China vs. America
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- An unlikely comparison, China and The USA. I have lived in China for over 10 years, and recently had a chance to travel to America for a long roadtrip. I wanted to make a video highlighting the differences between the 2 countries in food, economy, and culture.
Two wildly different countries. What are the differences between China and America? Safety, Food, cost of living and the people...
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Music used: Robert Parker - One Love / FM84 - Everything
Of course you're safe Winston. No one is going to bother a guy that looks like The Transporter.
lol, good one.
haha
Nice one XD
Wow you made that movie ref.
In China, nationalism education runs through primary schools to universities.
I like that you drink beer during your presentation. Makes it feel more personal, like I'm sitting across from you.
@1manuscriptman 😂😂😂
Are you copying Geweilao60 during beer? It’s his copy right, isn’t it?
@@lisashung9442 china knows all about copyright
Same thought
When you order a small meal in America you'll get a big one, it's like getting opposite scammed..
I dont think its really healthy meal sices ...😂
😂😂😂😂
Idk where you or this guy was eating at but food portion in America is not big it's usually small and expensive takes 15$ for two people just to eat cheap
Waste
@@sashagandalf8684 im perfectly fine with that..
Hey, in the US, you're either super beautiful or you're jabba the hutt
I like to watch a TV series call, my 600 pounds life
This killed me
I dont want to be offensive, but this might explained why there are so many overweight people visiting here in Vietnam. I alway wonder: "There alot of Russian, Chinese, people from Europe to any countrys around Vitenam ... but why i also saw at least a dozen overweight people everytime i drive-by on the tourist area ?" I dont belive so many people can be that fat in the first place.
Not true at all.
@@mr.bluefox3511 That we're all either gorgeous or obese pigs. That's not true at all.
So much to cover in this comparison. You did an awesome job on this video. Fair, and great insight from a non-native from either country. Can't wait to see the rest.
Thanks brotato chip!
@Laowhy86 Chicago Pizza >New York Pizza. Fact.
Abov Why are you trying to start a war?
I love both of your videos. They're so high quality it's amazing! I will never go to China I think and I watch these videos and enjoy them immensely!
I liked it too but the background interest was destroyed using that low fstop. Boooooooo
Finish a plate of food at a restaurant? Are you crazy? That's what to-go boxes are for!
Sometimes I really do:)
yah we take it home lol
Dumbledoresarmy13 yeah restaurant food is for the night meal plus lunch the next day, duh.
Dumbledoresarmy13 ikr? I don't think I've ever finished food at a restaurant.
I lived in China for 10 years, and to this video, i'll say almost everything he says are wrong.
For example, he says every crime happens in China did not reveal in news. If it's not reveal in news, and he says he did not personally experienced any crime in China(says in previous video), how come he know that China is very dangerous? By just guessing?
Another example is, in his previous videos he says in China there's no way of getting in to foreign websites, but the reality is that you only need to download an app from phone or install a hardware of your computer, then you are very free to get into every foreign websites, I see my teachers, friends and classmates in China are just so freely to go to foreign sites.
There are just way too many wrong opinions in his videos...
I can confirm as an American we do indeed love massive meals. I'm actually surprised the obesity epidemic isn't *worse*.
1 in 2 Americans are obese, there is not much more wiggle room to be worse XD
Speak for yourself
It’s getting worse because the liberals are glamorizing it, telling people it’s healthy to be a FAT 🐷 PIG…
My son visited Australia from the USA. One of the big differences he noticed was how much smaller the portions of served food was. He also noticed how much thinner the people in Australia were.
As an Australian... Christ Americans must be fat as fuck if you think Australians are thin, lmao
I enjoyed you sharing your perspectives, sometimes we Americans as anyone anywhere, get too hung up on the negatives and forget the positives
Mark E Felling Agree and America is a great place and we do not realize it(better than Canada but most Americans do not know that)
yea travel to china , see dearh vans ... your an asshat
CHINESE is just the opposite
@Naikomi as a european myself. I say everything has its beautiful and its bad side. Just everywhere are nice people, and some hardcore mthrfckrs.
I am a criminologist/forensic psychologist in the US & I think may Europeans don't understand the violence in the US. There are two big misconceptions I see regularly.
First off, most countries in Europe count crime very differently than the US does. Most European countries have, for example, an intent requirement before a murder is counted in the national stats. The US counts virtually everything. If one person assaults another & a person dies it gets counted as a homicide. Even self defense situations get counted. It's justifiable homicide, still goes on the books as a homicide.
This makes the homicide rate in the US look significantly higher than most countries in Europe, when, in actuality, a good portion of that difference is simple differences in reporting practices. Now, Britain & Australia are the only other reasonably large countries that keep centralized, consistent, national records on par with the US but neither Britain or Australia allow criminologists access to actual crime reports. If we want to study Britain, we must use government supplied stats. This makes a real, apples to apples comparison virtually impossible. We can't go in & review the reports on individual murders to adjust for those differences in reporting practices.
Officially, the homicide rate in the US is just about 4x as high as Britain. (3.9 per 100,000 in US and about 1 per 100,000 in Britain) In actuality, if we coded (counted & defined) homicide the same in both countries the rate wouldn't be nearly as lopsided. How much closer would those numbers be? Who knows. I worked at a large jail in the US & for a few months I applied what I know of British coding practices to US homicide cases & fewer than 1/2 of cases we count would get counted in Britain but my methods couldn't really be considered stringent, just a quick look at the police reports & a snap judgement. My hunch is an apples to apples comparison would yield results of the homicide rate in the US to be 30 to 50% higher than Britain but that's little more than an educated guess.
The second thing people in Europe don't understand is violence in the US is far, far less random. Every country has a large % of their violence coming from criminal on criminal but in the US, that is highly pronounced. In the US somewhere between 75-85% of homicides stem from gang on gang or some type of criminal enterprise that can be tied to the victim. These are participatory crimes in that the victim was involved in some type of criminal enterprise that resulted in them getting targeted.
In most countries in Europe only about 50% of homicides are participatory. The other half, roughly, are random.
In short, if anyone wants to visit the US but is nervous about it, relax. The homicide rate isn't nearly as high as you think it is & it's highly concentrated in gang areas among gang members.
So long as your vacation plans don't include joining a gang, you will probably be just fine. Exactly like serpentza says in his video, if you leave the questionable people alone, they will leave you alone too. If you are worried about random gun crime, just keep in mind that the criminals don't know if you have one yourself or not. If you were a criminal, would you risk getting shot to attack someone you don't know for pocket money & maybe a credit card good for 1 or 2 charges? Not to mention, just look at the numbers, 4 in 100,000 is 1 in 25,000 per year. If you don't even factor in not joining a gang those are still pretty good odds in your favor. If you stay for a month, pure statistics wise, you have a 1 in 300,000 chance of getting murdered (even less if you are female)so relax, come visit the good old USA & stuff your face. We won't murder you! Well, probably not. ;)
Good Day All !! Ms. Shannon
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i read it all...anyone?
+说你呢 most people are murdered by an acquaintance, not by a random stranger. For example, one drug dealer shooting another. Don't hang out with scummy people in dangerous neighborhoods and your chance of being murdered drops to nearly zero. Thank goodness :)
Thank you for that Ms. Shannon. Comparison between nations in terms of crime is such a mess due to the vast differences in reporting methods. Survey based crime comparisons are not very reliable in my opinion either due to cultural differences and especially media differences.
Actually I really wish there were a way to highlight your comment as you said everything I wanted to say and provided much more support than I would be capable of without significant research time. Typo in your first sentence btw;)
control your guns and threat weapon first, look at the news of gun shooting in school or any other places in US,too more!!! i am chinese in NA now, but i prefer CA and live in there, l don't want to go US because my friends and my parents say that place so dangerous
+楊浩 don't listen to your friends and family they're idiots. if you do what they say you will miss out on many good life experiences.
USA is pretty kickass if you ask me..
I know this is an older video, but city like Tucson is like a 3rd tier city in US. prices in places like NYC, LA, Seattle are significantly higher. for example, a 1 bedroom apartment in LA in a decent neignborhood is around $1800-2100 usd/mo, cities like Seattle, you are looking at around 1500-1800 usd/mo.
Yup, I was thinking ... you are talking about Tucson and Phoenix ... people who can't make it in places like NYC go to Tucson and Phoenix for some semblance of a city life, haha!
I was looking for a comment like this. He said rent was actually comparable then said it was like $600 for a 1 bedroom haha. In orange county where I work it's like 1500+ for a 1 bedroom. Even 2 years ago it would be closer to 1300
@@EquestrianAltercationsLLC I'm on Anaheim Hills, my 1 bed room rent is $1930/mo
@@slyphendrivevlog8765 Santa Monica, $3000/mo
He's more talking about land, the cost of land, space, rich or poor people. Anywhere in the world where you want to be surrounded by rich people will be expensive. In our best places in Brazil, the rental of an apartment goes up to $6.000,00/month.
We fat as hell! Our dogs is on insulin!
Slayed.
rofl!
My cat is a diabetic ... j/k, but I have friends w/ diabetic cats.
Haha this cracked me up!
Send him to China. They need food
where as in china the dog is on the menue
6:39 - "Everybody walks everywhere", Then a guy on a segway rolls up.
JayBee120 yeah, right on time.
the dude was skinny though
@@yankeebastardnslovakia Yo yankeeshithead SHUTUP ! Go read something ..if you can..
Hover board*
It's a hoverboard.......googling it before commenting on others will save your pride.
Take it from an outsider
Most americans have no idea how good they got it.
Take it from an insider.
Most Americans have no idea how good they have it.
absolutely right I hate how spoiled some of us act im super thankful to have been born here in the USA i could have been born in NK :(
100% agree.
In addition to the portion size problem in the US, there is an obsessive amount of sugar in most products or beverages that converts into fat. Processed sugars definitely contributes to the obesity epidemic as well.
When you wrote "obsessive", I will take that as a portmanteu of "obscene" and "excessive". (Even though you probably didn't mean it that way. But I'm not gonna obsess over this trivial detail, in part because I love puns.)
@@DowlphinI like you
There sure are a lot of people angry that he didn't go along with the "America is evil" cliche
root Well said.
hahaha america as a society are much open and accepting and even naive , you come here to the arab countries and you see what real bigotry and racism looks like
The USA is a mastermind of the capitalism. If people walk, profits are lost, who will buy 2-3 cars per family and use petroleum to fill these cars, lower health means higher profits on medicine, etc. Even people who live on the border of poverty own at least one car. Everything is ordered to make people spend money. The thing that shocks me the most, you can get a meal relatively cheaply, but to buy "organic" apples 0.5kg (1lb) will cost you x2-3 as much. To eat healthy seems like a luxury.
it's not a conspiracy, really. people like to live in the suburbs where they can have big cheap houses and big yards. you have to have a car to get to work and shopping. all the work places and shopping centers have to have big parking lots. This makes the cities very spread out, and very inconvenient to walk.
I have to walk about a mile to buy groceries or see a restaurant. A mile of boring residential neighborhoods. If you walk a mile from your home in an Asian city like Taipei, you will pass multitudes of places to eat and shop. Your walk along the way will likely be more interesting too.
there are dense urban areas in America too, like new York city, but the majority of the population lives in a manner that demands a car. Mostly by their own choice.
I ride a bike to work and shop. I save money by not paying for gas ever.
You make a very good point here. I think that many people fail to realize just how spread out the US population is. Outside large cities, having a car is not really a luxury as many people outside the nation seem to believe: it is a necessity. I will note for those not as familiar with US customs that it is quite common for people to live in smaller cities (in large part because as you mentioned, the cost of living is much lower) and commute into larger ones, like New York and Chicago. A 'normal' commute could be more than an hour drive and be distances up to 100 km or so.
American cities have evolved with cars such that you need a car in most American cities. Suburbia fuelled by cheap energy. The recipe for suburbia is really simple. Take a city and add energy.
Yeah, I understand that. But, construction ideas (housing in suburbs) came from the '60s when the great nation was "recovering" and there had to be money in the flow. But, the thing is, close to 60 years has passed, economy changed, environment changed, some things are not in abundance any more… I don’t think about capitalism in a bad light, what would people do with the money if they didn’t spend it, keep it in a bank or in socks. If they spend it, yes some will go into greedy hands but some will go into research of new technologies and thus improving the living standards. But the sad thing is, we can buy more of everything, but at the same time we are less healthy and more depressed and big houses, big cars, big meals will not help with that.
I am Japanese. For me, America has always been a country of my dreams.
Marry me and come to the US
@@DSPHistoricalSociety lol
@@DSPHistoricalSocietycreep
@@digitalhippie2336 you gawddamn right
@12:18 "My country trumps your country when it comes to violence"
Venezuelan: "hold my beer"
I've been binging in your videos man, love your concise editing and speaking, and the suit look. Thanks for the mind traveling you provide with your work.
Cheers from Uruguay!
i read cheers from Agrentina,oh wait its the same.
@@victorbautista707 Qué quisiste decir, Víctor? Es un chiste, un trolleo... ¿?
@@victorbautista707 Brasil > argentina
Colombian : « let me make you a nice neck tie »
Exactly what I was thinking 😂🤷
I think this video is incredibly biased. Especially about the mass stabbing it's no way as common as the mass shooting that you would see in the states. The crime rate in China in 2010, there was 1.1 per 100000 people whereas in the US the number is 4.5. I think it's very inaccurate to base your perception purely on your anecdotes.
Are you for real?! LOL the numbers are adjusted for the total population of the respective country. It's a standardized unit of measurement designed specifically to compare the crime rate between countries with different population size. "I still support SerpentZA's personal take on it " Yep of course you would because you don't understand simple statistics.
Did you not read about the part where it says 1.1 per 100K people? and 4.5 per 100K? Let me walk you through this:
Take for instance according to
"Hans-Günther Heiland; Louise I. Shelley; Hisao Katō (1992). Crime and Control in Comparative Perspectives. Walter de Gruyter. p. 245. ISBN 3-11-012614-1."
The total number of crimes in China in 1977 were 548,415. The total number of population in 1977 was 943.5 million.
548,415/9435000000 = 0.000058126
This number means on average 0.000058126 crime is committed PER PERSON. To make this figure more relevant, statisticians multiply this number by 100000, subsequently you will get 0.000058126x100000= 5.8 the interpretation of this number is that in the year 1977 the crime rate in China was 5.8 per 100K population.
Hopefully you have elementary level of math to understand what's going on here or else I don't really know what to say to you.
I think the irony is very clear here. I rest my case.
I support your case, with facts www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/China/United-States
according to that site there are more people in usa than china below poverty though doesnt seem very accurate
Absolutely no one in the US is bothered if the country is called "America"!
And "America" is the name most people around the world will use, so it makes a great deal of sense to just say that.
It's not Americans who are bothered by this, it's the Latin Americans. In the Spanish-speaking world, there aren't two continents called North America and South America, there's just one continent called America. So they get annoyed and think the United States is seizing their continent and acting like the true representatives of the continent America by calling themselves Americans. But in the English-speaking world, there's no confusion and the difference is clear.
It only matters to the Canadians. But the reason for it is that saying "United Statesian" sounds weird. So we go with Americanj, which easily gets used as the country name too, America. . Canada doesn' t have that problem and neither does Mexico. (Canadian, Mexican)
@@maninredhelm Yes there are two continents called north and south America so I don't know what you're talking about
@@Nikotheleepic The two continents are collectively called the Americas, that's probably what he's referring to, but he got it wrong and thought it was America.
@@maninredhelm that is true, ive heard united states-ian which is estadosunidense
Hi fellow South African . Im from Durban. Agreed on you comment on crime here. Enjoying your talks. Alan
I couldn't agree with you more about the diversity in America! It's amazing that America has become this big melting pot from clothing to music, to food, art, ethnicities. It's great to interact with people who have different lifestyles and it definitely teaches us to embrace differences and change. We have more in common than we think with people who may act or look different than us.
They needed immigrants to build America. The Native Indians didn't do shit.
I wholeheartedly agree 🇺🇸 Our diversity makes us special. Our diversity makes us great!
"I've grown up calling the US America, so I'm just going to call it America, and if that upsets you, well I'm sorry but you're going to have to deal with it."
That whole speech was very "American".
He is south African sooooo.
HE IS!? OMG THAT CHANGES EV- nah, I knew. Just found it a bit ironic and a bit fun to observe.
Lol. All us Americans say America.
It's a manufactured outrage. We call ourselves Americans not because of the name on the continent but because of the name of our country. If we are not called Americans what should we be called?
The people who might take issue with the difference between "America" and "USA" are mostly Central and South Americas, not US people.
If Americans ate like the Chinese but kept our health standard and such, we would be the healthiest place on earth. :D
"Would"
Nanette Sage kitchen nightmares haha
you mean Japan?
eat like china and kept health standard, you talking Japan then.
If Americans ate like any other country’s way in the world, we’d be healthiest place regardless.
I'm from America and don't know anyone that calls it USA hahaha. It's even in our National Anthem. Nothing to be offended by :)
As an American who's also live in China for 5 years, I wholeheartedly agree on every single point. Very well put together video.
@@caughtinprovidence7197 Calm down my chinese friend. Nobody hates you.
@Esben M hahah. he is just an uneducated fuck , I understand every word out of his dirty mouth ...
@@caughtinprovidence7197 LOL no he's talking about u 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
JX 210 he is a wee man , I don’t give a shit about any word out of his trap
@@caughtinprovidence7197 OK
I've watched several of your videos and have to say that I have found them all Interesting, Informative and very much worth the time. Thanks for the good work and Keep it Up!!
Truly enjoying ur videos ... Winston a quick question? What do you think the authority did for the crazy China man that killed and stabbed the wife ov French dude?... Thanks be safe ... One more ?, Can a foreigner defend against an attack and not end up in pokey pokey.
Wow! You've kept me up until 4:30 watching your china videos. They're unique and awesome and amazing. Thank you so much! Keep them coming. I just discovered them today, so I have a lot of catching up to do. I'm looking forward to it!
+Laszlo Uriel awesome and welcome
4:35 here lol
HAHA same here stayed up till 3:00 watching most all your videos, and people must master the art of the to-go box.
no kidding. I watched til late last night. I get up at 4.30am and just looked at the time. It's almost 7am and I've been watching and reading comments for 2 1/2 hours. Don't forget to read the comments below the vids - they are as entertaining as the videos themselves. I'm surprised he doesn't have a million subs - the content here is far superior to many channels that do.
Everything is cheap in America, I was amazed by how cheap everything is when I went there. But it's high quality too.
:)
You really are not expected to nor should you eat every thing you are served. It is an old American custom dating back to the colonial age to serve way too much food. Restaurants give you "to go" containers to take the "leftovers" with you. At home, you simply save them in the fridge for a fast meal later on in the week.
@@reve4574 Really, I didn't know that. That must be why in America the portion sizes are so much bigger.
@@halfmoon106 this is true and it does go back to the days when America, even as a colony of England, was a predominantly agrarian society
Well, in California things are NOT cheap at all!
I’m Italian btw
In Italy a pizza cost 4,00 €
A kebab 3€
"Everyone walks everywhere": lazy guy in 'hoverboard' goes by.
I'm glad someone brought up how violent South Africa is. Other countries are scarier to live in than America.
They have been going through a race war for decades and been killing whites and stealing from the rich like crazy, south africa is extremely violent
Who said I was racist, nor am I saying if the race war is justified or not, I'm just saying there is extreme racial tension in South Africa and it's leading to the lack of wealth and political stability. It's not a safe place, people are living in slums controlled by gangs, it's the rape-capital of the world and extremely violent. I never said I hate blacks or that this violence is their fault, it's nothing more than the product of the fact they hate the laws discriminating them and because of this they kicked out allot of the white buissness owners and it's only making things worse, within time I believe it will become safer but at the moment it's fucked.
There is extreme corruption in America, but you cannot defy the fact we're better off than most countries when it comes to justice and freedom.
Lol you deleted the shit I just replied too, now it looks like I was talking to the wind
We have the most free press in the world, so they get to report the problems with the country. In many places, such as china, people are not free to report the problems with the country.
In the States, it's junk food that's cheap. Most anything healthy is very expensive.
true, and chinese food is actually a lot cheaper for my experience. been to Wu-Han last month, a huge meal for two at a local restaurant only cost me about 40 RMB(less than $7).
It isn't only junk food that's cheap. I used to buy oatmeal, soy milk, bran cereal, chicken, rice, pasta, and similar items for very cheap and cook at home. I used to live on about $20/week or so cooking at home.
Labor is cheap in China, so restaurants are cheaper. Food itself may actually be cheaper in the U.S., especially accounting for quality.
vegetables at my grocery store are super cheap! what are you talking about?
+Alex G its the 50 cent propaganda army
where do you shop? fresh vegetables are usually cheap when in season. frozen veggies as healthy as fresh and are inexpensive.
So true "telling a farmer to taste milk..." S.A 😂
I’m Canadian. You can call United States America. Generalization term.
Your videos are great !
And you can call Canada America's hat. Trust me, they love it and will actually thank you for it. 😀
lol...I can't believe you said that American food is better than Chinese food...Based on my several years of living experience in the West, I would say Chinese food is way better than American food. Chinese food usually takes much time to prepare and to enjoy while American food is basically fast food...Those delicate foods you find in America are usually French, Chinese, Japanese, Italian or Spanish foods.
you obviously don't know western food or american food specifically if you think it is only fast food. Try not to sound so ignorant next time
ASloaneRanger Then tell me whats the original American food?!
Everybody love junk food, I will say that fried chicken are the best food in the world rrom the taste.
But it's also the best way to build up your weight.
Chris Chen have you ever had an american steak or bbq meats or fish?
+Chris Chen southern barbecue and texmex
You cannot own property in America ether. You must pay property taxes every year or the government will reposes the property. Also if they wish they can just take it from you for any number of reasons. America was founded on the idea of land ownership but those days are long gone.
Property taxes? Heavens! Those terrible Americans for charging a tax that the rest of the world also charges!
Yes. Things are messed up all over the world
This is why I always say the PRC is actually 66 years ahead since their People's Revolution has already taken place, it hasn't taken place in the US or Europe yet, we see signs with riots and public discontent !
Tell them that when they dig your bones out of your burial plot in 99 years ! ...LoL
Tell that to the generations owned farm Ranch people who have to sell out to pay the taxes when there loved ones die. Have heard of homesteading but have never seen it. In this state they make mention of a 5000 homestead credit if you go bankrupt. Oh well, I could live in a place where you also have to buy water rights yearly on top of all the other fees.
As an American I think you were pretty spot on correct with your “American” analysis. The weight/fat issue here is a HUGE problem & I only see it getting worse & worse :( Gun violence is real too although the people who end up being effected are usually known to the actual perpetrators, usually being the key word. Poverty is also real although very localized. Lastly Americans are an overall isolated group of people, seldom traveling outside our borders, most don’t even have a passport!
I'd say SOME don't have a passport. US is made up of immigrants, ALL of whom have passports! It's only in the pockets with little to know diversity you find people without passports. Those are usually monolingual, right-wing religious people whose views are informed by their homogeneous lives.
That's true about the passports. But it's really unfair because we often get compared to Europe, where the countries are as small as our western states. If they lived in a massive country, with so much diversity, that was the leading cultural force in the world, they probably wouldn't leave too often either. They can get on a train and be in a place with totally different languages and customs in two hours. In two hours, I can't even make it out of my state in a car. However, there is a lot of diversity in my state (Indian tribes, Mexican communities, heck, there's even a really active Burundian community in my city, which before I met some of them, I didn't even know was a country). Also, many Europeans have a ridiculous amount of vacation time compared to us, so it's easier, not to mention cheaper, for them to travel.
Also, yeah gun crime is real, but most of it is driven by gang violence, as you implied. If you're an average citizen not involved in crime, your chances of getting shot just walking down the street, especially if you are cognizant of what times and places you choose to do so, is astronomically small.
Poverty is real in the US, but our poor are better off than just about anywhere in the world. You can bring up healthcare, but it's not like any hospital is going to turn them away, and the care they'll get is quick and top-notch. They'll be in debt for a while though, certainly, but if they're already poor, not much will change. Our poor have many more luxuries than the poor in 99% of the world. Not to say it isn't an issue, but unfortunately there will always be some group of people who are lagging behind the rest, no matter how good living standards are. Nobody can ever be equal, even under communism (instead of innovators getting rich, it's the politically connected). Is there corruption in business in the US? Certainly, but by global standards, it's quite low.
But yeah, the weight problem is serious - most of the reason we got hit hard by covid compared to some was because of our already poor health. However, that just goes to prove my point about poverty - have you noticed it's often the poor who are overweight? Yeah, part of it is that they're getting low quality processed food. (It's really not that expensive to eat a bit healthier, though. You don't have to buy all organic to eat fairly healthy. I think it's partially a cultural issue.) But the point remains that they are getting more than enough calories to survive, despite the fact they are poor. The same can't be said for most countries around the world.
If we didn't have an obesity problem worsening all of our health metrics, the numbers would show that we probably have the best healthcare in the world - it's just way too expensive because of insurance price obfuscation and American subsidization of drug research and development (the vast majority of new drugs globally are produced here, but most countries refuse to pay enough to cover the R&D because of their single-payer healthcare systems, so the cost of that falls upon the American consumer, unfortunately).
Anyway, I'm just rambling at this point, I just really want Americans to understand how good we have it. I had to live in a developing country to truly get it.
One thing that most people don’t take advantage of in restaurants is the “take-home box” to take any food you can’t eat that you’ve ordered but that you don’t want to waste. I don’t eat out much anymore but I have used them, and reheated the leftovers to enjoy again. I used to try to “clean my plate”, because that’s how I was brought up, since “there are children starving overseas so don’t waste food.”
I can never finish a plate of food here. If I'm not using a take-home box, I have eaten too much and I'll probably be sick later.
One of the most striking things about the difference in food between America and many other places I've been is how conversant Americans are with the cuisines of the world. There are large thriving ethnic communities all over. This has resulted in practically everyone having access to at least somewhat authentic food from just about everywhere. (There is quite a food scene here and a quest for authenticity). Its fairly common to eat some other national cuisine at least once a week, if not daily. (I have at my lunch disposal, 3 Mexican restaurants, 2 Mediterranean, 1 Japanese, 2 Vietnamese, a Thai, and at least one burger joint, all with in 5-10 minutes walk). When I travel no matter how much I like the food in a given place, after a week or so I always need to eat something completely different.
sounds like Sydney
This is every city in America. If you live in the suburbs or a larger town its more like a 5-10 drive
Yeah to be fair mate it doesn't sound like you have been anywhere. You can get all of these cuisines in most cities across the world with a population of 300k or more. This is in no way peculiar to the U.S.
@Naikomi Problem is most European food sucks ass. Scandinavian food is shit, French food is weird, German food is okay, Spanish food is garbage (Mexican food is better!) Eastern euro stuff is meh too. Only European food that is god tier is Italian obviously. America has all the asian foods, latin american foods (real shit too not that bullshit in europe) soul food (black american food) and american food like texas brisket and all that amazing bbq. I'm actually shocked you'd try to flex on us, Europe's foreign restaurants are notoriously bad and poor at replicating the real thing. Like mexican food in Europe is notoriously dogshit. In Los Angeles we have very authentic asian food because we got the immigrants!
@Naikomi Are you serious? No where is there better Vietnamese food or Japanese or Korean food than in California's big cities. Other than the actual countries themselves. You realize the Asian diaspora on the west coast of the USA is literally the biggest. Koreantown in Los Angeles is the closest you can get to Korea outside of Korea. Vietnamese immigrants moved here en masse after the Vietnam war ended, and even now they still immigrate here and bring there cuisine. It's not just white people trying to emulate, it's real. I can't think of a single place in Europe asians have immigrated to en masse like that.
People say Americans are the most overly patriotic people online, but after reading these comments from Chinese viewers, I think we have a new candidate.
you should try indian, vietnamese and ESPECIALLY turkish LOL
Them bloody Ottoman...
billion...and this is after internet is censored and Chinese can't access CZcams.
Good point, if the American Born Chinese that are educated here in America calls out something as inaccurate or biased, it probably has little to do with Chinese patriotism, and more to do with it actually being inaccurate or biased.
... the people that's from Taiwan is the problem
First time I have seen somebody complementing American food.
The food in china is not safe whereas in America it's almost universally safe.
@@ItsTimePictures lolz right. thats why most of americans are look like gaints with big fat belly huh?
@@iseetruth4917 Obesity has nothing to do with the safety of food. It's because most of us have sedentary lifestyles & don't even bother trying to eat a balanced diet. Across the board American food is very safe & most places require restaurants to post their safety rating on the door so you know what to expect before you've even stepped inside. Good luck finding that in China.
Filips May hahahah!
@_egas calybird not true it's all over...
I seen most of America and have visited China. I think that you give a great, non-biased report on the two countries. Thanks!
No worries Winston. You generalized America and that's completely fine. Visited NYC, LA, Dallas, and a few smaller cities and towns and you are not wrong about anything.
Of course America isn't the same everywhere and he knows that!
stupid dick. wow.
+Kindle myBonfia ???
I think most of us can agree that Winston is making some kick ass videos.. whether or not you agree with him.
Eh America is a bit different we have individual state rights, basically america is a bunch of states competing to be the best. So you will see more differences between states, than you would between cities in China
What is wrong with you? He has seen most of the East Coast and of course he can give his opinion about it. He is not going to see the whole of America just to see to which state is obese or which state has certain flaws!
I have to say its wonderfully refreshing to see a foreigners opinion like this of America. It makes you proud of what you have.
Love your channel. I grew up in Oceanside Calif ,20 miles north of San Diego and have lived in NY/Florida, as well as having traveled in most of the 50 states alone and with friends, In almost 70 years I never even heard a gun in American.Pick your friends wisely, don't steal, don't do drugs and its likely no one will shoot at you. Crimes happen everywhere. Humans are unpredictable . Be aware of your surroundings and live your life.
Thank God for America. I'm an immigrant, now a citizen. I think the US is the best country in the world.
America is not as free as you think.
@s bright Refugees can't be on welfare because they are not receiving government benefits...so.
Glad your here.
I have to disagree on the whole safety comparison between China and US, just because you didn't get stabbed for a week or two in US, it doesn't make America safer. The gun problems are huge in America (the shootouts are rare, but the debate about gun controlling issue have drawn a lot of attention from the media and the public), though you made a right claim of "some regions are more dangerous than some districts", but usually you wouldn't be able to predict where the gun shooting and robbery would happen. And China do report local crimes, they are usually reported online or on local TV channels (by the form of city channel like SuZhou news); of course you wouldn't find reports about stabbings, robbery on TV channels owned by the province, but larger accidents, civil crimes with serious influence will be reported. And it is really safe to go out in China at night, but there is absolutely no chance to convince me taking a walk outside in US even in some downtowns like San Francisco.
More crimes go unreported, so it might be different.
China is way safer to travel than in US. beside if you not aware of scams that foreigners and tourist may get into during the trip in China.
It's a different lifestyle here. You can drive out anytime you want, but walking outside at midnight without a weapon or some kind of defense is a no-no.
***** Well you just said!
thelonelyfry maybe whites should stop selling guns to blacks. Across from Cooke county there is a gun shop that sells most of the guns used by criminals in Chicago. It's become trite to repeat the same refrain about guns are almost unobtainable in Chicago yet people still get them. Well people buy them from a well known gun shop in another county in Illinois and they also go across state line where there are lax gun laws. As long as gang members want to kill other gang members or even white out their entire race why should you care unless you're some sort of beneficent or philanthropist.
I'm American. We call it America. Simple.
Digital Wolf we call it murica
1. It is the only country on the American continents that has America in the title. 2. The official name is United States of America, like the People's Republic of China, yes it is sometimes called the People's Republic, but 99% it is just called China.
I’m American, but my country is Canada. It’s not accurate.
@@francoisluneau ur not american then. Ur north american
LEGEND TROLL of course I am American, as well as North American, and Canadian. A Brazilian is also an American, so are Mexicans, etc., just not the way Americans are used to hear it.
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/American
Thanks for the video. Your perception and experiences are very interesting. I live in Los Angeles and frequently travel to China. One thing I want to share is that I feel much safer in Beijing or Shanghai than I do in Los Angeles. The downtown Los Angeles area has become very dangerous.
Los Angeles is home to one of the most dangerous gangs like MS-13 Bloods Crips what is not as bad as the 80s I can't imagine that
the governors of california are making it a third world country there , by encouraging homlessness and drug abuse
Very cool. I’m in the southeastern America. My aunt and uncle lived in China for many years. I thought you presented both countries perfectly. Good on ya.
Hey Serpentza I'm a straight guy, but I just wanted to say that you have a very likable personality. (From the USA!)
You really felt 'no homo' was necessary for that?
@@davekent6023 Omg so gay 😆
@Dave Kent - The younger that men are in that culture, the more they will still have the anxieties/insecurities about gender role/identity imposed by society. It's a maturing process and for some it goes fast, for some slow, for some not at all. - This was definitely an example of how severe that influence can be.
@@Dowlphin "gender role/identity imposed by society"...sounds like someone has had his head pounded against the headboard a few too many times.
@1966johnnywayne - You can do that, and if you manage to break it, you will have thoroughly established your manhood to your peers. 😉 And by the sound of it, you're still building on such things. You fight the idea of society-imposed gender role models because you are insecure about your own. And as always, when you act based on fear, you send energy into it and help it manifest. This way the system protects itself from extremes and guides back towards balance, in a naturally painful process that gives you a crossroads choice all the time. You can focus on being a man, or you can focus on being a mature adult. One leaves you with both, the other with none. Because you never are what you're just trying to be.
Would love to have a beer with this guy
I find your reports fascinating and educational. How did you develop your style? Modeled after anyone? Seems very original to me. Thank you for the information!
Welcome to america!!!! Winston!! I hope you're family settles in quickly and everyone welsomes you guys with open arms :)
I just discovered your channel Winston and love watching you. I am a Chinese American who grew up and live in New York most of my life. The best part about NY is the diversity. No where else in the world can I find any cuisine made authentically in one city. I am proud to call myself an American and a New Yorker.
Man, you're one amazing dude! Thanks for all these GREAT videos!
I agree!!
The portions in America are so normal to us that anything less is a kids meal. It’s amazing but sad at the same time.
You nailed it again and again and again in every aspect.
As l mentioned before, l am a Chinese from Taiwan, and married an American service man in 1972 and live in Florida since. By that said, l understood perfectly what you talked about living difference in America and China.
That was too much when you said Gunn- ci 関係。哈哈！You are too cute. Love it.
Nothing wrong with calling it America.
America is not just USA mate
Because from south America or from other places this continent could be feel offended by that
???
How could it be the same?
America refers to the whole continent.
USA refers to one country.
It's like saying Europe = France
In your example, a good analogy would be North Korea = Asia which is fortunately uncorrect
Anyway no big deal, let's move on lol xD
The people that have a problem with it are usually European and in the CZcams comment section.
Jean-Loïc De Jaeger
That's why we call it north America and South America but if you want to refer to both continents it's called the Americas. America is just a shorter version of the United States of America
It triggers the Mexican indians
I love that i can experience the culture of such a different country from my sofa. Great channel, awesome videos. Very eye opening.
Rent prices here in Phoenix have changed DRASTICALLY. I live with my dad in a tiny one bedroom apt for $1600/mo in a less desirable area, mainly because neither of us can afford that on our own. Plus since he's a veteran the VA helps with almost $1200 of that, if not we'd be homeless.
Whenever I take a Chinese Class at my community college there is always a final project "Compare China to Your Home Country" I always use your videos for inspiration. Cheers, Thanks, Etcetera!
Dog feces is really the same video! Chinese food culture is the highest in the world, are you actually use to compare American junk food, funny you do? I live in Beijing, dining out with friends every day, if you eat different foods, eat less the same every day for several months, and all its upscale food! In the West the kind of selling expensive Chinese food in China is very cheap! And security is so delicious! This is just in Beijing, not to mention the food in the richer southern city! We eat here every day, a farmer can be very unique meat hot pot. You said you lived in China for 10 years, and actually the most popular of Chinese food are confused, dog food you eat every day is it?
Chinese on the street is very busy, but residential areas and parks is so peaceful, full of children and the elderly tai chi, how can there be any danger? What are you talking nonsense? The fight goes on your screen images is obviously a game, joke picture, you are a fool when we?
China is a very tolerant country, because we have 56 ethnic groups, so we are very friendly to foreigners, even if you are from countries unfriendly to China, but you violated Chinese law, or angered Chinese citizens, our government will let you get out immediately. What foreigners in China on security? Chinese citizens to protect the enjoyment of all rights.
You describe the fragment of transport in China, actually deliberately to get a rainy day, where to find the grungy streets? Gloomy tone. Fuck! How you do not shoot those main roads everywhere? Vehicles are very orderly. Many cities in China, the number of traffic police super multi, super multi-camera, who would dare illegal?
You lie on your video and let me disgusted. I had been concerned about you, you seem to be fairly neutral, but lately you do some video stuff is shit? I began to suspect that you have the intention to discredit China. What I do not know the reasons behind Yes. Listen, now China does not welcome you, do not ever come to China, we do not welcome liar.
You are so right about some of the things you said about the U.S.
BUT... I challenge you to this.
Go on your social network and complain about your government. Go on line and protest the 1000s of people the Government murders for their organ transplant programs. Go out on the street corner and at your loudest voice shout your president and his policies are shit. Do this and your mother will never see you again and your organs will be in some rich Arab.
If you are seeing Winston's Vids then you must be on a VPN. Why? We don't have to answer that do we. You say things get reported in China. Why is it that still in this "open" society you imply China is that a vast many still do not know what really happened in Tiananmen Square in 1989.
Come to America as a legal tourist, worker, immigrant.
No you will not have to register at the local police station that you are here.
Yes you will have the same legal rights as a US citizen has.
No you will not be able to allow your child to squat on the sidewalk and take a dump or piss.
Yes you could hawk up a big wad if spit and place it on someones foot. But you will be picking you ass up off street.
No you can not just dump/discard your garbage on the street as you walk.
Yes you will be able to get many of the same television station that you get in China. But they will not be censored by our government.
No you will not be thrown out of the country because you may voice a dislike of the country or the government to your neighbor and they turn you in to the police for it.
Hell come here as an illegal immigrant it all still applies.
My wife's (Chinese) mother and sister came to visit us for three months. Her mother and late father were pretty high up officials in the CCP. When she left one of the parting things she said was. This is not the America she was taught growing up. This is not the America she sees on TV. She understands now why Chinese is the second largest group that immigrates to the US.
What are you talking shit? I showered back. I have a message that the United States above anything? If you read my other comments?
Why are you so hate Chinese? It is because we have been defeated you? Haha
When I go to slip my dog, and then come back and talk to you. Maybe you should be a cup of water, the strands of thoughts, because you speak very extreme and ignorance.
You do know that Tiananmen square was a Langley op right? Also, irrelevant what your mother-in-law said. She is entitled to her views. Nevertheless it is irrelevant in the face of reality.
Wow this guy is pissed. Lol
Who shit in your 拉面？
About the medical adverts on US TV. It actually isn't because of the weight problem. It is actually because the USA is one of the very few, if not the only, developed countries in the world that allows pharmaceutical companies to advertise prescription medications directly to the public. It blows most people who visit the States' minds. And really, it is weird. It would be like turning on the TV and seeing a commercial saying "Make sure your surgeon is using our high-end scalpel". Why are you telling me that? I leave that up to the knowledge and expertise of my surgeon. And that is likely the way it should be with prescription drugs. They are literally telling you to go to your doctor and tell them what is wrong with you and ask for the treatment that you want. It has created a culture where we are extremely aware of the drugs on the market and it makes them a common discussion point which takes even more power away from the licensed experts, the doctors.
Also, shortly after it appears that side effects of that particular drug is horrible and you lose your loved one soon ( personal experience) . It's free market andFDA works in a strange ways to approve or disapprove. The most interesting part comes next when other countries' health administrations only buy drugs that has been tested on Americans for years to be safe for their population. You do the conclusion.
Americans have a wider knowledge over pharmaceuticals and health treatment than most people on Earth, what you ask is that the industry keeps the information and controls what you shall use. Here in Latin America people are completely blind when it comes to treat deseases, and are over dependent into doctors and government.
@@masisyarijanian6496 it's up to parents to teach their children not to put anything people says is good into their mouth. You americans blame into rich problems, for the most of us outside USA, when we need medications, there're too feel into the market that politicians weaponizes it for their agenda, a lot of mass control happens with this, and people die or develops worse deseases because they don't have treatments which'd be just normal to you.
One guy here in Brazil just found a new treatment for some types of Cancer. Our government made it all to shut him, and we all know how bad is our "FDA" (they lack Science itself). It took years for him to give up. But as soon he needed to withdrawn Brazil, he launched it on the USA as a supplement, and we already know of people that had their cancer cured on the USA because of that.
@Resisting Entropy Not really in New Zealand, sure, maybe some new insulin product, or joint pain cream but they're mostly for people that are struggling with existing conditions, asthma for example. They don't follow the lines of "do you ever have trouble sleeping, do you hate your neighbor? Well then, you ought to take these three pills..."
@Resisting Entropy To be honest I don't really know the extent of New Zealand's prescription drug problem, I guess I'm projecting as I hate taking Panadol lol. I assumed New Zealand doctors are adequate gate keepers and there isn't much of a culture where the patient dictates the medication unless the doctor deems it necessary or suitable to try an advertised medication. I would be interested to know the stats regarding prescribed antidepressants, I feel they could be over prescribed from my experience talking to people. Statins would also be interesting to research. I prefer a holistic approach, nutrition, sleep and excercise for example. Do doctors still prescribe that?
Having lived in the US all my life, I was so surprised and a bit disappointed to find the smaller portions in Mexico, Spain, Italy and France when I went on vacations. I thought "No wonder they can eat so much pizza, pasta, & bread in Italy and France, their portions are so small and they walk a lot." But it also me realize how much we overeat here. Now I have a decent metabolism and I exercise regularly, but it made me realize that other countries must think we're such pigs with how much we eat and how big/overweight the majority of people here are
My friend who came to America from South Africa took 3 years for me to hug him without him freaking out, thinking I was gonna hurt him. He was so paranoid it took me a year an a half just to sit next to him while gaming. Thankfully my kindness and love helped him open up and be the person he is today.
I think the thing you forgot to mention is that in the US property is usually taxed, so you can easily lose ownership if you do not pay your taxes.
Actually there are some smaller towns without property taxes (in Alaska especially).
bangordailynews.com/2015/07/08/the-point/these-5-places-have-eliminated-local-property-taxes-completely-heres-how-they-pay-for-services/
The kicker is that most economists believe property taxes to be one of the most efficient and fair methods of taxation.
If you looked at my link you would have seen some of the towns (not all are in Alaska) have never had laws for a property tax. I don't care enough to check the reliability of the information the source is using.
We all have our own opinions on the most "fair" taxes. All I said was what most economists have said. An issue such as fairness is way to complicated to be boiled down to a couple sentences and I am not here for an argument on the subject.
I bet you're Ron Paul supporter. I like him too.
The fact that you call it a county or district shows how well you are informed, they are boroughs. Yes there are places without property tax, as it should be. Please keep your ass out of the biggest and best state, you will likely try to take our land by taxation, leech off some of the best welfare in the nation like so many Russians do or fuck something up like putting a shitty house on one of our pristine rivers or lakes.
Property taxes are usually pretty low. With the exception of small expensive places like San Francisco.
In America you do share food its called a buffet
In the US you never own property or land. That's a misconception. You can pay off your mortgage, but you will continue to pay property taxes for life. So in a sense, we also rent real estate from the government.
In the US there is no transit and it’s too far to walk to town in most towns unless u are in a big metropolitan city like NY LA etc.
So everyone has cars...
It’s not realistic to walk 5-10 miles to a supermarket and haul back groceries etc.
I would really love if we had stores, doctors, schools etc were walking distance from my home. I would gladly give up my car.
ANGELCHRISTINA
Get you a bike
Or drive a car
Better yet get a boyfriend with a car and your set!
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Personal idea:
Not only have you only seen the facade of America, you have also only seen the facade of China, even though you said you have been living there for a quite long time. Some things you said are so obviously outlandish, it proves you actually know little about the society, and looks just like an outsider.
You remind me of another African guy I had met when I was in China 2 years ago. He complained a lot and there were definitely some fear and frustration in his words. But he insisted in staying in Wuhan. He tried to date a Chinese, and wanted to buy a small apartment. He told me it was really the job that held him.
If you do not become more positive toward your life staying in one place, there is little point staying there. Changes should be made to make yourself happy.
Solution:
1. Back to west.
You have been working in Shenzhen for about 10 years, thus should be able to buy a very comfortable life easily in SA.
2. To know the local
Learning the spoken language and go, chat with locals. The more you do, the more you know what is beneath your guesswork. (What you can avoid easily, what you can just ignore )
So far, still an outsider. (no offence)
I have watched a number of your videos, and all of the ones I've seen have been thoughtful and informative. This one is no exception. Thank you for visiting our country, (U.S.A.)
I think this is one of your top ten videos Serpentza, really nice!
You will notice if you go to NY, folks stay thinner for the same reasons. Density begets walking over driving.
You are absolutely spot-on with the portion size explosion in the US. We've watched it creep over 35 years. The key for most people to keep their weight under control is to first, cook fresh food at home which we do most of the time. When eating out here in America, immediately cut your portion in half and only eat half; take the rest home for another meal. And of course get some exercise. Keep it simple. Don't worry about the idiot on TV selling you workouts to have six-pack abs. Just go for a bike ride, or a walk, or chop some wood. It worked for me most of my life until I got cancer, and I'm battling my way back from that - but that is a very different situation! Its easier now because my wife and I are in our late 50s/early 60s and we just split meals. Skip options for carbs like fries, chips, fried onion bushes, etc...
I have lived in China and USA for many years (lived in Shanghai and San Francisco), and I have to disagree with you on the issue of safety. Although I never got robbed or stabbed in either of the countries, China definitely felt a lot safer than the USA. There is homeless all over the place, and random people screaming at night here, but this never happens in China.
Yeah well that's cuz you lived in San Fran. Been in Chicago, NYC, Seatle, Norfolk, Maine, cities in Florida and now living in PA and I've never seen that many degenerates aka drug users, criminals and hobos etc etc than in San Diego and San Francisco. I'm starting to think it's just California that is like that. Although I did love San Diego eventhough there are like hobos everywhere. Now living in PA almost 12 yrs and I think might have seen a hobo once in all that time. Never felt safer.
@@Sleepless4Life wow I didn't know Maine is a city
Thats coz the get stabbed up
@@petergriffinhentai4724 blew my mind too, i thought they just fucked each other & ate lobsters
You were in SF, no other American city lets the homeless just squat downtown.
Overeating is a personal problem. Many people blame the food, the restaurant, someone else. The bottom line, 99 of 100 overweight persons just plain eat too much. No personal control. This statement is backed up by health professionals and by my own personal experience.
As an American I've never heard or even knew that people get mad about calling it American instead of USA or the United States
What happen if I call them cute Americoo 🤔
I've been living in northeast China for 2 and a half years and the food is garbage. It's boring, nothing unique and a lot of it is gross.
Come on down to Sichuan where I'm at or head over to the northwest! It's really nice and quite different from Dongbei there!
yeah northern China sucks
I'm not exactly sure I can take your word for it on Chinese cuisine. Chinese cuisine is very diverse that varies in style and by region as well. If you just eat the cheap stuff everyday, I can see why you say that. American food is bad too if you stick to the bottom end.
the people of northern china are pretty cool and much more relaxed, But the food is definitely lacking.
Northern chinese food (except Peking duck) generally is not as good as those from the South
If there is anything I have learned from the comments section it is that nationalism turns us into the most intolerant kind of people... All the Chinese commentors telling Winston to leave and American's bashing Chinese culture.
C'mon guys...
If you don't like a country just stay to a country you like. Chinese have a plan for their country
jonathan wa macha they also come to other countries for birth tourism and buying houses which drives up the price for locals
Humans by nature are all about tribalism. You can see it today in sports everywhere, I hate the 49'ers, Sharks, and Giants fans because I live in L.A. Nationalism is just the bigger term for this same thing.
Winston reminds me of the winston in 1984.He's a sober guy in a shit country
I think nationalism can have BOTH positive and negative attributes. Being proud of your people, of your culture, is positive. Team spirit and all that. But going beyond that to attack other cultures is where it goes wrong.
The reason why some people get upset is because America is the whole continent and USA is our country. But most people would know what you mean as long as you are not in South America. Then they may think you are talking about where you are there. So That is why you should state the country you are talking about When talking about Some place in the continent. even in America or North America Canada is included but it is not part of the USA.
I don't subscribe to channels but I just watched like 20 of yours in the last 2 days so I totally subbed! Good stuff. I have no interest in China, I just enjoy listening to you speak. Kudos! 🤜🤛
I chuckled a bit when you were comparing rent costs. In Stockholm, Sweden you can't even find an apartment to rent.
I am chinese living in us for seven years. I do not agree what he says. I think both countries are similar in a lot ways it really depends on where you live and how much you pay. You can have the same kind of luxury and safety in china now as in usa if you are willing to pay. Both are vast countries with many options. I would say it really depends on taste.
Just to add to that, it looks like SerpentZA only went to the posh places in the US. There are definitely pockets of crime and swindling just as there are in China.
But the probability and proportion of people who can pay for the normal USA quality of living, and it's vastly smaller in China than in the US.
Living in America.I feel good
im wondering if thats still the case?
@@lDEKUl Not really
I live in the USA in California. I rarely eat food in the restaurants I usually eat food at home. Thank you for showing me your view about the USA.
@Chris Smith I go by William not Bill. I just wanted to learn about other people's view about the USA because I live in the USA. I've only have been in the USA I never visted other countries.
American food isn't safe... you say that you are sure it's safe to eat in the US, but the amount of chemicals in all the meat and vegetables there... it's insane, the food safety there is shit.... Maybe it's because i'm from the country with highest food safety standards in the world, but to me there is no difference in food safety between the 2 countries - perhaps the hygiene is a little higher in US restaurants, but at least what you get in China is much more fresh - so it's like hygiene vs freshness, because prior to entering the restaurant, in both places the produce has been made poorly.....
Dude, all foods and all matter are made out of 'chemicals'. You yourself are a collection of chemicals.
'American food' isn't healthy because it's processed. Chinese food isn't healthy because of the hygiene aspects. You have a much higher chance of getting sick in China off their food than America. Processed foods won't make you sick they'll just make you unhealthier as a whole. I say this off of experience, I got gastro twice off visiting China and Indonesia but have never gotten sick off any other countries food.
I agree, but hygiene problems can be easily avoided if you are a little more careful, making your own food for example. However american food are unsafe on the long run. FDA has relaxed standards which makes people believe that they are eating safe food, but they are not.
There is organic meat in supermarkets here, but they're more expensive than local products. As for vegetables, we have organic ones too and personally I buy them quite often. The thing about GMOs is that they don't post any health threat themselves, it's the pesticides and herbicides that do the job, but bio-engineering companies have already developed pesticide and herbicide free seeds so hopefully they will be improved soon.
chemicals used in asian produce have skyrocketed every year. They are discovering that they can increase their yield with more chemicals. Food in America is generally safer as long as you practice moderation and don't eat at Taco Bell :)
lmao - "If that upsets you, just deal with it... I have to deal with drinking Chinese beer..." - this is why I watch your videos (also the great content and your beautiful wifi).
I dream to go to the USA and eat their food, it's the best in the world, seems so yummy!
Come eat!
yes, a lot of the food IS quite tasty, but sometimes not so good for you! be choosy!
Are you being sarcastic? I've been in the US for 10 years and I'm thinking leaving here everyday because of the food. You call the food in the video yummy? It's disgusting! lol
he May be biased, but what we enjoy is his experiences being shared.
bias is common to all of us.
Winston (aka SerpentZA ) obviously likes China but you can tell he prefers USA. Both are cool and I hope China does not copy Americanisation as I love the distinction of what both have to offer in their own great way!
He married a Chinese woman wishing he can get permanent citizenship, but the Chinese government does not care if you married a Chinese or not you still have to apply for visa every year !
He only "prefers" certain aspects of the USA. If his preference were that strong he wouldn't be living in China by his own free will.
wait another year or so. he and sea milk will be back in the usa to live
as a chinese, I want to say, you have some true insights.There're some things I didn't notice before I watched this video
Dude, I am glad I found you. You offer a great product!! Very enjoyable and informative. Cheers!
Good video and content.
For a lot of those in the comments, an unfathomable amount of ignorance is seen. Comparing culture on a micro-level is all fine and good, which is what he is doing, but do people really think China is a better place than America to live?
You can vote in the US. And speak your mind without being imprisoned. And the internet is not censored. And in the US, small school children are not being programmed to hate entire countries, like how Chinese children are taught in school to hate Japanese and American people. The US is also NOT currently imprisoning their Muslims for....reprogramming. (China's mass round up of its Uighur Muslims)
The US has unalienable rights, like freedom of speech, for its citizens. No change in politician or current trend can remove the guaranteed human rights provided by the constitution. It is crazy to me that there are still places, particularity countries as large as China, that do not have something as fundamental as guaranteed civil liberties. It's truly mind blowing, and very sad.
Chinese people have no such rights. People just "disappear " if they are controversial or hold opinions contrary to the government. Hell in just 1989, China slaughtered thousands of their own people who were peacefully protesting.
China has massive uncontrolled pollution, new buildings that are crumbling down, cities half empty, lethal drinking water in most of the country, very few public places have toilet paper & soap, etc.
It is sad but the Chinese people are largely slaves compared to people in the west. Kept insulated from much of the outside world through censorship and government oppression.
America is not perfect , but even suggesting that a developing place like China is anywhere near the quality of life of America, is just sheer lunacy.
Don't pay your house/land tax they will take your home very fast. That hurts a'lot of people especially with the loss of so many jobs. In many area's tax on your home is absolutely nuts. There are many area's in the US that are like that you have not seen. My first comment to you. I have enjoyed your Vids and Thanks for sitting there so I could watch the pretty women walk by. Greetings from Maine.
Bankruptcy: Chapter 13 allows you to keep your property.
PapsmeG For a short time and depending on what the judge orders and if your a business or just a home owner.
California's property tax is 1%, some states are 3% but that's not very much.
Yeah well, city governments here depend on real estate taxes and the incentives align them, real estate agents (who work on percent-based commissions), banks (that also want a high property value--since the mortgage notes are sold off to the Federal gov anyway), assessors (who are hired by banks), and homeowners (who hope delusionally to make 20% a year and then dump the property on the next sucker before the next crash). Then throw-in others (teachers unions, which seek high valuations in cities because real estate taxes go into the educationists' coffers). It means insane, irrational, non-objective, scenarios. x*D
As a Brit who has lived in the US for 46 years I was a little shocked at your remarks about American food.
When I first came to the US food portions were immensely large ad the quality of the food was very good. Today that has changed DRAMATICALLY, food portion are vastly reduced and the average quality of the food is NOT VERY GOOD and prices have gone up a great deal.
I lived in Chicago for 33 years where you could find hundreds of what were known as Family restaurants usually run and owned by Greeks. These places had good American food in large portions for very reasonable prices.
Those restaurants are dying and being replaced by large chain restaurants with high prices and poor quality.
I was somewhat surprised by your experiences in the US because it just clashes with what I have observed in my 46 years in America.
Assuming that you're not just looking back at the past with rose colored glasses (we all do as we get older) I think his comparison is still valid. Sure, you may think that standards are worse now than they were 30 or 40 years ago, but comparatively they're still better than what is evidently ZERO standards in China, which was his point.
John Martinez No I do not have rose colored glasses and I would agree that food in the US is better than in China.
BUT that was NOT the point I was making.
My point is that US food in restaurants is NOT AS GOOD AS IT WAS 30 to 40 years ago, are there good quality restaurants YES are they expensive YES.
The restaurants used by the AVERAGE AMERICAN has inferior quality and far smaller portions than 20 to 30 to 40 years ago.
This is because the small family owned restaurants are an endangered breed, being replaced by large multi national chains.
ZERO STANDARDS
yeah, right
zero hah
with absolutely much closer to Zero obese rate and also in Food poisoning.\
Quality is 100000000000000 times better than the US.
I'd choose that over the US everysingle day for enternity.
Think about it this way though, as you get older your taste buds vastly dull and you loose a lot of flavor, also the proportions definitely haven't been reduced lol
Come to the South. The North sucks like you have pointed out.
I agree with you about safety in USA. People are mostly good and helpful; even in the bad neighborhoods the well behaved out number those who behave badly. I'm not sure but I'm beginning to think that the common press is partially to blame for this. I have never seen a shooting and I am not afraid to go to the mall or carry on in public. Violent events are rare but when they occur one will hear about them until the next breaking news happens. I like the work you are doing!
Very subjective review, you keep mentioned food problem in China, I lived in China for over 15 years, I have never had a food problem in China, I never had any friend who had the food problem. You mentioned in the early video you live in Shenzhen where has the GDP almost the same size as entire Taiwan island, there are plenty of good restaurants to have quality food or film a good video but you choose a crappy little street and said I'm not going to eat here. chinese population is like 6 times as the USA but still much fewer people in prison, that is why we walk to everywhere. Please, next times you review China, bring some evidence or data, do not judge simply you have lived there. Keep reporting downside of China and never give any grounded evidence, as a Chinese i am tired and sick of it