How I View the US After 13 Years Living in Europe

I feel the same after moving from the US to the UK in 2018. My family does not understand why I won't move back. But since I moved away, I've been healthier; I used to be pre-diabetic but not had low blood sugar since shortly after moving. I also broke BOTH my ankles this year (bouldering) and had to stay in hospital and get surgery, which is the first time I've even used the NHS to that extent or stayed in a hospital at all. I'm so grateful that I didn't have to go into $20k of debt. Also, I got diagnosed with ADHD a few years ago and access affordable prescriptions. Not everything is perfect here but daily life's just a bit easier.

As an American it really depend on your financial situation for the quality of life here. If your in the upper middle class than America is fantastic but if your working class or the poor then it can feel hard to live here.

This is the best video on Europe that I’ve seen to date. Well done. I used to live there in 2017/2018. I’ve since moved back to Canada, which is nowhere near as bad as the US, but I’m heavily considering going back lol. This was a huge push in that direction!

7:38 hey, I recognize that face!

The best thing I can say about living in the states for a year, is that it taught me to appreciate being British. Our little island is far from a utopia, but you don’t miss your water till your well runs dry

As an almost 20 year old who doesn’t like the way our government functions and can acknowledge that democracy is flawed, I thought I was just crazy or something… I needed to hear this, so thank you. Also, I hate having to pay so much money just to exist and get an education. I wish I could afford to move. 😭💔

Well said and with respect. I just wish it was easier to move aboard. If I could find a gaming company job to work for with ease. It be awesome. Sadly I don’t get enough time off to visit my family overseas. I’d love to move to Europe, but my family lives in Southeast Asia. Still to me the most important thing to me is community. Growing up I don’t feel that closeness as I did when I went to my mom’s home country. Very friendly and your neighbors are like family. Theres plenty of wonderful communities out there waiting to be explored.

This video is almost 1 year old. Why no new video's?
Hmm what has changed. Did you move back to the US because the US is pulling it's troops out of Europe, is it because of Islam flooding Europe, is it because your new found perceived freedoms are dwindling because your wealth is no longer protecting you from reality.
Like everyone else that could afford to leave, your living above most people that have endured living there under changing laws that is slowly taking away their few rights.

Evan poor Evan. Unanimous? I wonder about people like you. Where do you get your info? Over 80% of Americans that have lived in Europe eventually come back to the US. While only 20-30% of Euros move back to the continent. These are modern trends. People vote with their feet and more Euros than Americans decide to stay in their adopted country. I only wish more Americans see you as a natural skeptic. You don't speak for others. You're only speaking for yourself.

Honestly, if America just had more vacation time and a better healthcare system the country would be elite. Add in some more public transport and you have yourself a winner.

"My state has the GDP of Norway." You know where else has the GDP of Norway? NORWAY.

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None of this is relevant to larger issues and its nontent. Nothing you are saying is relevant at a large scale. You're talking points are neighborhood and local issues aside from gun ownership which IS important in the case of fighting back against tyranny. I am glad you're not in America as right now, more than ever we need patriots, not complainers. As an aside I lived in the following countries:

Brazi, UK, Turkey, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and Singapore. Currently living in San Diego, CA and it's the absolute best place in the world to live. A lot of what you complained about is financially related. If you have money a lot of the things you're talking about go away. If you're broke everywhere sucks. If you're well off everywhere is great. I don't like people like you who have to paint this picture of the "greener grass" to justify your move. It creates disdain for the country that enables you to complain about the life we (Americans) built for you to complain about. Think deeper about what you're putting out into the world. I don't know how you have any followers, I don't know why this was recommended to me. Maybe the most boring 25 minutes of my life. I don't even know why I'm writing this comment. All of it, a waste of time.

In the US, they have the freedom to drive, in the rest of the world, for the most part, we have the freedom to not have to drive, or drive if you want/need to

In the UK, after there were two many shootings, they banned guns except for very specific limit circumstances, and requiring a license to own.
In the USA, after too many shootings, that keep happening, they are considering the teachers having guns to protect themselves......

A lot can change in 9 months

You go ahead bro, Europeans wishing they could live in the US after being here for the world cup. It's obvious where your priorities are.

Need to say that British parliament system is even shittier than in USA. But they both should be get demolished and move to multiparty system like all others. Now you cant change anything by voting in both countries.

I have Heard It once „USA is not a country - it is a company”. Can’t stop thinking about USA differently since

It’s a tradeoff because I have higher costs but I can say things like “I’d like that air conditioner please” and “get out of my house”

This video is a masterclass in post-hoc cope. You're comparing your adult life as a successful London creator to your youth working a low-wage Pizza Hut job in New Jersey. That is a completely skewed baseline.

For skilled professionals, the US wage premium entirely eclipses the European safety net. London corporate and tech salaries are notoriously low relative to the brutal cost of living there. Bragging about an EU consumer refund for a MacBook doesn’t offset the loss of massive lifetime wealth accumulation.

Worse, you're romanticizing failing systems. Praising the NHS because they treated your gas pain for free completely ignores the systemic collapse and historic wait times that actual UK residents face daily.

It’s fine to prefer walkability, but masking a massive drop in purchasing power and a decaying public sector as a unilateral victory requires a lot of selective memory.