Iceland here. Our flag-laws are pretty strict and thus you hardly ever see it flying unless there's a holiday, VIP-visit or some other special occasion. Love the memes and your reactions, BTW. Hope to see a follow-up in the future.

03:50 The problem with US city planning is... well, there are a lot... - Suburbia creates car dependence. Those houses are too far apart for reasonable public transport and the street layout is often not compatible with efficient public transport. - Walking or cycling somewhere is dangerous to near impossible in many places. - Strict single family residential zoning has again created car dependency for every activity that is not inside one's own house or garden. - Suburbs have higher infrastructure maintenance costs than the property tax they bring in, so more densely populated parts of the city subsidise suburbia, and in many places it has created a Ponzi scheme-like situation where the city needs to keep growing to support the existing suburban infrastructure with new tax revenue. - Suburbs have achieved a level of insularity of the average suburban family that was previously only present in rural farmsteads. Physical separation of places of work, housing, and socialisation/entertainment have broken up communities into collections of individual households, leading to a lot of the issues re loneliness, social isolation, and lack of social cohesion in society (as well as susceptibility to propaganda). (There is a lot of literature about the social engineering goals that went into post-WW2 city planning if you want to go down that rabbit hole, but suffice it to say, the US suburb and the Soviet commie block are ironically very analogous in their function in social engineering through architecture and city planning... Also, Le Corbusier was a madman and monster.) - US suburbs are a nightmare for sustainability (low durability of housing and bad insulation) and have horrendously huge carbon footprints.

I would love to see an american taking a quiz on Swiss cantons... ...it's only 26 btw, it's easy... ;-)

😂 seeing the flag every day?! Each time I am back in central Berlin my eyes are drawn to the flags flying over the Bundestag as (at least to me) it is very uncommon to see making it a surreal surprise

5:50 - It's a bit off-mark, but somehow that meme reminded me of a post I saw some years ago (I believe it was reddit) where they compared the USA with North Korea and their perceived notion of their country (they used stories from actual NK expats when they lived there). Some of their results went along the lines of how both countries have some of the highest percentages of nationalism, how no other countries matter to them except their 'enemies' and how citizens think their country is the absolute best in almost all possible aspects... because they're being lied to since birth and indoctrinated - directly or indirectly (actual teachings or through political speeches, books, songs, etc) throughout childhood, sometimes even early teens. They tried to do the same with China, but even they become aware of how fucked up their country and political system actually is in their teens, despite being helpless to fight against it. And the worst part? Neither of them know they're being lied to/indoctrinated, but for entirely different reasons: NK citizens don't have a choice. They do not have the luxury to leave their country or even learn about the outside world other than some smuggled dvd's from South Korea and their dramas or Chinese movies, which are deemed contraband and often dooms entire family trees to the next level of life long slavery and poverty. The US, on the other hand, is the opposite. People not only have a choice to visit other places, they often have the means to do so while having access to the Internet, which is practically the undisputed number 1 tool of globalization, to educate themselves. They simply don't do it, either out of arrogance, laziness or lack of interest regarding those they deem their 'inferiors'. One is ignorant of their true reality by oppression, while the other is ignorant by choice. It was a dooming post, but you can't deny that if you take all the 'seriousness' out of it, the post was actually rather truthful when you start thinking about it.

Did Ian just open the doors th hell by suggestion he would like to learn more about european football culture? OMG! 😂

10:01 "Do you NAZI your flag where you live?" Yeah no, and that's why. 😆

In Finland flying the proper flag is reserved for only certain days. But we have a pennant that resembles Finnish flag which you can fly everyday. Also you can fly a pennant of your province always. But as the flag those pennants has to be clean and not broken.

Aliens: Land in New York, so much free rats to eat...

the big roads dude, walk, get a bus, a train, cycle lol

For the football I would recommend to watch Ultra - Our way of life 😂

4:15 It's not ugly, it's wrong in many ways. Check out some urban planning videos that compare USA to Europe.

I loved how you were almost breathless on a couple of these memes. 😅 Being Canadian, I know you can have the most fun, when you can laugh at yourself and your country. I think the one with 'the most expensive overnight stay' was viciously brilliant. (meaning 'vicious' in the British way) With friends in the Netherlands and Germany, I can say that the cobblestones are in the cities, especially the city centres, but there many paved tarmac roads. Especially the highways or autobahns. So pleasant, slower driving in the cities, yet fast and smooth to get elsewhere. Best of both worlds. As for flags..... I do see ONE, every day. It is at the cenotaph in the village. Usually, they are only on public buildings, and you might see one or two, at a commercial business. But nowhere near the same amount that I have seen when visiting in the USA. This was a funny one. I hope you do another, and keep up your Australian reactions. They are great also. Cheers!😊

My beef with US suburbia and cookie cutter homes is that you can't go anywhere without a monstrously sized pickup. As in Europe you can walk from your home from edge of city to city center or better yet take public transport. Also it makes European cities less sprawly and easier to go from place to place. Usually you don't have to wait hours in traffic.

when I was in school (Finland) we had to learn all the US states and their abbreviations in geography class. We also had to learn all the rivers in Europe T.T Edit: I only see the finnish flag when its a special day. We love our country, and our flag, but it's the people that matter more than the flag.

4:05 it's not the aesthetics of US road design that people shit on, but their bad design of building car centric cities, which forces people to buy and use a car just to go grocery shopping

taking a bubblebath with some beer and friends is awsome just chilling

15:22 In fact, the real name of the australian continent is Oceania so Europe it's not the only one that doesn't start with an A.

An american once did say basically the same thing about not knowing the states and I began telling him all states I knew. I made the error to claim Puerto Rico is also a state (so 51) and I had to correct him on West Dakota. Explaining that it doesn’t exist. (He forgot Idaho instead)

American suburbs disturb me the most when none of them have fences. YUCK

New York is named after the Duke of York. The second son of Charles I, and brother of Charles II, James was named Duke of York at birth. He became a successful naval commander during the reign of his brother and acceded to the throne in 1685.

3:50 you made me laugh a lot with the text american modern houses 😁😁You meant to say that cardboard houses are covered with roofing felt pretending to be roof tiles 😁

Suburbs, HOAs Ive seen your lawn. No it's 1 and a half inches or a fine Any colour as long as it's white Conformity Land of the Stepford homes

When I am driving in the US as tourist, I am puzzled: Every half mile You read "Jesus saves Your life" at the next half mile "Naloxon saves lifes" Can You guys make a decission, please? AND The World series, just without the world

About the roads: I live in the Netherlands and we use both. The smooth asfalt for main roads (even as slow as 30km/h). But the cobblestones are really planned. With cobblestones you are more aware of your speed, so cityplanners use them in section where speed is important, like at schools and places with a lot of playing children.

We don't NEED to see our countries flag every day, we don't get confused about where we are that easily...

4:10 i think this one is about the importance of cars once more? Like Europe has often decent or good infrastructure for cycling and walking

8:20 it's not the same. In Europe, it's several countries, in the USA, it's one country divided to 50+ parts. Europeans remember names of the other countries (even those that they not live in). people in the USA, only need to remember their country, the division to states it's your stupid choice. Most of you (usa people), can't even detect your country in a world map. (Apologies for bad English, I'm not a native speaker).

In Norway 🇧🇻 we have about 15 official flag days in a year, where if you own a flag pole it's expected you flag. It should be raised at 08.00 in the morning and taken down at 21.00 in the evening. Other than that we don't see the flag very often. But you are allowed to have a triangular pennant in the flag pole year around.

If I see a swedish flag without actively looking for it, it is either a public holiday like June 6 or midsummer (when even the local busses here put little flags on them), or there is a big sportingevent on (like the world cup or the euros).

Funny thing about the US flag, saw an american lawyer explain that its illegal to wear the flag as clothing, but who cares about laws as long as you are a patriot.

In Australia we drive on the left of the road, by the looks Ian, you drive on what's left of the road. Lol.

64 years old. My father was military and taught his children the only way to wear an American flag was as a patch on your shirt or coat. White stars on blue background was ok, red and white stripes were ok,even red and white stripes and white stars on blue together was ok as long as not in the form of a flag. So a t shirt with American flag is ok. Trousers or shorts are not. Lived in England in the 1960’s. Then gas was over $2.00 a gallon on the military base and you were issued a gas card that allowed you only certain gallons per month. If you needed more you bought it off base and I can’t remember how much it was. That’s why England has such great public transportation.

Great memes really enjoyable, i had so much fun and a lot with some hidden truth, which takes them next level. So thx for guiding us through them.

Where i live never see the Australian flag, drive to Mandurah don't see it but if i go to Perth city then you will see the the Australian flag at police stations and thats about it unless its the 26 January Australia day then you see it but still not everywhere like America. Hospital stays in Australia are free. 🤣

If you compare naming the US states to naming whole countries, how about you naming 5 of the states in Germany, or France, or Sweden or any other country in europe? Most countries in Europe have at least 10 or more states/regions with a certain amount of regional independence from the country government for things like taxes and laws!

I haven't seen my country flag in so long that I don't even know the correct order of the colors on it 😂

Love your content ❤ British comedy has got lots of great content forever

Well, definition of football it's simple, if at any moment you're kicking the ball even if you're using your hands it's football. The term soccer came from Football Association. Rugby player in England, I think, are calles rugger and players from Football association call themselves football asoccer , whose became asoccer and finaly soccer. Soccer came from Football

Cobble stone isn't everywhere in Europe, you've seen how smooth and well maintained the Autobahn is. But in areas where a lot of families live with their kids... the streets are designed to discourage drag races. In my particular neighbourhood, it's a nightmare to teach kids rollerskating, but it works well for bicycles and the pavement is just rough enough to provide better grip if walking during snowfall. I think that the main point is that European streets are not always designed to favour the cars.

The reason for calling cities New should be that people who immigrated wanted to keep something from their old home countries, therefore New York if most people was originally from York. I guess there was a lot of French immigrants settling in New Orleans, for instance, even though they don't pronounce it in French anymore.

My issue with suberbia is not the looks. ats that it streatch for so long that if you live in the middle of it, you have to drive like 20 minutes just to get out. ive never lived more than like a 5 minute walk from a supermarket

I live in Western Australia and I’m not an expert on European football but I love Vinnie Jones and used to watch him play a lot. Just check out his “squirrel grip” and you’ll see how serious people take the game lol 😂 I actually used his technique to take my attacker to the ground and hold him there for at least 20 minutes waiting for police to arrive. If a random patrol hadn’t seen my car parked on the road, lights on and doors open, he’d have lost his nuts for sure 🤷🏻‍♀️

comeon bro, you guys need to stop acting like you are the only country that has states. you cant say not know A SINGULAR countries states is the same as not knowing roughly the same amount of countries in a whole continent. Its again, such a bubble thought. WE ALL HAVE STATES TOO but nobody expects you to know em. unlike you guys

It's not about inherent uglyness, it's simply a huge waste of space and unpleasant due to the copy&paste aesthetic. Like, probably half the people living there don't give a damn about front lawns but can't get property without it due to building codes and zoning laws in the US.

I saw a movie once, where a guy from New York married a girl from L.A and they went to live in New York together. The joke being made was in the gist of "well that girl has some adjusting to do. I never got the joke, until much later I saw those places being at the two sides of the country and learning that New York is considered loud and busy, and L.A more relaxed. An inside-joke for Americans, I guess. So many American series and movies think the whole world as audience knows where all the places are in America, and at least for me, that's not the case. I could name you probably 10-15 states, but where they are positioned, who knows. Dutch guy here.

Brother. That Miami police meme. You said it could be realistic… that actually happened. All the same day. Me as an European I was watching that on the news, seeing so many police cars chasing ONE ups truck. Gets caught in traffic, police surrounded the truck and just shot up the whole damn highway. The thief yeah, the ups guy that was still inside the truck. And some other random bystander in his car. I was looking at that and I couldn’t really believe a Police force worked like? No method, zero professionalism. And here we always complaining about our police 😂. I stopped complaining. At least we don’t have mall security doing the work of the police like in USA.

America in many ways a 3rd world country compared to other countries. Your taxes are spent on your military and not to benefit the average American. America is the only country on the planet that does not have mandatory maternity leave for the mother and the father is never considered. Other areas such as healthcare, affordable housing, education and worker's rights could all be funded by a 10% reduction in military spend and benefit the average American but they wouldn't do this because that would make the politicians and the country look weak in the eyes of the rest of the world. Your freedom have you ever been free the average American freedom are being eroded like a woman's right to choose whether to have a abortion under any circumstances.So much for the land of the free. Most Americans are willfully ignorant about life outside of America and that's how your politicians want it to stay and keep feeding the narrative that America is the greatest country when it clearly is not and for making America great again when was it ever great.

I tried to stay strong, but Canadian meme got me 😆

LoL Seems you had a lot of fun Love your laughs 😂

Small point: Americans states and European countries are *not* equivalent. A better comparison would be: European - how many US States can you name? American - Can you name any English counties? (or regions / states in any other European country)

Fastfood places are mostly next to highways here in The Netherlands too, except for in the biggest city centers and airports, big transport hubs etc.

18:42 i love how sicily and corse (the 2 islands) are correctly colored to their countries

Every country have a first level of administrative division. Also there's Russia, Canada, China, Brasil etc. Many big countries that some don't even know their capital. Micro states with the size of a city exist, and we know their capital. The size of the country doesn't matter.

About flags - my Greek housemate was surprised that Danish stores carry flag-themed stuff for party decorations (mostly birthdays.) Meaning, we see a Danish flag (on, like, napkins) in our daily life a couple of times a year when somebody near us is having a birthday party, but in some countries they don't even bother keeping flag-themed party supplies in stores 😂 The last time I saw an actual flag in the wild, I think it was many years ago, announcing somebody's death.

You made me laugh, thanks. Btw, nice license plate from Graz in the background. 👋🏼👋🏼 from Austria.

Heh. As a Norwegian I've done the whole Route 66 on a Harley thing. Not all it's cracked up to be, but it was a lifetime experience I'm glad I did. Wouldn't wanna be without it, had a weird and wonderful time. Sometimes a bit hairy, but I lived to tell about it. In the 90's I also did the hair metal scene in Cali, with my trusted Ibanez, Steve Vai axe. Also driven all over Norway, Sweden, and lots of Finland. Can recommend that. The best road trips of my life have been from the South West coast of Norway to the South of Spain, though. That was in the "naughties" (2000's). Nowadays it's mostly a Ryanair flight... :)

7:20 Black Sabbath had that mixture of measurement in 1984. They wanted Stonehenge as stage set, where the band would play on tour, to bring along.. tourmanager asked how big they wanted it, they opted.. "lifesize" They measures the real Stonhenge in Metres.When it was done, it turned out three times larger then the original Stonehenge, production company was American and they used inches... there where only a few stadiums that could have the Stonehenge set on stage in full.. Spinal Tap parodied it with a miniature Stonehenge at their show. They had to rent Football stadiums to rehearse, because it wouldn't fit.

4:00 I agree with you, here we don't have cobblestones everywhere, mostly in historical parts or some sidewalks, but mostly it's just asphalt, and usually the one you showed - with holes in it. 8:00 We learned the US states in school in geography class, but you forget it immediately, if you don't see it often enough, your memory won't retain it. I have learned them again last year only because I wanted to, it's really easy and it took me only 5 rounds of a sporcle quiz to learn to locate them all. Anyway, it is not comparable with knowing countries, the US states are an internal thing, a second-level administrative division of one country, and I don't know (and don't need) this information about any other country except mine, not even about the Czech Republic. 10:00 I don't see my country's flag every day. The flag is for special occasions, it's not an everyday object here. Like the "special silverware", kind of. The only time I see it is: 1) a big sport event (during the ice hockey world championship every May it's everywhere, because it's our national sport), 2) an anti-gov protest, 3) or when I walk in front of a governmental building or the city hall, where it's mandatory. Especially nowadays only very intolerant and unhealthy patriotic, even anti-American and pro-Russian people like to wave the flag, mostly they only show it on their profile pictures though. (Not my case! I have it because of the Eurovision community.)

Sweden here. No, I don't see our Swedish flag every day. I guess I could if I really wanted to. One thing that you can see here is people wearing clothes with other countries' flags, for instance the is a group of people driving US made cars from the 1950's, they call themselves ”raggare”. You could expect some of them wearing clothes with the US flag on them. I also see some British flags on people's clothes. I myself don't have any clothes with a flag, and I don't think I've ever had. I have a very faded memory of a t-shirt with the British flag that I might have worn as a kid, but that was maybe 50 years ago, so I'm not sure about that one.

About the German kids at the football/ soccer game with "beer". You missed out in life, if you never had Apfelschorle. 😁

Petrol here at present converted to gallons is $8.17 ($5.31 usd) per gallon. It is currently $2.16 ($1.40 usd) per litre

Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes al the same

10:02 A German here... on my way to work I walk/cycle past a police station and the town hall/some state administration buildings. The fly the German flag occasionally. On the facade of the town hall, it is mostly combined with the flag of official guests of the city, actually visiting. In case of a mourning you'll see flags at half mast. People don't usually fly the flag on their private property here. If you see one flying in a garden or from a window without the soccer world/european championship beeing on, there's a reasonable chance the person considers himself a bit more than just a patriot. At our local monday right wing demonstrations protesting against the government and military support for Ukraine (originating from protest against covid restrictions), you'll see German flags. Sometimes upside down, or as a cross over between the German and the Russian flag, or the german imperial flag and other weird stuff...

10:07 Aussie here. No I dont see the flag every day. Only on significant cultural days like Australia Day or ANZAC Day.; or at big national sports games; or on national buildings or some public buildings particularly during visits by significant international representatives. Other than that on a daily basis its nowhere in sight. Nowhere.

I don't need to see my country's flag every day, i'm pretty sure i know what country i'm in 😂😂😂

I personally like the Australian aesthetic of suburbia, in Australia just about every house is fenced for privacy in the backyard and down the sides of the house...also (with exception to some housing estates built by a single company) Australia has a mix of house styles and ages all together...no row upon row of the same house as far as the eye can see, each house may be a different style, height, colour, size and year and where I live the majority of houses are stone fronted red double brick villas or red double brick bunbalows over100 years old. My house is a red double brick bungalow from the 20's.

I had to stop a minute and check if I'm on the right channel. IIt's the first time I've seen you without a cap 😛

Btw fun fact about Europe in American movies. Many scenes in American films that take place in Western Europe are filmed in the Czech Republic. IMHO most often in Prague. The reason, of course, is money.

Here in Germany and what I've seen in other European countries, flags are on official government buildings and people have them up during things like the football world cup. In Germany it's especially taboo to do this, people will think you're a Nazi. Honestly, the whole flags on cars and clothing really only became popular in Germany in 2006 when we hosted the world cup. I've talked to friends and family about this before and we can't really remember that many people owning flags or putting them on their cars, etc. before than. Nowadays it's common during the world cup and maybe the olympics, but other than that, it isn't.

The problem with the US urban planning is it encourages habitants to drive anywhere, while in Europe it’s much more common to take a walk to go anywhere, which is better both health wise and environment wise

90 degrees to a Finn is a good sauna.

There's plenty of fun to be had with memes like these as long as you're able to laugh at your own side and are not too mean to the people across the water. Regarding borrowed place names, I can't resist passing on a story I heard about some American tourists visiting Lincoln in England (founded in the Iron Age and named by pre-Roman Celts). They were apparently amused and thankful that the locals had named their city in honour of the US president. I'm not sure if anyone tried to explain the mistake.

Fact is, I live in a dense eastern EU suburb (that is part of the city), and on average, a big retail shop is 15 minutes of WALKING distance away, public transport 5 minutes of WALKING distance away. That means that if I leave my car in service shop, I can get home and shop, albeit not very comfortably. But you see lots of kids and students in public transport, because they have more time to waste and public transport exists 😆