9. switchless sockets now apparently in europe you have a switch to either allow the power to flow by
turning a button on or cutting it by switching it off in america you don't have this option
and that's most likely because of the fact that we have a lower voltage running through our sockets
so the risk of shocking yourself when you unplug
something without turning the socket off first isn't as high
i don't want to move to europe anymore i'm not no i don't want to move to europe
anymore so you're telling me that i have a high chance of being elected
i've been electrocuted before with the same socket
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the land of the free and the home of the brave and apparently huge freezing cold houses with weird
sockets wait what's so strange about american homes well anytime i invite my non-american
friends over to my house they're happy to point out how bizarre it is for example what big houses
first of all not all americans have huge houses plenty of people rent small apartments and houses
come in all different sizes but yeah but let's be real though the average american wants a big
house and um the truth is that probably the reason that we don't have a big house is because we're
kind of broke you know like me i don't have a big house because i'm broke yeah typical american i'll
agree that the typical american home is pretty big and spacious compared to other countries
where the average square footage for european houses is about 1500 feet it's 2700 feet in the
us i guess the numbers don't lie number two a room for everything to fill our giant houses we've got
a room for pretty much anything you can imagine if you can count closets as tiny rooms guys when
i move to europe please don't be mad at me if i take my american ideas of housing to europe the
structure might not look american obviously but the inside might look american with a lot of space
and you know it might look that way guys so don't be mad at me i love europe and i
love a lot of things that you all do but the housing bro it's one thing that i just cannot
i love space i really love space i love personal space i love to be free and probably that's one
of the reasons why i've said in videos that i love the netherlands because they got that ass lake out
there where you could just go chill and i you know could just be free i'm not seeing any you know
walls so it's it's just who i am i kind of like that big ass space so forgive me i like big
vehicles i like big houses forgive me guys but i just love it they kind of are when you think about
it every american home has multiples of those there are closets for clothes in each bedroom
usually one near the front door for coats and shoes one in the bathroom or hallway for towels
one in the kitchen in the form of a pantry yep we love storage space that's built into the house
those big wardrobes you might get from ikea aren't really a thing here number three huge
personal washers and dryers speaking of rooms there's also usually one just for doing laundry
also most americans have both a washer and a separate dryer and they tend to be big too my
european friends tell me that their washer is in the kitchen or bathroom and they hang their
clothes to dry but again i'm sure it comes down to the issue of space still even if a person in the
u.s doesn't have their own they just go down to the laundromat to use the machines there you won't
see many americans hand washing their clothes or hanging them to dry i mean who has time for that
four basements and here's yet another way to have plenty of storage space or of course if you're in
the midwest yeah no basement over there like you guys ain't got no basement in uh europe that has
to be kept i know y'all got bunkers though because for sure gotta have one of those if i have money
one day and i'm not poor for the rest of my life i think i would actually want a bunker where i
could have a underground type stuff i don't know if that would be legal in any country i don't know
i really don't know i don't know law like that but um it should be interesting but you know
it's it's it's cool to have a basement because you use it for a lot of storage let me tell you
basements serve as a shelter when a tornado hits but besides storage and tornado safety a lot of
american homes have gorgeous finished basements that serve as another living space it might be in
the form of a guest room or a recreational area to hang out in five the abandoned dining room
and there are some rooms that we don't even use at all okay maybe this just applies to my family but
we never use the dining room it's there we have a beautiful dining table but we always just take
our dinner to the living room and watch tv while we eat hey dinner and a movie six serious about
fire safety more specifically i'm talking about having multiple smoke alarms throughout the house
i personally have one in the kitchen another in the hallway and one in each bedroom that's
what the national fire protection association recommends and i'm probably not alone in following
their guidelines to a t fire safety is taken so seriously in the states that landlords can get
in big trouble if they don't immediately fix a non-working smoke alarm for their tenants and
perhaps it's for fire safety or just a convenience thing but i've always had an electric stove in any
house i've lived in gas stoves aren't as popular as they are elsewhere in the world 7. wall-to-wall
carpeting this point will often depend on how old a house is because a lot of the old ones
have wooden floors but most homes especially the newer ones have wall-to-wall carpeting in every
room well not the kitchen or bathroom of course but everywhere else it's carpeted is this really
just an american thing if you're from another country you'll have to let me know down below
let me know eight how low can you go now my european friends find my toilet quite fascinating
and mildly confusing i guess toilets in the u.s sit lower than the ones in europe do it's not
because we're definitely i'm going to prefer the ones in the uh what's that in europe definitely
because bro do you understand that to be like not being the shortest person in the world bro to go
that low it kind of sucks bro like yeah you need a little bit i don't know how to explain it but
you don't want to get that low bro necessarily shorter or that it's more comfortable for us low
sitting toilets actually serve a purpose being closer to the ground is a healthier and more
natural way to you know do your numbers before we even had commodes our caveman ancestors squatted
on the ground so just trying to keep it all natural over here and well civilized too of course
nine toilet bowls full of water you didn't think i was done talking about toilets did you okay one
more toilet fact for the day in the u.s they're full of water on his first visit to the states
one of my friends actually thought my toilet was clogged nope all that water is totally normal and
serves several purposes as well first of all it keeps the bowl from getting too dirty and staining
the porcelain that way we don't have to use the brush as often it also minimizes smells but there
is a downside of more splashing if you know what i mean and i think you do 10. hey friends
it's tweaking bro one faucet to rule them all i haven't done a lot of traveling but i have
been to the uk and i was flabbergasted by the separate faucets in the bathroom how do you guys
use those anyways i have to wash my hands under scalding hot or freezing cold water separately
jump back and forth between the two in the u.s sinks always have just one faucet and
you can customize the temperature of the water however you like now as for getting that perfect
temperature when you're taking a shower but the weirdest part is facets or faucets or
whatever the shish kabob they're called um you can get them anywhere in the world like you can
import them anywhere in the world so it's it's kind of unique to thing that you would have two
things coming out with different temperature water i've never seen that before actually
don't even get me started on that 11. crank up the ac yeah most of us leave the ac running all
through the summer instead of opening a window or using a fan probably not the most cost-efficient
solution especially in a big house but it just feels so nice the same goes for cranking the heat
up in the winter you won't see many radiators in the us 12. wearing shoes inside most of the
world has a pretty strict policy about it that one i'm going to have to get used to
i do wear my shoe inside but it's not like a shoe where i go outside with it's more like um
i have something specific that i wear inside so i don't know if that would be considered
yucky let me know if you've made it this far to the video would it be considered as wearing my
shoe inside if i don't wear what i wear inside outside with like you get what i'm trying to say
so i have a pair of crocs that i wear only inside of the house i don't wear them anywhere else just
inside of the house if i go outside i don't have them outside it's inside only crocs right and
would that be considered wearing my shoes inside the house even though it doesn't go outside i
don't know because it's always inside does that make sense taking your shoes off at the front door
but that's not really the case here most families are totally okay with wearing shoes inside around
the house as long as they're not muddy or anything sure there are those american families that don't
do it so if you're ever in the states it's customary to ask if you need to take your shoes
off at the front door most of the time the answer will be nah you're fine 13. switchless sockets
now apparently in europe you have a switch to either allow the power to flow by turning
a button on or cutting it by switching it off in america you don't have this option and that's most
likely because of the fact that we have a lower voltage running through our sockets so the risk
of shocking yourself when you unplug something without turning the socket off first isn't as high
i don't want to move to europe anymore i'm not no i don't want to move to europe anymore so
you're telling me that i have a high chance of being electric you i've been electrocuted before
with the same socket i have been electric
i'm scared
guys is this really true can i get electrocuted oh my gosh well
14. no tea kettle in the kitchen the us is mostly a coffee drinking country so we don't really use
tea kettles and if you're thinking well what about a kettle to boil water for instant coffee
the answer to that my friend is that most homes have a coffee maker to brew it fresh 15.
garbage disposals ah yes the convenience of rinsing your plate right in the sink
flipping the switch and sending all that ground up food down the drain garbage disposals are a lot
more common in yeah like you don't got that in in in europe yeah that's something that is like it's
it's a lifesaver let me tell you something you ain't going to get no clogs bro let me tell you
bro that thing right there i don't remember what i oh i'm telling you about that thing is
the bomb bro like i never knew it was secluded or unique to america but bro that thing is the bomb
states in fact over 50 percent of american homes have one i imagine it comes down to
better sanitation and avoiding raunchy smells coming from your trash can 16. flags everywhere
americans really do love to display the old star spangled banner so most homes here have
at least one hanging outside the house but it's not just our national flag we like to hoist
a lot of people have a flag with their favorite football team or the college they went to on it
what can i say we like flags seventeen pristine lawns and finally surrounding that big house full
of rooms closets carpet and weird sockets we have our beautiful lawns okay the perfect pristine kind
are usually only found in the suburbs but in general americans like to take care of their
yard plus most neighborhoods have rules about it even if you don't want to you often have to keep
your lawn mowed and free of leaves or clutter everything's got to look nice and clean and now
whether you're american or not which of these things apply to your house let me know down in the
let me tell you man i agree with everything that he said everything that he said he's talking facts
straight facts but either ways we out of here guys people liking the video and subscribe man and um
yeah let me know about that electricity type stuff because i ain't trying to get electrocuted
so i got to be you know safe when i'm in europe but either way it's got them out of here pigs