since the 1700s Europeans have been coming to the Americas in Mass that's starting to slow
down why you ask well in this video we're going to find out I ran a survey asking foreigners to
the US would they want to live in the United States if they said no there was a follow-up
question of why I listed 50 different things that are most commonly talked about as negatives
to the United States and before you do stop typing every country every state every small
town every village every neighborhood has some negatives nothing's perfect
so this video is based on their responses now about the survey I had a few answers
from Africa and not many from Asia Europe and South America gave the only decent amount of
replies Europe gave about 2,700 replies and South America gave a little over 2100 replies
I got about 400 from Central America So today we're looking at the European results to find
out why Europeans won't move to the United States got it get it good let's take a look
number 10 racial tensions yeah we've always had racial tensions and really every country on the
planet has racial tensions the difference is we have ours on blast in the media every single day
each political faction in the United States blaming the other faction for it but the US
has a complex history of racial tensions and inequality perceived differently by Europeans
who may not fully understand the social dynamics and historical context that we have here in the
United States now now this can contribute to their concerns about discrimination and
social cohesion side note cohesion is one of my favorite words one man named Gerald from
suffk which is in England said he lived in Virginia for 2 years for a job his wife is
a very dark-skinned Indian and he said she was treated very poorly actually his exact
phrase was like a poor Chimney Sweep not totally sure what that is racial tensions got 111 votes
number nine access to public transportation now it's no secret that Europe has a much
better public transportation system than here in the US we've made great strides over the
last couple decades but we still lag far behind Europe and this seems to bother them quite a bit
they aren't as obsessed with driving and owning a car as we are here in the United
States United States is a car culture they do make some amazing automobiles in Europe
they're just not on board with it as much as we are but European cities often have
well-developed public transportation system making car ownership optional for many residents where we
basically rely on it there are a few cities in the United States where they have decent
public transportation and you could pretty much live there without owning a car New York City's
a perfect example Portland is pretty good in that respect same thing with Chicago Seattle
has a solid public transportation system one man said Ireland's public transportation is
better than the United States and Ireland is [ __ ] access to public transportation got 112
votes number eight the IRS yeah believe it or not the IRS was a big complaint by foreigners
and they had a lot to say about it this one I think got the most comments out of all of them
obviously didn't get the most votes here it is at number eight instead of number one but
the comments were definitely against the IRS and our tax system a lot of the countries said that
they don't have to file taxes it's taken out of their checks automatically and there's no
you know tax day in their country but a lot of them mentioned how much paperwork there was and
it was mindblowing one person said and I kind of looked it up and I found some facts about it or
just some things to support it but it said the IRS is so much of a pain that American citizens
are often denied banking facilities in Asia now don't hold me to that that's just what one person
said I saw a couple things online about it I don't know much about that one but I thought
that was strange if anyone has more information on it let me know in the comment section below I
mean everyone in the United States hates the IRS but now Europeans are hating it too one
man said I haven't been to the US in 15 years when I think about the three times I had to
fill out tax forms he called it the Americas he said I get pissed taxes in the IRS got 127
votes number seven work life balance I also put rtime on there because a lot of people
don't understand it as work life balance in other countries they call it their free time or their
vacation time different things like that anyway many European countries prioritize work life
balance with shorter work hours generous vacation time and strong labor Protections in contrast the
United States is known for longer work hours fewer vacation days and a culture that often
prioritizes work over personal time and that's true to a degree I mean all of us know that we
have a pretty crappy work life balance here in the United States now there are other countries
especially in Asia that are far worse than us here in the US but they're comparing Europe to
the United States not Asia so that's where a lot of these responses came from one man
said my wife made us come back to Switzerland because she said she started to forget what I
look like one lady I'm assuming she was lady but she said one week I saw the Uber Eats
guy more than my boyfriend so we came back to London work life balance or free time got 130
votes number six the healthc care system it's pretty bad that used car lots have a better reput
than the Healthcare System here in the United States everybody knows if you go to a hospital
or you have a doctor's appointment you're going to get ripped off at a use Car Lot 50/50 chance
you're getting ripped off one man said while living in Miami he was playing a soccer game
or football he said and he blew out his knee he could walk but it needed to be operated on and
he said it was far cheaper to fly back to the UK rent an Airbnb get surgery recover for 3 days in
a Airbnb and fly back to the US on a personal note not in the survey but I knew a girl that
she was a San Diego sheriff I went to school with her she's retired now but her father was older he
was actually a Los Angeles County Sheriff his medication as he got older was so expensive she
actually sold their house down there and she quit her job and moved up to Washington so she could
go across the border into Canada and get his medication for a tenth of the price had a long
conversation with her about it it was sad this was a handful of years back when it was next to
impossible to have your medication sent from Canada to here in the United States this one
though should be no surprise to any America we all know that our Health Care system is crazy
expensive and complicated it's good and you get good results but it's too expensive for
most Americans to actually afford and the Europeans know this and it kind of stops a
lot of them from coming here in 2022 they did a study where they figured out the per capita
Healthcare expenditure by developed countries down towards the bottom you had Mexico with
about $1,100 a year Brazil $1,500 a year you get up to Poland it's about $2,900 a year Spain was
$4,400 a year Korea is about $4,500 a year UK is about $5,400 a year Denmark you get all the way
up into $627 a year Australia $ 6,596 Switzerland is $88,000 the US is the absolute most expensive
$2,555 that's per capita Healthcare expenditure a
lot of lot of the countries well below us have better results than we do here
in the United States when it comes to our Healthcare Healthcare got 132
votes number five Education costs yeah a lot of countries in Europe the education's really
inexpensive when you compare it to the United States now if you just look at public colleges
it's about $88,000 here in the United States on average if you include the private colleges
it gets up to about 14,000 the United king om is really close to what we got going on in the United
States as far as cost goes but other developed countries it's a different story take a look at
Japan $ 5,228 a year Canada's a little bit lower than that with $4,900 a year you go to Australia
$4,700 a year the Netherlands is $2,400 a year Switzerland ,100 a year France $217 Germany it's
all free no tuition that's not even counting that like your housing and all that stuff one guy from
Poland said he' looked into coming to the United States but it was far too expensive I think he
should have come to the United States because he had like five misspelled words I don't know what's
going on in the Poland school system but never has two ease in it 140 people voted for Education
cost number four political climate yes it's not just a nightmare here in the United States our
political climate is known throughout the world as a total mess right now we have Americans at each
other's throats over politics which should not be a thing each side of the political Spectrum
the politicians are convincing their people that the other side is trying to destroy the country
we've always had a little friction between the parties when it comes to politics here
in the United States but nothing like what's going on to this day it's actually ridiculous
I don't care what political party you're from watch the news and you'll notice like let's
say the same Congressman you know a handful of congressmen will get on media Outlet whether
it's a podcast whether it's a radio show whether it's a cable news channel or make a
YouTube video they have like the phrase of the week and they use it and they say it over and
over and over till you start saying it it's both parties both parties will do this and it creates
friction because basically they're telling you what to think when they're all saying it at the
same time you start to take it as fact and it's just something they do they get together and they
come up with the phrase of the week and like I said both parties do it no one's immune watch
next time there's some kind of issue with the other party whichever you know one you follow
and all of a sudden the other party has a you know an issue you'll see the politicians from whatever
side you're on say the same thing over and over and over for about a week or two but the perceived
political polarization and instability in the US especially in recent years may make Europeans wary
of moving to a country with a political tension as high as we have here in the United States the
parties are so different from each other now policies can fluctuate dramatically with the
change of an Administration that scares a lot of people especially if you're not from here
and you realize it's just all bunch of talk for the most part political climate got 144
votes number three immigration policies now this one's going to seem a little strange
especially what we hear on the news these days about people just flooding in across
the southern border and all that stuff but this is more to do with the process
of people trying to get in here legally changes and immigration policies such
as restrictions on Visa programs and Pathways to citizenships May create
uncertainty and make it more difficult for Europeans to navigate the immigration process
the amount of paperwork that's involved in this is insane now it's pretty much that way for a
lot of countries I mean no one's just got you know fill out your name and your address and
you're a citizen there's always some hoops to go through in every country but the United States
it's a little hard to navigate I heard Canada is really hard to navigate too but that'll keep a lot
of people away especially what we got going on in this country right now there's going to be policy
changes left and right for the next few years I guarantee 210 people voted for immigration
policies number two language barriers while English is widely spoken in the US Europeans
may still face challenges with accents dialects and language nuances that different from what
they're accustomed to which could create communication barriers and feelings of
isolation now this is a big thing we have some pretty serious shifts with the way we speak from
state to state south is very different from what you got going on in California you know you could
come here from Germany and go end up in a small town in Mississippi they might actually look
at someone from Mississippi and go is this dude speaking English what is going on here
now most Europeans do speak English I shouldn't say most but a higher rate than Americans speak
other languages so we do have a pretty serious language barrier for a lot of different people
and the dialects play a big part I mean I'm from California I'm from a Beach Community and some
of the things I say on this channel speaking people ask me what I'm talking about sometimes
but this one got more votes than I really thought it would I mean I didn't think this was much of a
big deal but it showed up at number two with 325 votes all right before we get to number
one don't forget we have another Channel called The Sweet Life for Briggs it's about travel and
cruises and stuff like that there's a link for that down below all right on to number
one and number one crime and gun violence yes this is the biggest one while gun ownership is
common in some European countries the prevalence of firearms and high rates of gun violence in the
US along with relatively relaxed gun laws in some States can be alarming to a lot of Europeans who
are not accustomed to this type of culture now I'm not taking a stance on either side
I own firearms I was in the military but we're talking about people from other countries coming
to this country and it is alarming to a lot of them especially when they see the high rate of
shootings we have and how often Firearms are used in crimes one guy said in America you go to get
a pint and you may never see home again I was like that's kind of rough go to get a beer and
someone's going to shoot you I'm sure it happens but it's not like an you know an hourly occurrence
here in the United States but yeah compared to a lot of other countries we have a ton of
gun violence and a lot of crimes I mean no place is immune from crimes we just have ours on blast
in the media and online and everything else like that so it's really the per ception that
they have how close it is to the reality of the situation who knows but we're talking about what
they think and they think the entire country is Southside Chicago without really thick Pizza gun
violence got 443 votes that's a lot all right that's today's video hope you guys enjoyed it
hope you got some information of it now go out have a great day be nice to each other