I am jealous of the healthcare, the maternity leave benefits, most of your job benefits such as paid time off, vacation time, shorter working hours. How clean the country is. Your transportation system. I also love your highway, driving laws. Autobahn rules make so much sense and people just drive better.

Americans should envy us Europeans the most: price labels with the final price and tax (no need to add tax).✌️💪👍😋

Health insurance is a really big thing. It makes life so much easier

I am jealous that you can travel to another country rather easily.

I met Germans and several other Europeans in the Cook Islands and I was jealous they had enough vacation time to go on a "round the world trip".

As a person with lots of health problems living in Germany I'm so glad, that I do not have to pay for most things. Scoliosis brace (1-2 new ones a year while growing) for 8 years - 10€/for each (health insurance pays about 2500€ for each) Asthma medication: completely free as a kid, now 5€ each time I get a new prescription... If I have to go under scoliosis surgery one day insurance will cover the cost of about 150 000€. So grateful for all that!

I’m jealous of the bakeries, for sure. Also the doner and the currywurst/pommes.

I broke my shoulder joint two years ago while snowboarding in the Czech Republic. I still had travel health insurance from previous vacations, for which I had paid € 8.50 per YEAR up to this point in time. What can I say, for patient transport by snowmobile and ambulance, examination, x-ray pictures, orthopedic arm sling, second opinion at the German doctor and follow-up examination all together I didn't pay a cent! However, the "Auslandskrankenversicherung" has upgraded me: I now pay € 8.60 per year .. For physio afterwards, in order to regain full functionality, however, I had to pay a contribution. I think it was 9 € per hour. So for this stupid accident that happened during an unnecessarily risky freetime activity, I paid a total of 108 € (because of the 6x 2 hours physio). All in all I can say that the German / European healthcare system is pretty great!

Yes! Deana clears up the confusion about Americans and their "connections" to Europe. I often hear Europeans complain when Americans consider themselves Irish, German, Italian, etc. It's definitely a thing here that though we are American we also like to keep our heritage close 🥰

I think that by history they mean European medieval towns, ancient castles, - the architecture and the atmosphere of these places... 😊

German here and haven't broken a leg, but a few years ago I fractured the inner part of one of my hand bones, so I had to get an x-ray and then an MRI and wear a splint, all this included doctor check ups at the specialist. I wasn't unemployed (worked part-time during uni), but I don't remember if that was back when I was in uni under family health insurance or already paying my own (because the cut off is 25 or 27 in Germany, after that even if you're still in uni you need to get your own health insurance), but I don't think I paid anything for any of it... maybe a few Euros for the splint? I had to get compression bandages for my legs a few years back and I basically needed to rebuy a new one to give to the specialist so that they had enough for the other patient. I guess I could have just gone and buy my own, but this way they show you how to correctly apply them. That was like 8€ for the bandages? And I'm taking pills for my hypothyroidism, so I need a refill about every 3 months and I believe it depends on what drugs your specific health insurance covers/co-pays, but I only pay 5€ co-pay for my thyroid medicine each time. I think it's so inhumane to have to live a life were you're afraid to get a health issue checked out, this only makes things worse and more expensive in the long run...

Yes!!! Nutella does taste better in Germany!!! I brought some back from Germany before the pandemic & had my husband blind taste test... He picked the German Nutella. I feel that it's more hazelnutty maybe? Coke tastes different. Definitely look forward to my German chocolate (Ritter Sport Cocos) every year! Diner Kebab is 10 out of 10 for me & completely different from a gyro. Love my gelato! OMG i could name so many things!

As a Canadian I am jealous of a few things. Public transportation for sure. Ours sucks and pretty much non existent unless you live in very large cities like Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto or Montreal. Your architecture. Here a building is 50 years old. They tear it down and build new. In Europe they at least keep the facade to make things to remain looking the same. I also love the food. Yes we can get many of your foods here but somehow just don't taste same. Brotchen und Brodt in Germany are AMAZING. We cannot get anything that even touches that. Your baking. Our baking here cannot touch what Europe has. The cost of your cell phones and internet compared to what we pay. However, the cost of your gasoline is very very high. Our beef here in Western Canada is THEE BEST. Our cattle are grain or grass fed instead of corn which makes a very big difference to the taste. All in all we love visiting all of Europe. So much to see, do, taste and experience.

Nutella is actually different throughout Europe. In Germany and Austria(and generally northern Europe) is less sweet then in southern Europe(specifically in the Serbia, Bosnia...). I'm from Slovenia and we check if our Nutella is meant for the Austrian or Croatian and Serbian market.

10:48 Languages barriers... Well this is another thing for English speakers to be jelous of non-English speaking european countries. Most europeans are at least bilingual, and younger generations speak more than two languages*. Besides, if you are a EU-citizen, you can not only work in other country, but also enjoy the Erasmus Programm for college students, that will allow you to improve your foreign languages skills. *ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Foreign_language_skills_statistics

As an engineering student in America, I am VERY jealous about the metric system...slugs, kips, ksi, psi, ft/lb ugh!!!

The Schengen treaty truly is one of the biggest advantages of being an European citizen. You can work and live wherever you want without all the VISA hassle. You want to retire to a Fjord in Norway, you can (Norway is not a member of the EU, but part of Schengen). Or live half of the year in Spain instead of living through rain in the Netherlands? Done. I remember when I went to visit my ex who lived in Trier, we would just drive over to Luxembourg all the time and this one time we didn't know where we wanted to go, so we just kept on driving down to France and went to Metz. We didn't need to bring any passport (we had our IDs and driver licenses) and we didn't need to stop at any border patrol, etc.

About payed parental leave fyi: in every EU country the mother gets 8 weeks of after giving birth and that is payed mostly 100% called Maternity Protection. That is for recovery and bonding with the baby. After that time she is allowed to work and in most EU countries she can take parental leave but won't get payed except for a few countries like Austria and Germany. In Austria it is also possible that mother and father share the payed parental leave that he gets this bonding too. But the best is not only that you get this time payed also that you keep your job for up to two years. They can't fire you during this time. I hope this information helped.

Maternity leave in France is 16 weeks for the 1st and 2nd Child, 26 weeks for the 3rd, 34 weeks if you are expecting twins and 46 weeks if you are expecting triplets and above.

I think you missed one important point (at last for germany). The standardised apprenticeship for learning a handcraft. After finishing your education you have the right to be called _Geselle_ and can change between handcrafts enterprises more easily. After finishing another period of apprenticeship you have the right to be called _Meister_ (Master craftsman) and are allowed to start your own business. and another advantage. One Currency for 28 countries. You don't have to change the money, losing cash to pay the exchanger. And sometimes the same product is way cheaper in one of the other Schengen states and you're free to buy it there without the hassle of trade tariffs

Do any of these "European & German Things" make you jealous? 😋 Also, check out "American Things All Europeans are JEALOUS OF!" -> kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jpuEeLil3NqWqoE.html Please Note: This video is meant to be lighthearted and humorous. These are opinions based statements not facts and we think it is important to emphasize this. We want this to be a platform where we can share our opinions, thoughts and differences in a positive way. Differences are NOT a negative thing. It makes things interesting. We honestly think the world would be a very boring place if we were all the same. Thanks for watching!!

Hands down....I am jealous of your health care system....I live in USA and have had 3 bouts of cancer.....to the point the only way I could rid myself of over 100K in bills was to file for medical bankruptcy....NOW after all this I feel like a total failure....I have NEVER not paid my bills....this defeated me MORE than cancer did.

Check out the "Call me Armstrong" channel. She was seriously ill and in one video she makes a side-by-side calculation of incomming expenses

There is a general misunderstanding about the minimum drinking age especially in Germany. The minimum age of 16 applies only for drinking in public. If you as a father drink a beer with your 15 year old son at home it is not against the law. Also it is allowed for minors to drink beer and wine in public if they are with a parent.

Quiet Sundays!

In Denmark, we probably pay more in taxes than elsewhere, but all education and medical care incl. hospital treatments are free.

I’m an American and I agree with how Deana represented Americans. I’m definitely jealous of nations that have universal healthcare, mandatory benefits for workers (paid vacation time, maternity/paternity leave, etc), strong social safety nets, tuition-free tertiary education, use only the metric system (I worked at a chemical factory and found it frustrating that some parts of the procedures were in standard and some were in metric because if I needed to adjust the measurements due to needing to make more or less I had to do all kinds of math that wouldn’t have been necessary if we just used the metric system. I mean, as much as I don’t like the standard system, if the US only used that one then that’d still be better than the current way things are done where both systems are used simultaneously inconsistently throughout. Like I can buy juice in liters, but I have to buy drinkware in ounces. Ugh!), and great public transportation. As for specific products, even products that aren’t sold at Walmart an American can either go to an international store or order it online and have it shipped here. I’ve been to some international stores in the big metropolitan cities nearest me and found brand name products from those nations represented. I’m a nonIndian/nonNepali/nonBalinese practicing Hindu in the middle of Oklahoma and either can get items mailed to me from India or just go to a store in a nearby city and pick them up (or have them special ordered). I mean, when mentioning cars my thought was “I drive a Japanese brand car, so umm what’s the point?” I have seen a Renault here. I’m not sure where the person got it. Either they purchased it and had it shipped over or they found an international car dealership in a big city. Though I agree with Deana that it’s rare to see. It’d be like seeing a Tata here, though we are starting to see more and more Chinese car brands sold here....they’re mostly commercial vehicles, at least that’s what I’ve come across here. Most of the cars I see driven in my rural part of the state are Honda, Kia, Hyundai, Toyota, Chevy, Ford, Nissan, BMW, Mercedes, Chrysler, Volkswagen, Cadillac, GMC with a lot of people driving either trucks or SUVs of these brands if they exist in either of those types. The commercial vans here look a lot like those found in Europe with the most common brands I’ve seen being Mercedes, Ford, and Chevy. And there’s talk about changing the emergency vehicle sirens to be more like European ones due to multiple studies saying they’re better for pedestrians ears and some of my little city’s newest emergency vehicles have the checkerboard pattern on them now like I’ve seen on some European emergency vehicles (though ours have way more LED flashing lights all over them so not sure if the pattern was actually needed since they have so many lights on them I cannot imagine people not seeing them, especially at night!). Great video! Lots of fun!

When they were talking about ancient history I don’t think they were talking about the fact of the history. I think they were talking about being able to see and touch the actual remnants of that history. In the US, with the exception of the cliff dwellings in the southwest, you’re not going to be able to find a building that’s 1000 years old or more. When I was in Europe it was fascinating to visit ancient castles and cathedrals and old medieval towns. You just can’t find anything like that in the US. On the other hand in the US the natural beauty that you can find is better than anything you will find in Europe.

By far the most important one in this video: DÖNER! ;)

Me an American who grew up in Canada, can confirm Metric is better. Also the 18 year old drinking age is great.

The year my older sister turned 18, the U.S. raised the drinking age from 18 to 21🤣🤣🤣🤣 She wasn't happy.

I met my boyfriend in Denver when we were both living there. 3 months ago I moved to Germany with him (he's German) and we agree pretty much with everything in both videos!

You both rock! I grow up in Wiesbaden! I haven’t been back in 10 years. My family and I were supposed to be going back for Christmas this year! You both make me miss Germany! I love your videos!! 💕

Yayy! I was waiting for this video! Love it 🥰

Thank you for these comparisons! Language nerd commentary: envy refers to wanting what someone else has; jealousy is wishing that the other person did *not* have what you want to have.

I was never really bothered by the drinking age. I don’t really need to have alcohol in my life.

Fun stuff. I'm from Illinois, just north of Chicago. I'm not jealous of the metric system. Worked in a medical field where everything's metric. All of my ancestors are from Europe. Europe's ancient history is my ancient history. Mine chose to leave! Yes, Drinking age should be 18 in the U.S. Old enough to vote, old enough to join the military old enough to drink. Yes. Medicine/Healthcare is crazy expensive here. I can buy chocolate from anywhere in the world here. Yes, higher education is expensive here. Specialty food lost me. You can get anything here. Anything. Some things can be harder to find but if you really want it you can find it. Vacation time. We would be "encouraged" to use our PTO but it was nearly impossible. When I quit my job I had 9 weeks of PTO in my "bank" which I received in $$. I'm the one with the sexy , well different, foreign accent when I vacation in Europe! So is all the "free" stuff in Germany actually free? The government in Germany, just like in the U.S., doesn't actually have their own money to give away. They have the tax payers' $$$ to give away. So, I'm not "jealous" of anything but I really appreciate the differences. Love Germany too! Lots of German blood in this American! The differences are what makes travel both interesting and educational. You guys are great.

I am jealous of the mass transit and high-speed rail available in Europe. We do have ancient history here, but that is part of Native American history. I can get any kind of food I want here, so no jealousy here. As for the police that varies from state to state and region to region. There's always going to be a few cops who think they are omnipotent no matter where in the world they are. Our medical system here is a sham because the government is deep in the pockets of the insurance and pharmaceutical industry. The more prescriptions you need the more of a cash cow you become. You're absolutely right about universities. They should be available for free to those who have demonstrated merit rather than legacy I've had VW, Audi, and BMW all of which cured me of my German auto love. I will stick to Toyota and Honda from now on, thank you. Renault does have a silent presence in the US because they own part of Nissan.

My German Dad would have totally agreed about the metric system ranking here.♡

When I was born in 1971 my mom went on maternity leave and when she went back to work she lost all of her seniority, vacation time and rate of pay here in the US. Also as an American my employer doesn't give holiday pay, vacation time or insurance and this is probably the 5th job I've had like this. It seems most places do not offer any benefits anymore.

If you’re old enough to serve in armed forces (18y.o.) then that should be the legal drinking age

Omg I agree on the metric system. I’m a Canadian living in California and JUST ADOPT THE METRIC SYSTEM USA! I beg of you!

As an American I am not envious of other countries because as your lovely wife explained so well l have respect and appreciation for Germany it's culture as well as my Own in America by the way I am Appalachian from WV. Is your Wife Appalachian? I appreciate your Chanel I am in Florida.

Another KZfaqr was complaining lately that some of the plywood he was using, was slightly under a quarter inch and would sit not tight enough in the mortise he made. If he had used the metric system he would have known that some of his pieces are 6 mm thick and others are 6.35 mm. Guess which is which.

Can we please have a tutorial how Deana blowdries her hair???? PLEASE 😍

American here jealous of most things you stated aside from the cars. I'm an Asian car brand consumer. Hyundais, Subarus and Toyotas for our family. The US education system and medical system is horrendous. Many European countries do offer excellent maternal care, some even do a year for mom and a year for dad. The US six weeks UNPAID and not guaranteed the same job just a job is terrible. It doesn't allow proper bonding time with the baby, the body is still healing, and many suffer from postpartum depression or anxiety and are not able to get proper care or are made to feel guilty. It is just horrible. I had a snowboarding accident two years ago that required a CT scan. We just barely paid off that bill after 2 years, the care was subpar and I still have complications from it but don't want to go back for a consult because of the cost. We have insurance too! And vacation time--we get it and then are discouraged from using it. My husband sells cars and has a manager who expects that he will still come in on his day off. It's insane. Now about the history, I think they more mean that America is only a bit over 200 years old. You go to Germany and they have churches older than the US. We went to the Porta Negra in Trier and the art museums, you can go to Italy to Venice or Florence, Paris to the Louvre, England's Buckingham Palace. The US has the Liberty Bell, Ellis Island, Boston, DC, Staton Island... our history is still young. So if you are a history buff, like me, Europe has a lot more to offer. I would love to be a German citizen. My husband and I both had grandparents from Germany and enjoyed the month we spent traveling around. Would love to live there full time. Your food is better as well.

In our small rural farm town (Oxford, Ohio USA) it's easy to use transport other than cars because we have bike lanes, extra crosswalks (some with flashing lights-you must yield to pedestrian college students), University Miami buses between 3 cities, & private buses/Vans (for the many towns encompassed by the Cincinnati metropolitan area). It's much harder to get around if you're not a college town or aren't near a city like you said.

AFAIK there is no subsidized medicine in Germany. Your insurance pays the price and to somehow control costs people have to pay between 5 and 10 Euro for the medication as "co-pay".

Medicine (and health care in general) in Europe is less expensive simply because the general idea is that EVERYONE chips in with the cost and EVERYONE benefits. The single payer / Universal health care systems largely eliminates price gouging by Big Pharma. Health care costs are generally capped - anyone that unexpectedly needs a lot of health care (an accident, cancer, whatever) gets whatever care the system is able to provide (immortality is NOT available) without exorbitant bills. The slack is taken up by those of us that are healthy and do not need much care and, you know what: We do not mind that we might be paying for others! One day it probably will be our turn to need a lot of care.

I'm from Algeria and i'm jealous of both of Europe and America 😂

Just 2 things I am really jealous of: die Bäckerei und Metzger . Ok...and vacation and holiday time off. Oh...and good cheap mass transportation. So yeah...4 things! Other than that, I'm OK. I can get pretty much get anything and everything else I want here in America. It also depends on where in America you live getting things you want. Some states are very "white bread and cheap beer". Stay clear of those states!

I've lived in France, Portugal, Spain and Holland, and I have friends from all over Europe. Trust me when I say on top of it not being a big deal, being an atheist is actually looked upon positively by at least 80 percent of people.

I spent a month in Stuttgart in 2019 and two weeks in 2014. I love Germany's train system. It took me a while to learn the system but once I got used to it, it so awesome.

You guys are the cutest! I long for many of the things Europe has - great healthcare, awesome maternity leave (America sucks big time on this), don’t need a car in many places, easy to travel to different countries. And when you talk about the history - I know for me, there aren’t any buildings or sights from the medieval and ancient times like there are in Europe and the Middle East. Our country is so new. In Germany towns are planned out much better than in the US so that more people can walk and ride their bikes to get groceries and necessities.

About the atheist one, I had this conversation in a comments section before and it goes more to the fact that you won't have to worry about losing your job or being otherwise discriminated for being an atheist. I'm German and people from Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands all agreed that it was no big deal if you'd say you're atheist. And someone from Spain said people were really laid back there, too, which surprised me more than Scandinavia for example. I think in Europe it might depend on the area (like Poland or Bavaria are obviously different in this point), but overall I don't think you have to worry about being kicked out by your parents or losing your job just for being openly atheist in Europe. And those were the concerns of the Americans in the comments section, which us Europeans thought was wild.

Yes. Us British people have just been deprived of our European citizenship by the collection of crazed racists who won a loaded referendum and then took us out on bad terms. I love free movement and people from different places right here, and love being able to travel to other places freely.

Deana, you can get Lángos at German Christmas markets, though unfortunately not this year and I don't know if they're authentic enough, but I have had some really yummy Lángos over the years!

All the world use the metric system, but over there is a land with stars and stripes and a very complicatied measuring system. They define inches in millimeters and calculate with fractions and log decimal places.

Absolutely! Jealous of: medical care without losing your home, free education (even university), being able to live without a car, being able to work in another country (my dream) & travel easily within Europe very cheaply. I would live in the EU in a heartbeat! (I'm American, in California.)

I'm from Hungary. My lunch will be home made lángos tomorrow. You can try to make it at home too.

I am jealous of not paying medical bills. I miss being over there. I grew up over there in Germany. And I am jealous of the schools as well.

Hello, I just want to let you know how happy I am that I found your Channel. You are both very funny, enternaining and you seem very nice.

About the police, are you telling me the polizie are no longer allowed to draw blood on a DUI suspect? Because I think that's pretty militaristic.

Public transportation in the US is getting better in most cities with the fact that bond measures are providing funds along with private investment to build and extend existing and new light rail, subway and bus rapid transit lines. What really messed the US up mass transportation was that the Federal Government in the 50's and 60s' bowed to the Automotive industry and instead of combining the existing street car and trolley network with personal cars and having both coexist on the streets, city officials across the country ripped up trolley and street car tracks for file reliance on the interstate highway system. It wasn't until the 70s when elected officials in major cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas etc began seeing what the increase in how much time people were spending in traffic, that was when the powers that be started to figure out that maybe putting all of their eggs into the interstate highway system basket at the expense of mass transit and Amtrak may have not been the best strategy Hence why many cities including my hometown of Los Angeles have been playing catchup ever since . The US tried to switch back to the metric system in the 70's , but due to the fact that the imperial system had been in use for so long and the cost of changing everything back was too expensive ( the US went through two gas shortages on the 70s for example where the price of oil shot up ) , the government felt it wasn't worth it. Me personally, since I'm not any relation to Albert Einstein when it comes to math, it doesn't really matter one way or another whether we have the metric or imperial system. There's always Google for conversion table assistance. I'm in favor of Universal healthcare due to the choice it gives to people. If we had some kind of hybrid of it here, where people could choose whether to enter into a public healthcare system or whether to go on the private health insurance market, the cost of the private insurance would be cut in half. I would jump at the chance of not having to pays as much back in student loans as I currently do if we had low cost higher education where borrowers could pay back what they according to what their salary is compared to what the system is in the US which is on a basic level, paying a predetermined monthly amount determined by whatever loan servicer company a person's loans are with. Since I didn't go to a four year university straight out of high school, instead I went to a local community college and transferred to a local university a few years later , the legal drinking age didn't affect me that much and the fact that I'm not a drinker anyway.

I am from Austria but living in Iceland. In Austria the legal drinking age is the same as in Germany (beer and wine from 16 and the hard stuff from 18). In Iceland the legal drinking age is 20. What is also drifferent is that in Iceland they have special shops for alcohol. In the regular supermarkets you can only find things that have a VERY low alcohol content (I think 1%).

The legal drinking age in England is 5 (supervised on private property), 16 (in public with adult supervision) and 18 (in public with no supervision).

In Michigan, many young adults used to drive over the border into Canada to drink at 19 legally there. It’s not as easy as it used to be (even pre-COVID) but is still a thing.

In New Jersey we have every kind of food and the supermarkets carry almost everything. But if you drive 50 miles into Pennsylvania things get harder to find. There are things we eat in New Jersey that most people in Pennsylvania have never heard of. I think i would love trying everything you two are eating in your travels and thank you for bringing us all along. I am disabled and traveling would be to difficult for me so i travel vicariously through your great videos.

I wonder if legal drinking age is older because we do not have public transport as readily available so kids would drive intoxicated more often. 🤷🏼‍♀️

I love the many ways in which you can open your windows in Germany, the food, the sweets and the bread!!! Ich liebe die Altstadt! I love how you all get such long vacations. What I do love about the USA but not so much in Germany are the store hours. Didn't like that I could not shop after noon on Saturdays. When do Germans shop? Do you even have time to go shopping after work if they close so early? Love that you all have so many castles (been to a few)

Still not used to the metric system, but have to agree that it makes way more sense!

Even in Europe there are apparently two different types of Nutella. Either soft, glossy and quite sweet in the South (Italy, Spain, but also France, parts of Switzerland and even the Netherlands and Belgium), or harder, less glossy, with more cocoa and less sugar in other countries (like Germany).

Aaa vacation time, only 9 days to work and then im having a vacation for 4 weeks. And still have vacation time left 🤪😁

What I would add as an american, is the richness of cultural diversity and architecture in such a short amount of distance. I've heard it said many times... a 2 hour distance equates to a different culture in Europe. A 2 hour distance in the U.S. you're still in the same state, and there's not much difference between the two. You need to travel a few days to find the regional differences in the U.S. I feel. Regions, such as North west, New England, South West, West, South. Or Rust Belt, Sun Belt, Mountain Belt... which can encompass multiple states within that region. That's what I'm jeolous of. I am jealous of the history - only because it adds to the cultural and language & accent differnces.

Phil: Diana is asking how much a Baby cost at a Hospital. I hope you take the hint xD

Deana with her little bear plush -- so cute!

Wie immer, ein gutes Video! Ich bin manchmal etwas neidisch auf die Einkaufsmöglichkeiten in den USA. Ich kaufe zwar sehr gerne lokal ein, aber in vielen kleineren deutschen Städten hat man einfach nicht die Möglichkeit, das zu kaufen, was man will. Hier muss man also öfters auf das Internet zugreifen, während man in einer Mall in den Staaten wirklich ALLES bekommt

There is also a TON of Native American history that shouldn't be overlooked when it comes to Ancient History. There were many thriving cultures on the American content before Europeans came, and those cultures left some awesome relics.

been in Germany for a short time, i’m a fan almost everything except the grey sky, one of the many things made me happy, is the enormous selection of chocolates and candies in the store , heaven 😍and Germany is a walkable country, walk and walk and so happy to walk everyday, a lot of parks to walk

Well the thing with the History is that there are no medieval castles and things like that in the USA but there are lots of them in Europe and it's really fascinating to visit them.

My maternal grandfather(Krieger) was born in Germany in 1926 and left with his parents to America in 1933.

I agree with the chocolate. Im glad we have Aldi and can get good chocolate here, just not as easily.

The USA have a "hire and fire" culture, Germany does not have that.

In Sweden parental leave is 480 days it's divided between the mother and father, we are strong in equality so both parents are sharing time with the baby and you are paid 90% of your paycheck being home with your child. You even get paid if you don't have a job. Love and peace from Sweden

When I lived in England for 8 years, I saw a LOT of cheaper prices on cars then in America, even for the more expensive style names. I also LOVE public transport SO much more in the UK and Europe compared to the USA. I live back here in the US now and regret so many things I miss over there in comparison

Ich finds Klasse, was ihr macht. I like what you do.

When I went to the New York auto show the worker there had never seen so many people who didn’t have licenses. I don’t have a license and neither does my mother big reason why it would be hard to move. I remember my boyfriend mentioning why my mom wouldn’t move to Florida once she retired she doesn’t have a license which means she would be relying upon someone and or she has no way of getting around. That’s what’s good about public transportation in places like New York, you don’t need to be reliant upon someone if your car broke down or you don’t have your license etc...

I’m European living in California. I bought my first car in California because it’s impossible to move around without one. My first car was Chevy impala but I switched to Mercedes after 6 years because Mercedes is like a ballerina and new impala is more like a kindergarten ballerina 😂 people in US are not jealous about European cars in terms of availability, they are jealous that they can’t make such a beautiful cars 🤷🏻‍♀️

In Lithuania moms get fully paid leave 2 months before childbirth and 1 year after, in the second baby year of life 80% of salary, and new fathers get four weeks fully paid leave in addition :)

100% trains are the thing I want the most. The environmental benefits, the health benefits, and the social benefits of public transport are so visible. I live in San Francisco a couple blocks from a BART and Muni station, but I still have to have a car to get to my grandparents’ house in a different part of the bay and it sucks. I wish I could take a train there.

Canada is about the same. My American friend's insurance would not cover the birth of her baby because they had not selected that option on the plan. Therefore, her pregnancy was a preexisting condition and not covered. So sad:(

Deana's expressions and gestures are infectious.

My son rolled an ATV, he had to be transpoted by Hilo to a trama 1 center. He had an open spiral femur fracture and a HUGE laceration that caused skin to die and need skin graphs. Before insurance the bill was 3/4 of a million dollars. After insurance we still have to pay $12,000.

I'm from Canada and I'm DEFINITELY jealous of most things Europe has to offer, especially in comparing to Canada. And no offense to Americans, but overall, Canada has it so much better than America, and Europe is leaps and bounds better than Canada. I definitely want to move to Europe... ASAP!!

Our son was born in a hospital and my wife stayed there for 1 night and it cost us 10 €, also every gynacoligst or midwife appointment or ultrasound did not cost anything. My children also had to go to a hospital and we never had to paid more than 10€ per night.

I dont like to use the word jealous either but one thing I wish I had here in Canada is the quality of the daily fresh baked bread you can get in france and Italy I assume its also like that in other Europeean countries

i´m from belgium we have here the same rules like germany in all points

1:27 It's hard enough, that time is 1 minute are 60 seconds and 1 hour 60 minutes and a day 24 hours and a year 365 days. Meanwhile when we have angle degree of less than 1°, we almost use decimal fractions instead angle minutes and angle seconds.

Google the price for insulin shots in the US and Germany. That's why many americans go to Canada or Mexico to get them.

I'm jealous of health coverage, cheaper medicine, easy travel, the people, so many things!