Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "American Reacts to How Do The United States u0026 Europe Compare?" video.

  1. Yep, there's supposed to be a separation of church and state in the US, but they don't seem to practice that, whereas in many European countries, bringing religion into politics is enough to get someone fired from their position in government, politics and religion is not a good mix and I'm happy to see religion is a dying breed in Europe, which is ironic considering how much architecture we have in Europe around religion lol.
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  2. Doesn't shock me but it is a bit strange for a modern country to have so much religion because usually, the more advanced a country is, the less relevance religion plays in society, but to be fair, the US does have far more social issues in its society than European countries do and religion probably takes advantage of that.
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  3. Wages don't tell us much about anything really because there are a lot of factors at play from cost of living, to public service we have access too and so on. Basically, Europeans don't need as high of a wage to have a high quality of living because our taxes pay for so many public services that Americans have to pay out of pocket, hence why even with lower wages, Europeans on average have a higher quality of living compared to Americans. It also shows that GDP per capita numbers don't really tell us much and at worse, are quite misleading, especially when it comes to things that matter.
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  4. Same lol, I used to like summers when I was younger but give me winters and milder weather any day. Thing is where I live in the UK, summers have been hotter and more humid over the last decade or so, in the past, it used to be milder, but nowadays, when the sun hits, it hits hard, and the UK by European standards is quite northern, so basically, in just 40 years, I've gone from liking summers to preferring winters more, mainly because in winters, there are many ways to warm up whereas in summer, you just have to sweat it out.
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  5. Same in the UK, I think there is a video on YouTube about that, basically, 25C feels much warmer in the UK than it does in the US for instance.
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  6. Also, culture plays a big part in that, especially in Southern Europe were living at home is a very normal thing compared to northern European countries and the US, but either way, I'll imagine those number are higher today in both Europe and the US with everything that's gone on with cost of living over the last 5 years.
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