Comments by "George H" (@georgeh6856) on "Ep. 26 World Tour: The History of the Czech Car Industry" video.

I never knew about Skoda until I moved to the Netherlands a few years ago. Now that I am back in the states, I wish that Skoda would sell their cars here. Although I may try to move back to Europe depending on how fascistic the USA becomes.
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In response to the Dutch guy who has a lot of complaints about the Netherlands in comparison to the USA, I would suggest looking at websites which rate various countries. The Netherlands is usually in the top 5 or at least the top 10. The USA is usually at best in the 20-30 range. The Dutch do have problems like any country does. I was there when the farmers shut down traffic by driving tractors all over the roads. Politicians lie everywhere; USA politicians are legally bribed by the wealthy and large corporations. High fuel cost did not affect me much in the Netherlands because the public transportation was so good. Plus, a lot of people there ride bicycles. There were so many things better in the Netherlands.
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@pieterburen6004 Yes, I did live in a city. I find that the Netherlands fixes their infrastructure. In the USA we have a lot of potholes and crumbling bridges. Not having a car saved me a bunch of money (fuel, maintenance, insurance, etc.). I was able to buy an appartement, but it was crazy there. Housing in the USA is going through the roof too, because of investment companies buying it up. Rental housing in the USA is unregulated whereas in the Netherlands, there was a limit on how high the landlord could raise the rent. One time in the USA, my rent went up about 30% after the first year! People in the Netherlands seemed more educated and more relaxed. More vacation time, etc. There are so many guns and shootings in the USA; it is crazy. I came out to my parked car once in the USA, and found a bullet hole in the trunk. The Dutch police seemed a lot calmer and less crazy too. Finally, there were a lot of protests in the Netherlands with some arrests, but nothing like the January 6 attack on the US capitol. The USA seems to be sliding away from democracy and into fascistic authoritarianism, but that remains to be seen.
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