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In this video essay, one woman shows us how moving to Europe made her reevaluate the “necessities” she was constantly spending money on, and American spending priorities in general. Here are more insane American money habits:

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  2. Did most of you not read the title? It said ” what I “ not what “ what everyone” . Yes, obvi countries are hella different in Europe and not everyone will relate. BUT this video is about the one doing the voiceover, not every human in Europe.

  7. Considering "necessities", I was once told by a visitor from Asia, it's an necessity to be able to visit a different Cafè every day and since that's only possble in like 2 European cities it's impossible to survive here.

  12. So you changed your lifestyle from comfortable middle class to poor. That's called being a minimalist and is common in the USA now. You didn't need to go to Europe to learn that!

  18. We live out in the country, no AC (even when we go home to central TX in summer), just heat when it gets cold. We use fans if there's no breeze or in winter put on sweaters &/or flannel shirts to stay warm. We have to have a car, but wouldn't move closer to town for anything. Nature, trees & plants, animals, stars on a dark night, the sound of a great horned owl — these are things I'd miss if I lived in town where I'd be listening to traffic, honking horns, screeching tires, sirens, & all the other sounds of city life, etc.

  19. Though I'm an American citizen, I've lived most of my life outside the U.S., in countries with little or no AC. I found it easy to do without when I was young. Whenever I visited family in the U.S., I'd wrap up in a blanket or sweater indoors because I was freezing. Now that I'm older, I find that my heat tolerance has drastically decreased, so that hot summers without AC are extremely hard on me. (At least I'm no longer freezing when I visit my family.) My point is, AC is a necessity for many people. I wish I were still as young and heat tolerant as you, but this year I finally broke down and bought a free-standing unit for my small apartment, because otherwise I was in real danger of heat stroke. Your other points I can totally relate to! Thanks for a great video! 😀

  20. I can tell that the videographer is very young and more enlightened than some and less than others by the simple fact of living outside the United States.
    I, myself remember my mother talking about living in the thirties and forties regaling tales of visiting movie theaters due the technology of air conditioning.
    I, myself slept in a stuffy upstairs bedroom with just a window box fan and often woke up to a chilly summer morning.
    Secondly, historically homes, buildings and even clothing were designed to take advantage of the four seasons. In addition food which was grown in the family garden, was eaten and preserved for just such seasons in other words you always ate whatever was able to be put on the table.
    My family for the most part, did not own a vehicle when I was growing up and took a bus or walked to most places. In fact, Anyone who, owned a home, especially in the suburbs, had a telephone, owned a car, a TV with remote control would have been considered rich by our standard of living at that time.
    Finally, due to climate change there has been an overwhelming increase in deaths due to heat in Europe each year compared to historical statistics.

  21. I swear to god, i have no idea how that make up point is relevant at all to living in Europe. I've lived in Europe as well and people there are much more image conscious than Americans. Just my impression~

  23. While living in the USA:
    1. I have NOT worn makeup in over a decade
    2. I have NOT owned a car in over a decade
    3. I have NOT had air-conditioning in over a decade
    4. I eat very little meat
    5. I can get to a farmers market 7-days/week (neighboring towns by bus)
    6. I have NO prospect of homeownership
    One does NOT need to move to Europe, just get divorced!

  24. Point one is very surprising. Being from Europe and now living in America I was under impression that European women pay much more attention to makeup and American women don't care much. O_o

  26. I think that this video/essay missed its mark. It should be more aptly called 6 ways I followed cultural norms and found I was foolish when I moved away. All six of these examples are symptoms of the trendiness disease, where one goes through life following the trends of the people around them without ever examining the real personal and social value of their behaviors. IMO the antidotes to to this pervasive disease are the aforementioned living abroad, as well as travel to foreign places and the often maligned (on TFL) minimalism.

    That, and I'm not giving up my lawn lol because I dont irrigate it or use any chemicals on it at all. I just mow it.

  29. Seriously? I grew up in the South and except for the car and the house we lived and live exactly this way. Pick our vegetables from the garden, can our tomatoes and fruit when in season. get our eggs next door from the egg man, definitely do not eat meat every day, do not wear foundation on a daily basis, never waste food! Perhaps it is where in America you live. The one absolute thing I see different in my European friends is the amount of material things they have as they definitely understand less is better.

  30. This was super helpful and I'm not considering moving ..but it gave me a more rich perspectives of my desired life being toooo much in relation to my life now…thanks…

  32. Do whatever makes you happy, but it sounds like that you were living above your means in the States. I do everything except owing a car and using A/C. You don't have to go to another continent to figure that out lol

  35. If every summer in Europe is going to be a "record breaker"every year from now on, you will be amazed how popular air conditioners will become. Even in trains, busses and automobiles (YIKES!).

  38. I loved all the clean transportation in London. Cabbies, buses, tubes, trains and Thames cabin boats. They were safe and could get me anywhere in the city quickly and cheep.

  39. In Greece (yes we are part of "Europe") in the summer you will melt without an air condition in the house!!! I think the same goes for Spain as its south also. And also we do drive around with our cars.

  40. This is just a testament that those in the upper-middle-class and above are wasteful as hell, the rest of us from US already do or did those things before moving away.

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