Why I'm Glad I Left the US (and moved to Denmark)
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- čas přidán 25. 02. 2022
- What does this guy have to say about living abroad? Here's my take on why I'm not ready to move back to the US and why I really enjoy my life here in Denmark.
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Let me know in the comments if you have any questions that I can help answer!
As a native Danish kid in the 1980s I dreamed about living in California. Nowadays I am grateful I was born here, and I'm not going anywhere.
Welcome to Denmark, sir 👍
I am in the exactly same situation.
Also native Dane, previously dreaming about living in USA.
Hi Kenta! We´re happy you're here! We need you and more like you 👍😊👍 ! Hope you stay 😀 !
Lily Collins (Emily in Paris) has a house in Copenhagen with her husband - they were on holiday while she was filming in Paris and loved Denmark so much that she chose to move here ...
Just to clarify, in Denmark you will get the health care you need no matter if you are employed, unemployed, self employed, senior etc. Everything is paid for by the tax system.
There are exceptions though. Like dental care and most medicine. But the treatment at the doctor or the hospital is almost always covered by the tax system.
10 times higher in the us@@lifesabeach5405
@@Duck_Stick Most prescription medicine is also subsidized on a tier system. The more you spend the less a percentage of the full price you pay. I use a lot of medications, so it’s costs around 6000 kr. a year, but I pay around 1500 kr. of that price. Also, if you are low income, you can sometimes get a dental procedure partly or fully paid for, if you apply for a “enkeltydelse” at your municipality.
Dane here, happy you decided to move to Denmark. Hope you are still enjoying it.
@@lifesabeach5405 He already lives and works in Denmark. So you don't think, he knows the tax rates?
And the taxrate is part off why we have it must better than other places, trust me. And if you dont like it, move….😊
@@lifesabeach5405 awww look at you trying to sound intelligent.
@@lifesabeach5405
Another clueless guy 🙈
@@lifesabeach5405 50% huh, where did u get that number from?? i'm at 31%...
There are many Europeans that don't know how good their quality of life is.
True👍
So so so true !!!!
I worked in NYC for about 6 years, it was a total rat race. We say even if you win, you are still a rat. I totally get what you are saying, right now you can’t pay me to move to any big cities. I never visited Denmark before, but I would love to visit it some day.
Nice video and production value.
Deserves more views.
Thanks for the encouragement. I make videos and then I get super embarrassed by them and then stop aha. I appreciate the kind words. I will try to come back to making videos at some point - even if they are very different to this style.
Yeah I hate to see good content getting overlooked because of CZcamss weird algorithms.
But videos about Denmark are a bit "niche".
You shouldn't be embarrased by the videos.
It's more a matter of whether you find it worthwhile.
It seems, to make the algorhitms happy, you have to churn out content exhaustingly.
So you get punished for not going all in.
Wow! Thank you for you video! It’s very interesting 😍
Waiting for more videos from you 🤗
Hi Kenta! It’s Erikan. I’m enjoying your channel all over again
Well you have to visit the outer skirts of Denmark and not just the Capital. Where i grew up, you had to have a car to go to and from your job, to buy groceries and sometimes even to go to sports or school. If i wanted to go to the gymnasium i had to take the bus 1 hour before i had to meet, and it was was only 15 km away.
I was thinking the same when you talked about accessebillity…!
People in Copenhagen …and Sealand are so lucky when it comes to public transport!
The further away you are from CPH the worse it get’s…and in most situations you need a car for almost everything….and cars in Denmark are expensive!!!
A lot of small towns “DIE”…! People move away or choose the larger cities…because of LACK OF ACCESSIBILLITY…! 😔
BUT I agree with the other two major points you talked about in your video… 👍
A soul that gets it. We're willing to let the State have a little control when we see that we can hold them [relatively] accountable and feel we get value for those taxes.. 'Solidaritet skal ikke kun ses på egne bankbog'
Liked what you said. 😊
Hopefully i can meet you next year i will be there in Denmark... I like this videos very helpful on me. 😊❤
Great video👍🤩
Yay, thanks! More to come :).
Honestly, I'm soo grateful to be a dane ❤ I've been in the hospital so many times (broken arm, kidneystone operation etc) and I can't help but think about the bill I would've gotten, if I lived in the US 😂 I would've been in so much more debt then I am already😅 I love my bike and the biking possibilities ❤ I love the architecture and the education possibility, where we GET PAID TO STUDY 🙏❤️ I don't fancy how people come from other countries to exploit our kindness (welfare and childsupport from state), without wanting to even learn our language or work😢
But I love being a dane 🇩🇰❤️
We also don't have huge weather catastrophes as tornados or earthquakes 🙏🤞❤️
@@lifesabeach5405i know- not their finest moment though 😂 immigrants also get a lower social income, as they haven't contributed to the social welfare .. if you work though, you get your salary, and earn the rights for a higher social welfare income, if you loose your job.. you still get money for educating yourself and free health care though 😊
Excelent video.. keep up the good work. Just one question, is it hard to find a job if you don't speak danish?
If someone often several is sick, your work might rarely call and see if you are interested in helping out if its REALLY busy. You earn extra money for overwork hours aswell as weekend or holyday benifit. But they dont expect you too, neither can they punish you for saying no. And they most certainly cant force you. Plus if you are on holiday there is no chance they call honestly. They know you are on holiday :)
Fin video 😊👍
So jealous! I want to move to Denmark 🇩🇰
You are more than welcome in our small pond of happiness ;-)
It's not illegal to reach out to an employee, if the contract (union or private) defines the "penalty" for doing so.
Most contracts I've seen say that if your employer calls while you have your vacation time, all the vacation days are returned to the employee, even if it's on Wednesday of 3rd week of summer vacation... employee gets 3 unused weeks back.
So the employers are very careful not to disturb you, unless it's a very important issue.
But in reality, it's usually not that rigid, often employees have a nice and casual relationship with their managers, so a single quick 5 minute call is usually tolerated.
But contacting you is something both managers and co-workers try to avoid unless they get really stuck without your help.
I can never get enough of these "Americans in Europe" videos. I'm lucky enough to work for a huge US corporation (!!) - and thought about moving, but all the weird systems put me off. Even with the big pay increase. TBH, I'm not even sure I'd earn more per hour working in the States.
If you're in a union job in DK, you need at least a 40% raise just to break even in the same American job, since you'll be taking care of either most or all of your time off along with your pension... and then there's healthcare, which lower taxes might pay some of, employer yet another part, but you still may come up short. For a job to pay better in the US, it REALLY needs to be a WELL paying job. As in really well paying.
How did you get a European visa? Are you self-employed? Asking as a New-Yorker hoping to relocoate!
European countries have individual requirements for work visas, if that’s what you meant; so you’d have to look up the respective countries you’re interested in. Denmark has a ‘positive work list’, i.e. lists of professions experiencing a shortage of skilled or highly qualified professionals - which makes it easier to achieve a work/living permit.
Cool vid man. Europe is rad. What’s traveling out of Copenhagen like? Are there budget airlines that use that airport?
yes most of them, like Vueling, Norwegian, EasyJet and Ryanair.
get rental car if moving out of big city, it makes it so more free of wait time, but it isnt the biggest problem to go by off transport.
If someone here in Denmark get ill and need an ambulance. we dont hesitate to call an ambulance even if it is a person we dont know, because it cost nothing other that what we pay thru the tax. I hear in us people dont call an ambulance because they are afraid what it will cost the person who got sick.
In denmark you dont even have to pay more in tax if you’ve been to the doctors office. You just pay a general tax which the givernment can increase for everyone.
[ 8:34 ] - Most companies in Denmark give their employees an additional week of vacation on top of the five weeks they are legally entitled to.
there is quite a bit of americans moving to Denmark these days wich is awsome cause we need it :D
But not the MAGA, GOP, Oath Keepers, Proud Boys and New Nazi Party Arlington Virginia
Why does Denmark need Americans?
@@TheAllisonLab we are not making enough population and we have more opportunities/jobs than we have people for filling in... well the expanding GDP we are in, is in need of qualified workers and here people get paid hansomly acordding to the specific jobs the get/want :D
but the problem is we need people in several sectors of the country and the danish GDP would have been absolutly Huge if it had the population for it :D ofcause its not bad since average GDP pr capita is $67,790 atm and there is all the space to fill in ALOT more than 6million people
The danish School system is making alot of highly educated people and therefor also alot of innovative people with ideas and alot more... but there is simply not the population to make all of them possible wich is really sad :/
but many is fortunatly for us moving here not just because of a better life but higher living standards and safety/security reasons for them to start families :D
Americans is highly skilled workers from top to bottom and have the advantage of being a very good mix for all kinds of jobs your a working hard population just like the Germans is known for to be :D and if you can spare some we would love to take them in :D
the fulltime MCD worker gets somewhere along the 3.045,15usd a month aside of that pension and 6 weeks of holiday paid of this pay varies but there is also Appendix for the shifts that comes attop sooo somewhere between 22-25usd an hour and danish work hours is 37fulltime above that all companies have to pay extra time it varies from company to company how much that is but most goes for 50% the first 2 or 3 hours that day after that 100% :D
also all companies gives paternal leave when they have kids for 1 year leave paid :D thats split between both the man and woman their choice really :D
6:03: "You don't need to be filthy rich to make sure that you don't die."
i hope googal T can help.. in Us you get sick, you meet stage of work without pay ... In Denmark, if you are sick, you stay at home, then it is a paid day off ... In the US, you have a partner you don't live well with, but their health insurance is linked to your patner. he it keep you in an unrequited relationship.. And then single when you have children in Denmark .. is there up to 1 year maternity leave paid :) .. And single mosque we work less in Denmark into the US. but we still have a higher produkutivity..
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I kinda agree
A peruvian guy asked me if I would move abroad for love: Me, sure why not? To the USA: Me, no never. Im to European. Ok if I had money I might think about it, but I eel the gap between the rich and poor is to big. If I had children, I would want them to take the metro/bus as a young teenager without worrying that anything would happen to them. But for tourism its an amazing country
0:47 It indeed was less than perfect German if that "duna kebab" you referred to was actually Döner kebab.
Technically, Quality of Life are three words, whereas in Danish it's one: Livskvalitet! ;)
1:26 hygge. 😉
I'd like to make a comment about Unions and workers rights... It is NOT the Government and the Employers that has given the many rights (Benefits in the US) to workers becuase they thought we deserved them - every single one of them has been negotiated by our Unions and have come into place by many strikes throughout the times.
If workers in the USA want better conditions, they need to Unite and stand together against employers
“I don’t pay good wages because I have a lot of money, but I have a lot of money because I pay good wages.” Robert Bosch
'Quality of life' - one word.
Hate to be that guy, but, you know... That's like at least 3 words.
Cool vid though
Like Joe Brandon in one word, made in America.😆😆😆😆🇩🇰.
HAHA, this made me actually 'laugh out loud'. Thanks for being that guy.
Other americans say, that US ain't grown up yet talking about nudity, we are more free
You reminded me how loud the United States is. Even our tv shows are loud. Also you were diplomatic enough not to mention our useless, lazy congress who don't care about anyone's quality of life but their own.
You do mean the Rebpublican Party, do you not? Okay, there are the Machins and the Synemas, but are not the exception?
@@jandamskier6510I meant both sides of the aisle. No favorites here.
@@joeyauvinen6064eThere are exceptions like AOC
As an American who has lived in Europe, including Denmark, for over 10 years, I think this love for European healthcare systems is a bit overblown. Yes, you pay for health insurance in the US and if you compare the monthly payments to what you have to pay in taxes in Denmark, it kind of evens out. The main difference is that you can get the specialist and preventative care you want in the US system whereas the Danish system really only treats you if the health system decides it’s important. Danish healthcare definitely doesn’t feel ‘free’ and the care I have received has been very passive. For example, if you have a sprained ankle, they just tell you to take ibuprofen. You have to pay for physical therapy yourself and the doctor doesn’t monitor your progress or make further evaluations. It’s very hands off. All in all, in my case the health insurance I had in the US was a better deal.
As long as in the US you get such insurance cover from yr employment , not everyone’s case
So GIT!!
With great social welfare, quality of life of Denmark- for reasons of being one of the less friendly to newcomers country for integration, Danish language (hardest among Scandinavian) and weather - no
then stay where you are.
He Pay taxes too, No one get it fre, we have highest taxes in Europe
He didn't say it was free - he said you pay for it throu taxes. And I really don't mind paying taxes. My family would be in deep debt (hospital bills) if we lived in America.
so your not a problem solver but a runner ...
In the USA you have the choice between plague and cholera. 2 parties.
Am wondering if the Danish people are happy working and paying for your welfare. Just wondering?!?!?!
Ot is Called solidarity with your fellow man, an concept strange to americans. they call it comunism!!