40 Normalized Things In Europe That Are Unknown In The US, According To The Internet

If anyone tells you how difficult Universal Health Care is to do, remind them that only 35/36 of the largest economies can make it work.

Should be this way everywhere, so no one's surprised by the full cost. I know what is taxable and how much tax where I live, but not where I travel.

The US never outgrew the original puritans.

That is soo behind...

SO sensible and completely logical. Also, meters, kilometers, degrees Celcius. It is just plain stupid that the US clings to imperial when nearly all the rest of the world is on metric!

What is weird is naming a room without a bath, a bathroom. That's not standard in Europe.

Safe public transportation!

Tips in the USA have gotten way out of hand. Even if you are picking up carry out, many places still expect you to tip.

Portland, Oregon, Boston Massachusetts, New York City. There are a few who have it figured out. The rest of the country is living in the dark ages if Mid 20th century car centered life.

I'm pretty sure anyone taking an ambulance ride has at least one thing to be worried about

We can send money from our banks via Zelle.

Cashiers in the US stand all day? I had no idea. What do the trade unions have to say about this?

Not everywhere.

UK NHS worker. I get 30 paid annual leave days (when I started it was 20, but you get additional days added depending on years of service). Plus bank holidays-christmas, boxing day, new years day, spring and summer Bank Holidays, 2 days at Easter. If I'm on call during a Bank Holiday, I get a day in lieu. Sick leave-6 months at full pay, 6 months at half pay, then onto statutory sick pay. Discretionary compassionate/family leave (if someone suddenly drops dead, family crisis etc, at the discretion of your line manager). There's a lot of research showing that shorter working weeks are actually more efficient and productive. Then there's maternity leave (a year) and paternity leave, and also adoption leave (if you adopt, it's considered similar to maternity leave)

The issue isn’t the US’s military budget, although this is higher than is typical in Europe. The issue is that US government is hamstrung by ‘conservatives’ who are simply misogynists who won’t recognise that maternity leave is hugely beneficial for mother and child, and that supporting mothers results in better long-term economic outcomes.

I live in Portland, Oregon and haven't driven a car in almost 20 years. I have a dedicated shopping bike I use one a week and all winter. It's the bike with fenders. I can carry two shopping bags home at a time and that's how I control my spending.

Many people in the USA take their own bags to the grocery store also.

I'm from the Netherlands and most people I know don't mind if you wear shoes in their homes. It's a personal choice, not a cultural thing.

For me as a Belgian, Dutch mayonnaise is way too sweet though.

YES!!! Seriously I am so sick of a two party system! Democrats and Republicans BOTH suck! How did we get stuck with this BS?

This is very noticeable. Most Europeans have a far greater respect of the life part of the Work Life balance, and so this is seen reflected in cultural norms and often laws. (For example, try to go shopping in Germany on a Sunday or see the consequences of non-emergency work-related 'phone calls outside standard office hours.)

We have trains. Yeah, this country is backward as f**k but we have goddamned trains.

Respect other peoples' property maybe?

You can get your phone unlocked if you've finished paying it off

I'm curious how this differs from eu legislation. For example, the app store must clearly state how data is collected and how it is used. Sites can be prohibited from collecting data and the use of cookies can be adjusted manually. Apps can be denied access to, for example, the camera, messages or gallery if you want.

Roundabouts are becoming far more common in the USA.

I live in the "backwards" Southern US and we have roundabouts and yes, people know how to use them.

We have the in Massachusetts. They're nightmare with our f*****g aggressive drivers.

We are learning how to build roundabouts. The trick is getting drivers to learn how to use them.

Theses are common in New England and people are fine with them.

I got stuck on a roundabout when I was about 18 going to a friends wedding. I had the only car - a massive 1970 Chevelle. I’m seriously short; I drove it by peering through the steering wheel. I’d 7-8 friends inside when we tried to follow the directions; the church was just off the biggest roundabout I’d seen (I’d lived in Europe and the UK; this one’s a monster.). I moved to the middle ring because of the size. We got stuck there because I couldn’t get out because of traffic and my oversized car and lack of visibility. After several trips round and increasing complaints from the peanut gallery, I had the lot of them stick their arms out and wave them around like we were 😛. One guy stuck his legs out. Traffic kinda pulled back and let is off. Later totaled it on a Datsun….embarrassing, that.

We just had one put in our little redneck backwards Pennsylvania town and have already had numerous accidents…because people are morons…

I live in Maine, we've always had these here. I work in Augusta and there's four here, two are only a few hundred feet from where I'm sitting at work right now.

Not in Michigan we don't!

There should be a class for folks on how to maneuver a round-a-bout here in the States. Most drivers are terrible when going through one. Ugg.

My part of Colorado is obsessed with them

I've noticed that the roundabouts in North America are very small in comparison to the ones in Europe/UK. Here in North America, a semi truck hardly has the room to get around the roundabout, whereas there is TONS of room on a European/UK roundabout.

I can´t wrap my head around two lane roundabouts.

There are two within 11 miles of me here in Woodstock, Illinois.

I love roundabouts! So logical. Only, the unthinkablehas happened...I was driving from Cheltenham to Gloucester (in the UK) and there was a stoplight ON the roundabout! (There were some near Heathrow, as well.

People here in the US are very aggressive and road rage. You may get shot if not careful.

In Canada we call them traffic circles.

You should visit Carmel, Indiana. The massive amounts of roundabouts is dizzying.

As an ex pat in the US, I panic when encountering these now.

Clearly you've never been to Massachusetts.

Reduce congestion and accidents.

We have a diverging diamond and 2 roundabouts within less than 5 miles of each other. In Mississippi. Which is in the US

they should try the one in my town, 1 roundabout surrounded by 5 Magic_Roun...82b015.jpg

Roundabout are terrific for vehicles (fast, efficient, less pollutive) but terrible for pedestrians.