Really interesting to hear what other people think about America! As an American who has traveled across the country, and lived in a different state than I was born in, I think the best part of being in America is the fact that you can live an incredibly diverse and different way just by going to a different part of the country while still being a true American. I can't wait to experience Germany for myself. Love You Connor!!!!!

The professors comments, both on the complexity of the US and the expat experience are accurately and beautifully articulated.

I am from Key West! I was surprised to see my city up here and happy that we gave a good impression!

Excellent video, Connor. When I was a foreign exchange student in Goettingen (1975-76), there was no internet or WWW, of course. I did speak to many Germans as well as foreign exchange students from other countries. I had relatives in Austria. I enjoyed hearing their opinions and thoughts about the USA, but certainly had my eyes opened a number of times about what others think about the US. This gave me a much more complete picture of the place of the USA in the world. Gives one a whole new perspective on American "exceptionalism." I also did a clinical rotation in Koeln during medical school in 1982. It was fabulous to see how medical care could be approached differently in Germany, esp concerning the health insurance system. As you know, our health insurance system in the USA has so many flaws and so many people excluded from coverage for various reasons. This drove me crazy for the 32 years I practiced urology. BTW, even as a Nicht-Muttersprachler I can tell what a great command of German you have! All the best to you. :)

@ConnorWidmaier

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, RJP! Sounds like Germany treated you well too. Alles gute!

Bro i live on the Bodensee where Konstanz is located... Love it thanks for the video... Greetings from Germany❤💙💛

Germans....these people seem genuinely nice.

Awesome stuff, my guy!

@ConnorWidmaier

2 жыл бұрын

Ayee thanks Dav!

I personally like america. I like especially the people, when I was lost (here in Germany) I encountered a friendly american who helped me to find my way. He was not very formally but still very kind and helpful. He was a kinda easy going and relaxed person and very pleasant to talk with. I also love the music, especially Frank Sinatra. And the movies and TV Shows. The food is a little bit too fat and hearty to me, I prefer italian kitchen, however sometimes I like to eat some Burgers If my health allows it. But what I don't like is the fact many of them are racist. I mean sure, racism is a problem in every country but in the USA this seems to be much more "fundamental" (I find no other word for what I want to express I'm sorry) I think. Many seem think that germans are still Nazis and we Italians are Mafiosi, Pizza-Baker or plumber with mustaches *cough* Okay in my case the stereotype with the mustache is accurate 😬 Also their law system and the fact that it is based on revenge. A criminal is no human for them anymore. For them, from my impression, it is probably okay to torture them, to kill them or other things. Just look how the inmates are treated like animals. If you treat people like an animal they eventually turn into one. This is what I find hypocritical about them: On the other hand they like to preach the Bible but when it comes to these things they do the opposite of what the Bible says. Didn't Jesus teach to love and forgive, to fight evil not with evil? Also their education system is not really effective, alltough I have to admit that our german education system is also not very up to date. These are some thinks I really don't like about the USA. However I have to say many of those things are not really the fault of the regular american people, more like a problem of it's government or law. But I really hope that these things will change in a few decades. I think the Friendship between Europe and America is really important because we have to make sure there is safety, freedom and democracy in our world. Sorry for my bad english, I really liked this video. Thanks for your work 🙏

@mafiosipepperoni7375

2 жыл бұрын

@Ronald Dreyer What exactly do you want to say? 🤨

@dj-um7el

11 ай бұрын

​@@mafiosipepperoni7375As an American, I pretty much have to agree with you.

@funnygramcompilation903

9 ай бұрын

Liberalism and pacifism isn’t a Christian value. You like to use that to subvert scripture and try to spread agendas with it. With the crime issue, the U.S is way too soft on it. Look at San Francisco, it looks like a third world country and now shops are closing down out there. This sort of weak and passive mentality is how countries become destroyed. As for the race issue it’s pretty much common sense. The U.S. is extremely multicultural and diverse, so you have all of these different ethnic groups from around the world with different interests. Historically speaking, this leads to ethnic conflict and disaster (a perfect example being the Yugoslavia Wars). It’s easy for you to virtue signal about racism that you see on TV propaganda, while you live in the comfort of a mostly homogeneous 1st world country where there is common roots and ground.

@michaeledwards6683

7 ай бұрын

dein englisch ist perfekt

@mafiosipepperoni7375

7 ай бұрын

@@michaeledwards6683 Danke ^^

Me hearing that the older woman's first and only experience with America was Florida: *dies of embarrassment*

@DeanJace0227

Ай бұрын

Hey, don't talk bad about us, Floridians. Lol 😂 Atleast it is nice down here. I have to ask where do you live?

3:23 it bothered you that schwarzen were being arrested? It didn’t bother you that they were committing crimes? Where is your common sense?🤦🏼‍♂️

3:26 Well, when you’re in Miami, the crime is really only committed by one group, really…

Super Video , Mr. W

@ConnorWidmaier

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother Martin!

Sehr gut 👍🏻

What I like: the interculturality, the size, the politeness. What I do not like: the weapons, the delusions of grandeur, the war-mongering

@malte4793

2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't take politics to build myself an opinion about a country. A country is mostly made by the people and there are a lot of countries with fucked up politics but great people. For example Russia or China, well both aren't democratic but also Poland is technically a democracy and I do like them even though their government only does shit. But I can agree with you that the US probably has a too big ego and too much patriotism (of course not everyone is like this)

@SGTSnakeUSMC

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's refreshing to know that Germany never mass produced weapons or started any wars.

@justinlim524

Ай бұрын

@@SGTSnakeUSMCit dont mean he cant dislike it

Great video!!!!!!!!!

Schöner Akzent, Connor. 🍻

"Das Land ist für mich gigantisch" Can actually not only mean that the country is big. "Gigantisch" can also translate as great or superb or other synonyms so I think she probably wanted to say she really likes the US

@ConnorWidmaier

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, thanks dude

The singing to the ducks was just amazing!

@ConnorWidmaier

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks cuz :G

Great videos mr. W😂 Und wie wäre es mit ein paar Interviews am Humboldt?

@ConnorWidmaier

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro! Was für Themen denkst du?

Sehr gut, junger Mann! Wie Du habe ich deutsche Vorfahren, und meine Familie stammt aus Hessen. Unsere Familienmitglieder haben ganz offen über positive und negative Aspekte der amerikanischen und deutschen Gesellschaft gesprochen, und ich habe viele Jahre lang mit vielen deutschen Einwanderern in den USA herumgelungert, als ich noch viel jünger war (die sind nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg hierher eingewandert und waren etwas älter als ich). Ich bin in einem Viertel aufgewachsen, das im Wesentlichen von deutschen Einwanderern besiedelt war, die kurz vor dem amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg bis kurz vor Beginn des Ersten Weltkriegs nach Amerika kamen. Viele der umliegenden Geschäfte trugen deutsche Familiennamen.

@ConnorWidmaier

2 жыл бұрын

Vielen Dank! Einzigartige Erfahrungen hatten Sie da.

Ey, da sieht man ein durch aus interessantes neues Video und dann ist es noch nicht online und man muss warten. Das ist nicht fair

@ConnorWidmaier

2 жыл бұрын

Jetzt schon! Danke für die Interesse:)

:D Muggefug! Kenne ich als kaffeeähnliches Getränk/Kaffeersatz aus DDR-Zeiten. In der DDR war ja so ziemlich alles nachgemacht, Lebensmittel inklusive. Der Kaffe wurde aus gerösteten Getreidekörnern oder ähnlichem hergestellt, da war keine einzige Kaffeebohne drin. Daher ist der Begriff Muggefug "etwas" negativ behaftet. :D Marzipan hat man aus keine-Ahnung-was gemacht, aber ich hab mich als Kind total an den DDR-Geschmack gewöhnt und konnte später mit echtem Marzipan gar nichts anfangen. Kann ich immer noch nicht, haha.

@ConnorWidmaier

2 жыл бұрын

Großartige Erklärung und guter historischer Hintergrund, danke!

As a Floridian, i approve that ladies message it's the best state by far!

1:43 wir hatten diesen Lehrer in unserer Stunde! (als Vertretungslehrer)

@ConnorWidmaier

2 жыл бұрын

Frag Ihn über die USA! He's the man!

The african americans got arrested lol

1:26 the way this guy is gendering makes my ears bleed.

Man merkt, dass man nah an der schweizer Grenze ist. Verglichen zur freien Schnauze in Berlin oder der Unbekümmertheit der Kölner fallen die Antworten im Schatten des Konzils und der Imperia doch sehr wage bis moderat aus. Oder liegt's vielleicht doch am Interviewer ? 😉

Sehr interessantes Video mit sehr unterschiedlichen Meinungen über die USA. Ich glaube, dass viele Klischees über die USA wahr sind, viele Klischees treffen ganz und gar nicht zu. Ich kenne nicht viele US-Bürger, aber die, die ich kenne sind super nett, nicht wahr, Connor? 😉 Am Besten hat mir dein perfektes "ch" bei Entchen gefallen!

@ConnorWidmaier

2 жыл бұрын

Danke Silke:)!

Very interesting...

@ConnorWidmaier

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

It's kinda interesting how conservative and liberal are two different concepts between the US, and most other countries. Many European and Asian countries are much more culturally conservative, with traditions, societal rules, ect.. Where as here in the US, freedom rings true and people do what they want to do long as they aren't getting arrested or sued. Also while Americans are very social and open in public, people here are also a lot more likely to aggressively confront someone, stand your ground so to say. I guess here in America we're friendly thugs? We're socially open and chat with strangers a lot, but double cross us and we can be quite vindictive. It can also vary state by state, region by region. The US is a big place with many different sub-cultures and ways of life, and like in many places of the world. rural areas tend to be more hospitable, helpful, and friendly. Urban areas tend to be a bit more hostile, and indifferent. Politics here in the US are also quite different, much more black and white, or really red vs blue. Not all but quite a few treat politics almost like religion, me and my sister for example have been at each others throats a few times, all over differing views in politics. If your open about your opinions here, be prepared for love and hate. I've had friends and co-workers as well as some family cut ties, after I became outspoken about my political views, one reason I stopped using social media all together. (Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, ect..) The US is a strange, wonderful, and unique place compared to most other nations. I've never been outside the US, but my ancestors are mostly from Germany, and the UK. (Just a dash of Cherokee too, my great great grandpa was a Cherokee) Interestingly enough I was born in Guam, because my mom was in the Air Force. Surprising how many people here in the US I've talked to don't even know where or what a Guam is lol. Considering the role it played in WW2..😅

I could tell the man with the glasses on his head was well traveled. I would say the same thing about America and I live here. Also, it is possible to love a place but not want to live there. There are many things that a person desires in life. Ive been to beautiful countries, but having a family, I want to be in boring ol Missouri.

Ich fand die Ansicht des Greencardbesitzers ganz interessant. Ich selbst habe auch kein klares Bild von den USA. Das Land ist sehr groß, die Natur bzw. Geographie spannend, die verschiedenen Menschen bzw. deren Kulturen auch interessant. Aber dann gibt es so Punkte, wie z. B. die Politik (im Grunde nur zwei Parteien und nicht zu vergessen das olle Trumpeltier), der extreme Konsum, die teils mangelnde Bildung (insbesondere was andere Länder angeht), die mangelnden Arbeitnehmerrechte bzw. Krankenversicherungen, die Waffengesetze etc. Ich will irgendwann mal in die USA reisen. New York interessiert mich, da mein Opa väterlichseits in den 20er Jahren dort für eine Weile gearbeitet hat, ehe er zurückkehrte und sich schuldenfrei einen Bauernhof aufbaute. Vermont im Herbst würde ich auch gerne sehen oder den State Washington oder Alaska. Aber dauerhaft dort leben? Nein, lieber nicht. Ich bin ganz zufrieden hier in Deutschland. Und unsere Entchen wissen genau, wann sie das Schwänzchen in die Höhe recken müssen! :D :D :D

@funnygramcompilation903

9 ай бұрын

Biden can’t even string a sentence together, he is no better than Zion Don

God of course I know Mr Kleiner and I didn't even know he's got a green card and lived in the US for such a long time...

@ConnorWidmaier

2 жыл бұрын

He's the man! Ask him about it, he'll be happy to share

Ich fand die Cops ziemlich autoritär in den USA. Ich glaube ein deutscher Polizist wuerde dich nie anschreien und sagen "Stelle dich nicht zu nah an meine Waffe" nur weil ich einen Teil des Einreisefragebogens nicht ausgefüllt habe. Aber generell verhalten Polizisten sich in Deutschland auch oft merkwürdig.

Chick on the bench was into you. Hope you got those digits and showed her your Magic: The Gathering collection.

@SGTSnakeUSMC

2 ай бұрын

lol

@user-lx6dw2ks1o

Ай бұрын

@@SGTSnakeUSMC As a GERMAN🇩🇪 who lives in GERMANY 🇩🇪 and love clocking american girls. I appreciate american women.

@SGTSnakeUSMC

Ай бұрын

@@user-lx6dw2ks1o You can have them, lol. We are all becoming passport bros over here and snatching up foreign women. They treat you better on average these days. Wie gehts! Btw my Great-great-great grandfather immigrated here from Frankfurt.

@user-lx6dw2ks1o

Ай бұрын

@@SGTSnakeUSMC good🇩🇪 american women love German men 🇩🇪❤️🇺🇸there will be a lot of white children

Mukifuc lmao😂

@ConnorWidmaier

2 жыл бұрын

Jetzt wiess ich bescheid lol

Do you mean citizens of the U.S.? Or do you mean Americans, as in Canada, U.S., Mexico, also Central & South America, which are all Americans.

Spannend, meine Antworten wären ehrlich gesagt etwas schlechter ausgefallen 🙈 Connor, falls du immer noch unsicher wegen deines Deutsches bist: das ist wirklich extrem gut! Ich weiß nicht ob ich schonmal einen Nicht-Muttersprachler so authentisch hab sprechen hören.

@ConnorWidmaier

2 жыл бұрын

Dankeschön Koeln:)

I will never get over how hot German woman are! You can hate me its ok!❤

@user-lx6dw2ks1o

Ай бұрын

As a GERMAN🇩🇪 who lives in GERMANY 🇩🇪 and love clocking american girls. I appreciate american women.

My dads side of the family has a lot of German. Also i think a lot of Americans like most people from around the world with maybe a small exception. The one thing Americans don't care for is when you move here and make no attempt at assimilating into our culture. I personally have met people from all over the world here in California and have never had issues. If a person isn't a good person its not their ethnicity, its the person. One not though, sorry my German friends but German is such an ugly sounding language lol

@reinercreekman

7 ай бұрын

🇦🇹❤️🇩🇪 God bless Germany 🇩🇪 F america

"...das Land ist gigantisch" das war es schon bei den Ureinwohner.

@ConnorWidmaier

2 жыл бұрын

It's the small things...

@funnygramcompilation903

9 ай бұрын

What country was it called with the natives?

next ask them about 1939-1945

@user-lx6dw2ks1o

Ай бұрын

As a GERMAN🇩🇪 who lives in GERMANY 🇩🇪 and love clocking american girls. I appreciate american women.

🇺🇸 🤝 🦆

I appreciate German candor and I consider sincerely constructive criticism. However I don't care for the way Germans can, for example, go to the Sistine Chapel and see only the garbage can in the corner. "Look how it's rusted. The smell is just awful. When is the last time they emptied it? It's such an eye sore and they failed to put it in an inconspicuous location." And they do this with everybody and everything everywhere, not just when expressing their opinions about some one country like America. It's mentally draining when they can't bring themselves to balance the bad with the good.

@reinercreekman

24 күн бұрын

As a GERMAN🇩🇪 who lives in GERMANY 🇩🇪 and love clocking american girls. I appreciate american women.

2.56 from where do you know America; - BECAUSE SHE IS AMERICAN FROM THE US ARMY BASE... AS A EUROPEAN YOU CAN PICK IT UP AT ONCE BECAUSE IT IS STINKS

I think America has great countries.

@mickynilreb419

Жыл бұрын

​America is a continent.

@baccamau80

6 ай бұрын

@@stefanjager4131 german women love American men *.

americuck lost vietnam 🇻🇳 Afghanistan 🇦🇫 and now Yemen 🇾🇪.

@Br.soldier99

3 ай бұрын

Your country banned paternity testing

@user-lx6dw2ks1o

Ай бұрын

@@Br.soldier99 As a GERMAN🇩🇪 who lives in GERMANY 🇩🇪 and love clocking american girls. I appreciate american women.

I know America is so bad, we keep having to end the wars Germany keeps starting.

@wintersnoob

3 ай бұрын

You are not from the same breed as the Americans that helped end the world wars. The United States has become an incredibly degenerate place. Germany on the other hand, it remained pretty much the same. Degenerate elitists.

@GeeB1

2 ай бұрын

😂 So true! And, Germany has the worst history of any country in the world! They murdered millions of innocent people! I would be ashamed to be a German.

@jonasrmb01

Ай бұрын

More like you start the most wars in the world and exploit the countries for their natural resources and then leave them in chaos

Der eine Typ mit sein Americaner*innen ich finde das gehört nicht in die Sprache

@sarac178

2 жыл бұрын

In seiner Sprache offensichtlich schon. Aber immerhin, er würde gut in Klischees über Deutsche passen.

@royblack2395

2 жыл бұрын

@@sarac178 Deutsch*innen bitte. Soviel Zeit muss sein.

@sabrinaclarus6290

2 жыл бұрын

Ich hatte Deinen Kommentar noch nicht mal gelesen,habe aber die gleiche Meinung gaeussert,lol.

@sabrinaclarus6290

2 жыл бұрын

@@royblack2395 Lol,hab schon gedacht,dass die solche Redensweise allen Deutschen eingefloesst haben.

Ich finde die Idee Deines Videos an sich sehr gut.Was mich wirklich wuetend macht,ist,dass normale Leute auf der Strasse "Amerikaner*INNEN" sagen! Ist schlimm genug,dass man diesen feministischen Unfug lesen muss...,jetzt wird es auch noch ins Gesprochene integriert...,unglaublich!!

I’ve been to Germany twice, a village called Hilden near Düsseldorf to visit friends. The Germans are extremely nice people and are super interested in getting to know you as an American I had not a single bad interaction over there. Amazing people very friend and family oriented even people whom were friends of my friends still contact me to ask how I’m doing 🩵🤝🏻🇺🇸🇩🇪

Come To New York and ask us what do we think about Germany

@user-lx6dw2ks1o

5 ай бұрын

good🇩🇪 american women love German men 🇩🇪❤🇺🇸 there will be a lot of white children