23 strange things about life in America (from a Kiwi)

"feral" is a perfect description of other people's kids.

Best ending I've seen in a while. 10/10.

the rant at the end after the 15 minute setup of clean wholesome content was 10/10 would watch again

children running around isn't "acceptable" but the parents will act the same way if you try to correct the behavior.

Wow, I love this guy. The ending was classic. As an American who has the mindset of a Kiwi, I was quite agreeable with most of your points. Though, some of them are very area-specific. Appreciate the video though, it was fun to see how someone else saw our blind Patriotism and Politics. We have no idea what we're doing.

As another Kiwi living in the US - you're spot on mate! Some of these things vary wildly across the US depending on the region, FL is toughhhhhhh for some of these issues you raise. Come visit up in the northeast - it's a little different than down South.

0:16 Tipping 0:55 Vehicle indicator color 1:29 Clothes drying 1:52 Solo cups 2:19 Distracted drivers 3:25 Politics 4:46 Car culture 6:03 Four-way stop signs 6:56 Turning right on red light 7:25 Drive thrus 8:02 Regional language differences 8:50 Measurement units 9:15 Price of internet 9:36 Food portions 10:08 Weak coffee 10:34 Lack of discussion around climate change 10:57 Good customer service 11:52 Availability of styrofoam 12:14 Urinal dividers 12:27 Trucks driving in passing lane 12:57 Confusing coin design 13:33 Patriotism 14:03 Acceptability of out of control children

Hello Mr. New Zealander - thanks for the insightful commentary. I am a yank but have known quite a few kiwis in my time and always found them to be lovely people. I would love to visit your beautiful country some day. One thing I would suggest is that some of your comments are Florida-specific (even the children-run-wild bit). As you may know, the USA is almost like 50 little countries united together, so there's a lot of variety between states - would encourage you to visit a bunch of them and a combination of rural and urban - this will give you a more balanced perspective and it might change your overall impression of America a bit :) Cheers, Tom

Thank you for your notes. From them I realize I would most certainly love... New Zealand!

I studied in Wellington NZ in 2005, so it's been a while, but I love you're country. This video is wonderful because most of your critical points are ones that I've never noticed before but are TOTALLY true. Thanks for bringing real observations and not just tired stereotypes. God bless the USA and God bless NZ

G'day from New Zealand! Great video, but that ending? Bloody brilliant, right out of nowhere!

Nice little vid. The (sometimes not so) subtle differences in what are otherwise very similar cultures is enlightening. THX!

G'day - as a fellow Kiwi who's also been living in the US (for almost 40 years now, in California) - you missed the one biggest thing that surprised me about the U.S. when I moved there: The switches on the walls all go the wrong way - i.e., up is "on"; down is "off". This seems totally illogical and counter-intuitive to me. (Also, unlike NZ, most power outlets don't have switches beside them at all.) (Also, BTW, re. plastic shopping bags - this varies by state. In California, supermarkets don't use plastic bags anymore.)

Just been in California for a trip (I’m a kiwi) and I agree with all your observations. Also.. “lemonade” in US means the non-carbonated old fashioned kind where as I’m used to sprite, 7up etc all being “lemonade”. Their light switches are backwards to ours (I’m used to switching down to turn things on, not up). And like their coin denominations not making sense from smallest > largest, their date format of month/day/year is insane.

Bang on mate....lived in multiple states since 2009...you hit the nail on the head with a lot of observations...

Per your climate change question, it's one of those things that has been highly politicized as you mentioned earlier in the video! Certain moneyed interests have kept it a controversial issue so often even well intentioned folks are tired of the fight about it, which often results in silence (as intended)

Yup. Born and raised in the U.S. and these things are strange to me as well.

I love roundabouts, but sometimes the locals just can't seem to get the hang of them. In some places, roundabouts caused so many accidents they had to be removed. As a native Floridian, I find that embarrassing.

Totally with you on the distracted drivers. My commute is only 6.8 miles, but it isn't unusual to see cars just ram into the one in front of them. Weird thing is, it happens less in the mornings. I saw three in my last two drives home. My company had a project that sent a few of us to southwestern England for a couple of weeks. Everybody loved the roundabouts! We have a few here in Oregon, but many people don't seem to understand how to use them.

Love the video! You seem like someone I’d want to be friends with. You are spot on with many of your observations.