35 Of The Most European Things, According To Americans

Not in every country, I'm afraid. Ridiculous working hours and low wages in Spain.

Can confirm. I have full healthcare and it's paid for automatically via the taxes I pay every paycheck. I never have to make a claim or argue with an insurance representative about coverage. I just go to the doctor/hospital/pharmacy and get what I need. Don't tell me the richest country in ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY cannot afford it too.

A ban on high fructose corn syrup does wonders for both the food and health of your citizens!

We in Europe have mixed cities with businesses and housings being closer together, while US cities have more separated areas resulting in longer distances to travel

Cliché.

My uncle's cottage isn't just older than the the U.S.A - it's older than the discovery of America.

Sadly, this is changing. As with everything greed and profit are the king. Many companies are sucking the life out of most jobs in the UK by paying less, demanding more and no longer care about loyalty.

Man the one time I was hospitalised in the US and they sent me my bill by post, I thought it was some kind of statement of costs to the hospital, “actual value of goods supplied,” or some such thing. I made many guesses before realising it was *a BILL I had to PAY*. [Yes, I also did have to call to confirm—and you can imagine how weird that conversation went!]

Seeing that most of these streets were built before cars, that is more likely the reason.

Well, over a thousand years for Oxford....but we won't be too pedantic!😁

Everyone is nor correct. Also, varies significantly by country.

And paternity leave in Germany 🇩🇪

Makes for less cars and more people! Glorious!

Which turn out to be more effective, as they can be heard as twice as far as the US sirens and it's easier to determine their direction as well

And only drinking a cappuccino in the morning.

Conversation is a lost art. It’s so sad. I love to sit around and visit with people.

Weirdly a couple of non-European countries are in the contest.

Wait.... What? You don't have paid time off in the US???

Oxford is so beautiful

I see a castle when I look out of my window

I'm in US - I couldn't live without my electric kettle!

A few of my best days/nights as a teen/young adult were spent with a mix of punks, skaters, goths and uhm "preppies"(?) drinking beer on some not so beautiful plazas. Our inner circle was about 6 people but it felt like half of the youth of said town met there. (imagine ca. 100 14-20 year olds of every subculture partying peaceful and even helping the person collecting the bottles )

On Yeavering bell (a hill in Northumberland) a circular stone wall is in need of repair. It was knocked down - by the Romans.

Roundabouts are quite rare on main roads in the US. I live in Arizona, but after having driven all over in Scotland every day for 3 weeks, I have an appreciation for roundabouts I didn't have before: I rarely had to wait at stoplights. I watched youtube videos about roundabouts before I went and it was very much worthwhile (though it didn't prepare me for the Bannockburn Interchange when I had to reverse direction on the M9 - Edit for those confused by this: By 'reverse direction' I mean I was initially going east on the east-bound side and then I was going west on the west-bound side).

They ate all the rage in my city. Toledo,OH. Roundabouts everywhere. Now people who know how to use a roundabout properly?.....not so much.

That depends where in the States you are. There are tons of them in the Northeastern part of the country.

Problem is in the UK the standard of driving has dropped so badly that many drivers have trouble driving in a straight line and so roundabout to them are like asking a snail to play the piano.

We have them in Canada but they're referred to as "calming circles" and they're mainly to deter speeding.

Roundabouts in Wickenburg, Arizona, on Hwy 93

Aren't these the same as traffic circles?

I have a round about by my house. I love it. Others, not so much. It keeps the traffic flowing so nothing gets backed up. Sadly many people do not understand the concept. People blow through stop signs, yet stop at a yield sign. Blithering idiots - go read the driver handbook. And I live in Southern California.

Loads of round abouts in my area of Idaho

I live in Florida...I pass through 4 roundabouts to get to the grocery store. Florida uses them because they are cheaper than installing traffic lights.

We called them rotaries in the Northeast and have had them for decades. They are becoming common all over the country, mostly because even if people can't seem to figure out how to properly navigate them, they do slow traffic down while being safer, cheaper, and more efficient than a standard intersection with traffic lights.

We have a few around where I grew up, they cause quite a few wrecks because people don't know how to drive here smh

NZ has these too

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PEI, Canada I swear is the roundabout capital of the world. I think they're trying to replace every stoplight and stop sign with roundabouts. Heading into Charlottetown, there is about 3 in a 500 meter range.

We have them all over the place in inner Southeast Portland, OR.

Videos on YT of American roundabouts are scary.

I've noticed with roundabouts in the US, it is all about the circumference. If the circle is too small, it isn't inclimate weather friendly. Given black ice, compact snow, blizzard/whiteouts, hydroplaning, and a myriad of ways for tires to lose traction, or low visibility, a small roundabout creates a hazard. While those 2.5 or 3 car lengths in width do quite well.

That person would not be visiting his parents because they were 2 hours away. There would have be other reasons, perhaps a toxic relationship with the parents.

What's a restroom? Sounds charming, quiet, comfy chairs...

Some pools it's actually forbidden to wear the larger swimming trunks.

It helps when their homes are build super efficient with insulation.

Ryanair. v underrated. yes there is barely any legroom but you get it cheap and arrive safely

No no, everyone does that

Perhaps a few idiots but inaccurate for hundreds of millions of people.