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Publish Not your original work? Add source If two countries speak the same language, that doesn't mean their residents lead the same lives. Lisa Dollan, known online as Yorkshire Peach, is an American living in the UK. For some time now, she has been creating a TikTok series where the woman lists the differences she has spotted between the two places. Describing everything from parking to eating out, Lisa's videos shed light on everyday nuances many travel bloggers leave out, and her videos are raking in millions of views! Continue scrolling to check out some of the points she has made. More info: Instagram TikTok @yorkshirepeach #americanintheuk ♬ Quirky - Oleg Kirilkov This post may include affiliate links. #1 Well, I moved here six months pregnant and when I had my baby NOBODY SENT ME A BILL! I had my baby for free! Oh my God! yorkshirepeach , Matt Walsh Report Final score: 187points POST Elin Calliel Elin Calliel Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Because health care is considered to be a basic human right and not a privilege. 139 139points reply View More Replies... View more comments #2 Things that taste different in the UK: Sweets, You don't realize it until you've lived in the UK for a while and then you go back and taste an American sweet that you realize you can taste the artificial flavors more. yorkshirepeach , Robert Anasch Report Final score: 132points POST Martha Meyer Martha Meyer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Come to the rest of Europe then, because what Brits have for sweets is still more artificial and too sweet by other countries' estimation. 86 86points reply View More Replies... View more comments As her nickname suggests, Lisa currently lives in Yorkshire, a historic county of Northern England. "I moved here 8 years ago with my British husband," she told Bored Panda. When she first got there, Lisa went through a culture shock. "I thought everywhere would be like London, like most Americans do, and that's just not true," the woman explained. "Also, I was shocked and thrilled to learn I did not have to pay when I left the doctor's office!" #3 That things costs EXACTLY what they say they cost. So if something says it's £1 then it's £1. At home there's sales tax on everything so it's $1.26 yorkshirepeach , Colin Mutchler Report Final score: 125points POST Jihan Kim Jihan Kim Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago this is supposed to be normal 73 73points reply View More Replies... View more comments #4 When I first moved here my husband had to go to his great uncle's funeral. And he was gone for like 7/8 hours and he came back completely wasted. And I had no idea that people drank after funerals! And then we went to a kid's birthday party I mean, the kid was turning like 3? And they had the beer, the wine, I'm like okay, okay. And I'm an alcoholic so I don't drink, I can't drink. And when we lived in the States together, I did kind of wonder, like? Is this man an alcoholic as well? And then we moved over here and I was like nah, he's just BRITISH yorkshirepeach , Taylor Friehl Report Final score: 113points POST Kristoffer Rahbek-Jensen Kristoffer Rahbek-Jensen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago In Denmark we call drinks after a funeral "Grave beer" 50 50points reply View more comments Now that she has had time to think about it, Lisa doesn't think that the UK is better than the US or vice versa. "They are simply different," she highlighted. That being said, the TikToker has her personal favorite. "The UK definitely has a much better health care system and much better laws around gun control. I feel safer here so I prefer it." "I love the British people and their sense of humor," Lisa added. "I feel they are strong resilient people during the hard times and know how to have a laugh during the good ones!" #5 I'd never walked anywhere. I have, but like very little, d'y'know what I'm saying? Y'all will walk anywhere here, I'm not kidding. Y'ALL WALK! yorkshirepeach , Arek Adeoye Report Final score: 107points POST WilvanderHeijden WilvanderHeijden Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago Contrary to the US the Western European infrastructure has always been more focused on pedestrians and bicyclists than on cars. And in the foreseeable future cars will be banned from all city centers. 81 81points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 Meals I'd never had until I moved here: The curry. Never had a curry before I moved here. And now if I go 4/5 days without one, I go into curry withdrawal. Absolutely DIVINE meal yorkshirepeach , Andy Hay Report Final score: 106points POST Willem Hunse Willem Hunse Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago um i eat curry every week in Canada 22 22points reply View More Replies... View more comments Following up on Lisa's comments, we learned that in 2017, US think tank the Commonwealth Fund ranked the UK's NHS the number one health system in a comparison of 11 countries for safety, affordability, and efficiency. It did less well when it came to cancer survival. The US was ranked last out of the 11 countries. The American health system came off badly when it came to infant mortality, life expectancy, and preventable deaths, but did relatively better on cancer, heart attack, and stroke survival. Meanwhile, the gun ownership rate for England and Wales (2007) is 6.2 guns per 100 people. For comparison, the gun ownership rate in the US (2007) is 88.8 guns per 100 people. Additionally, the gun homicide rate for England and Wales (2012) is 0.7 per 1 million people while in the US (2012) this number is much higher too - 29.7 per 1 million people. Which of the two countries do you like better? Tell us in the comments. #7 Things that'd freak Americans out about the UK: Driving in the UK. No chance, okay? The driving test. What you guys have to do to be able to legally drive here is amazing! You guys are all like Nascar drivers. Literally, I took my test in a parking lot in the States. yorkshirepeach , Esteban Benites Report Final score: 106points POST Andrew Gibb Andrew Gibb Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago that is worrying... 72 72points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 Things that taste different in the UK: Sour cream. All things creamy. It's just creamier, so much nicer (in the UK) yorkshirepeach , Welikodub Report Final score: 87points POST Chillchillshill Chillchillshill Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Better than ranch too 10 10points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 Meals I'd never had until I moved here: "beans on toast." Thought it was absolutely disgusting, now I think it's absolutely divine yorkshirepeach , Steven Lilley Report Final score: 86points POST Rose the Cook Rose the Cook Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Not all beans are created equal, you have to get the right beans. 50 50points reply View More Replies... View more comments #10 That you have to pay to park most places. I kinda thought it was a "well, you can pay if you want but you don't really have to" yorkshirepeach , Brydon McCluskey Report Final score: 81points POST Oliver Oliver Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Why is everyone in the picture parked like that…very disconcerting 65 65points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 Things I'd never done until I moved to the UK: I'd never stayed at an outdoor event in the rain, and not gone home yorkshirepeach , Vidar Nordli-Mathisen Report Final score: 81points POST Guðrún Sveinsdóttir Guðrún Sveinsdóttir Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Its worse in my country. Iceland It can snow sun shine 5 minutes later and then a hurricane and we have a saying that the weather changes every 5 minutes and prepare your outdoor activities with summer rain and winter clothes all year round. If we see someone with an umbrella we know he's a tourist because no Icelander uses umbrellas in the wind destroys it always and then you have to carry a useless umbrella every were you go. We just predict storms everyday or you would always be depressed when it hits you the 10th time the same day. But we think that's completely normal. Its hell packing for camping. The car is filled with every clothing in your closet and then we have tiny space for the tent and etc. But the clothes are most important 41 41points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 Umbrellas are useless here yorkshirepeach Report Final score: 76points POST WilvanderHeijden WilvanderHeijden Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago (edited) Umbrellas are useless in all countries when there's a strong wind. 52 52points reply View More Replies... View more comments #13 Things that'd freak Americans out about the UK: What y'all eat for breakfast. OMG. If they saw: The Mushrooms, The Tomatoes, The Baked Beans. All of this, the "Full English". Absolutely flip out, okay? yorkshirepeach , Deepansh Khurana Report Final score: 74points POST Zena Marsh Zena Marsh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Can't beat a Full English. 37 37points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 That you can drink at 18 here! And also you can drink with your family when you're like 14. I was like whaaat? yorkshirepeach , Gerrie van der Walt Report Final score: 72points POST ProductofNZ ProductofNZ Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago There are a few countries where the rules are the same or similar. (NZ, Australia etc) 28 28points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 Things I'd never done until I moved to the UK: Sat outside in the sun with a coat on yorkshirepeach , Joseph Kranak Report Final score: 66points POST Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Ummm..... We do this in the US. I promise. the OP never got out much, in the US, apparently? .... 74 74points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #16 What my husband has been doing now I call sun shifting. As the sun shifs he will shift his chair closer and closer until the edges all the way to the corner of the garden yorkshirepeach Report Final score: 59points POST James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This is the UK, we need to make the most of the sun 34 34points reply View More Replies... View more comments #17 Meals I'd never had until I moved here: I know this is a side dish but it's an absolute gamechanger. Cauliflower & Cheese. Absolutely ELITE yorkshirepeach , Isabell Schulz Report Final score: 57points POST Ripley Ripley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago YOU DON'T HAVE CAULIFLOWER CHEESE IN THE US?!?!?! ARE YOU GUYS OKAY? 55 55points reply View More Replies... View more comments #18 Meals I'd never had until I moved here: Fish & Chips. We don't have fish & chip shops back home. We have something called Captain D's. It's a franchise, like McDonalds, where you drive through. yorkshirepeach , Samuel tresch Report Final score: 49points POST James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Chip shop fish and chips is heavenly, lashings of salt and vinegar 41 41points reply View More Replies... View more comments #19 Things I'd never done until I moved to the UK: Parallel parked. I still struggle, If I'm honest. It's a struggle yorkshirepeach , Adam Griffith Report Final score: 48points POST Andrew Gibb Andrew Gibb Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago it is part of the UK Nascaresque driving test 42 42points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20 Things I'd never done until I moved to the UK: I'd never had sweet popcorn in the cinema yorkshirepeach , Corina Rainer Report Final score: 48points POST Jim Day Jim Day Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Kettle corn is old-timey here and is gaining a new fandom. 15 15points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21 Things that'd freak Americans out about the UK: The queues at McDonalds! I don't know about your McDonalds but my McDonalds stays LIT! And by lit I mean on fire! People wrapped around the building and y'all wait. The Americans would not wait in that queue, do you hear me? They would drive two blocks down to the next McDonalds. There's a McDonalds on every damn corner yorkshirepeach , Andrew Herashchenko Report Final score: 47points POST WilvanderHeijden WilvanderHeijden Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago But McDonalds can't be that invasive in most European countries because of regulations. "What do you mean I want to open another McDonalds 3 miles apart from the existing one? Ain't going to happen, mate." 46 46points reply View More Replies... View more comments #22 Things that taste different in the UK: Pickles. We have the big fat sour pickles. I miss those. Yours guys seem to be sweet. yorkshirepeach , SuckerPunch Gourmet Report Final score: 36points POST Eric Law Eric Law Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Huh? Both sweet and sour pickles are available in the US, at least here in the Northeast where I live. 36 36points reply View More Replies... View more comments Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! 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Never parallel parked, walked, eaten curry?? 65 65points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Agree. Who the he** in the US never had to walk somewhere, park parallel, or ate Indian food? Where did this person live in the US?! I live in a relatively rural area and even here we have Indian food (made by people from India!), we have to parallel park, and we have to walk places. From the US, been to UK, it's nto that shockingly different, folks. 30 30points reply Load More Replies... Pilot Chick Pilot Chick Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I live in a town of 1200 people. We can’t get pizza delivery let alone anything ‘exotic’ like curry. I also have never parallel parked in my like because we don’t have to types of parking spaces anywhere near me. It also wasn’t taught in driver’s Ed. 7 7points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago @Pilot Chick, I grew up on a farm in nowhere-land USA. We had none of those things, but we were taught about Driver's Ed, and you could, when visiting a city (any place over 15K people was a city to us), parallel park, and eat exotic foods. I had no idea there'd be such regional differences in this, so bad on me, but dang! We were taught to drive on the assumption it'd be a white-out on ice in a farm vehicle that had to maneuver like a bicycle. I just got used to the idea. 4 4points reply Suzanne Haigh Suzanne Haigh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I think she meant she prefers the British curry 0 0points reply Troux Troux Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago This is not uncommon in the US, even though you may meet many Americans who do all of these things regularly. It has to do with where you are in relation to cities and international hubs/populations. I've met several American adults who have never had curry or any Indian food, who don't own passports, and who are miles from the nearest store and hence never drive. 5 5points reply onitsuka onitsuka Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Agree. This is as much about "suburban American moves to UK" as it is about being in a different country. If she came from a major American city, half of these wouldn't apply or be as eye-opening. Walking to places? Really? 4 4points reply Thea Gegenberg Thea Gegenberg Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The weird one for me was never had fish and chips. It's standard pub fare. 3 3points reply Foxxy (The Original) Foxxy (The Original) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago She was talking about fish and chip shops, not restaurants that serve fish and chips. The experience is very different and what they sell is different. 1 1point reply Ms.M. Ms.M. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago (edited) I'm from a major American city and none of the things on this list shocked me in the least. 2 2points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Ms.M, I grew up on a farm and they don't surprise me much. Biggest city I ever lived in was maybe 50K people? .... not exactly major. And still... I am not shocked. *shrug* I give up. Maybe the OP wasnt' paying attention in the US? 4 4points reply Ms.M. Ms.M. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago I think the OP lived under a rock. 4 4points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago @Ms.M., a very remote rock! LOL. 4 4points reply Suzanne Haigh Suzanne Haigh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Seems like everyone is nasty even to ex US people, just will not have people preferring some British things over American 0 0points reply Crochet lady Crochet lady Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yeah. This is bizarre. 2 2points reply LadyGrimm LadyGrimm Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This isn't so much "American" as "person who's never left their small town". 39 39points reply Daniel Marsh Daniel Marsh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago What small town doesn't have parallel parking? People who walk? People who sit outside in their coats? People who go to outdoor events in rainy weather? 18-year-olds who drink at funerals? Kettle corn (that's what we call sweet popcorn)? Sweet pickles? Cauliflower and cheese? Sun shifting? Storemade candy? 8 8points reply Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago @Daniel Marsh, took the words outta my mouth. I've never lived anywhere with more than 50K people, and mostly where it's a lot less, if any town is even *on* the map. You go to the nearest town, you could get all but good Indian food. Take a weekend in a university town, and it was food heaven! 2 2points reply Nikole Nikole Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) As devil's advocate from the US: Some towns and suburbs mainly have driveways and parking lots. Rainy weather tends to ruin fun. For funerals, my experience is people don't drink during but go out afterwards for food and drinks. Movie theaters don't generally sell kettle corn here (but we know what it is and it's sold other places). Most pickles aren't sweet... they're dill pickles. I can't explain the rest. 0 0points reply Niffler_13 Niffler_13 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I feel like this person lived a very sheltered life in the United States and didn't travel much. Most of the things they shared are common across the US as well. Heck, most of them are common in just the Northeast alone. 15 15points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And the mid_Atlantic, Great Lakes, the West Coast.... I've seen thi sin Idaho. No idea where she's from. *shrug* 7 7points reply Load More Replies... Suzanne Haigh Suzanne Haigh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Drinking at 18? Not being able to drive until 17? Beans on toast?............................... yeh, yeh. -1 -1point reply Load More Comments POST Aeon Flux Aeon Flux Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This is the extra-sheltered version of Americanness. Never parallel parked, walked, eaten curry?? 65 65points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Agree. Who the he** in the US never had to walk somewhere, park parallel, or ate Indian food? Where did this person live in the US?! I live in a relatively rural area and even here we have Indian food (made by people from India!), we have to parallel park, and we have to walk places. From the US, been to UK, it's nto that shockingly different, folks. 30 30points reply Load More Replies... Pilot Chick Pilot Chick Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I live in a town of 1200 people. We can’t get pizza delivery let alone anything ‘exotic’ like curry. I also have never parallel parked in my like because we don’t have to types of parking spaces anywhere near me. It also wasn’t taught in driver’s Ed. 7 7points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago @Pilot Chick, I grew up on a farm in nowhere-land USA. We had none of those things, but we were taught about Driver's Ed, and you could, when visiting a city (any place over 15K people was a city to us), parallel park, and eat exotic foods. I had no idea there'd be such regional differences in this, so bad on me, but dang! We were taught to drive on the assumption it'd be a white-out on ice in a farm vehicle that had to maneuver like a bicycle. I just got used to the idea. 4 4points reply Suzanne Haigh Suzanne Haigh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I think she meant she prefers the British curry 0 0points reply Troux Troux Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago This is not uncommon in the US, even though you may meet many Americans who do all of these things regularly. It has to do with where you are in relation to cities and international hubs/populations. I've met several American adults who have never had curry or any Indian food, who don't own passports, and who are miles from the nearest store and hence never drive. 5 5points reply onitsuka onitsuka Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Agree. This is as much about "suburban American moves to UK" as it is about being in a different country. If she came from a major American city, half of these wouldn't apply or be as eye-opening. Walking to places? Really? 4 4points reply Thea Gegenberg Thea Gegenberg Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The weird one for me was never had fish and chips. It's standard pub fare. 3 3points reply Foxxy (The Original) Foxxy (The Original) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago She was talking about fish and chip shops, not restaurants that serve fish and chips. The experience is very different and what they sell is different. 1 1point reply Ms.M. Ms.M. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago (edited) I'm from a major American city and none of the things on this list shocked me in the least. 2 2points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Ms.M, I grew up on a farm and they don't surprise me much. Biggest city I ever lived in was maybe 50K people? .... not exactly major. And still... I am not shocked. *shrug* I give up. Maybe the OP wasnt' paying attention in the US? 4 4points reply Ms.M. Ms.M. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago I think the OP lived under a rock. 4 4points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago @Ms.M., a very remote rock! LOL. 4 4points reply Suzanne Haigh Suzanne Haigh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Seems like everyone is nasty even to ex US people, just will not have people preferring some British things over American 0 0points reply Crochet lady Crochet lady Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yeah. This is bizarre. 2 2points reply LadyGrimm LadyGrimm Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This isn't so much "American" as "person who's never left their small town". 39 39points reply Daniel Marsh Daniel Marsh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago What small town doesn't have parallel parking? People who walk? People who sit outside in their coats? People who go to outdoor events in rainy weather? 18-year-olds who drink at funerals? Kettle corn (that's what we call sweet popcorn)? Sweet pickles? Cauliflower and cheese? Sun shifting? Storemade candy? 8 8points reply Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago @Daniel Marsh, took the words outta my mouth. I've never lived anywhere with more than 50K people, and mostly where it's a lot less, if any town is even *on* the map. You go to the nearest town, you could get all but good Indian food. Take a weekend in a university town, and it was food heaven! 2 2points reply Nikole Nikole Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) As devil's advocate from the US: Some towns and suburbs mainly have driveways and parking lots. Rainy weather tends to ruin fun. For funerals, my experience is people don't drink during but go out afterwards for food and drinks. Movie theaters don't generally sell kettle corn here (but we know what it is and it's sold other places). Most pickles aren't sweet... they're dill pickles. I can't explain the rest. 0 0points reply Niffler_13 Niffler_13 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I feel like this person lived a very sheltered life in the United States and didn't travel much. Most of the things they shared are common across the US as well. Heck, most of them are common in just the Northeast alone. 15 15points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And the mid_Atlantic, Great Lakes, the West Coast.... I've seen thi sin Idaho. No idea where she's from. *shrug* 7 7points reply Load More Replies... Suzanne Haigh Suzanne Haigh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Drinking at 18? Not being able to drive until 17? Beans on toast?............................... yeh, yeh. -1 -1point reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. 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Publish Not your original work? Add source If two countries speak the same language, that doesn't mean their residents lead the same lives. Lisa Dollan, known online as Yorkshire Peach, is an American living in the UK. For some time now, she has been creating a TikTok series where the woman lists the differences she has spotted between the two places. Describing everything from parking to eating out, Lisa's videos shed light on everyday nuances many travel bloggers leave out, and her videos are raking in millions of views! Continue scrolling to check out some of the points she has made. More info: Instagram TikTok @yorkshirepeach #americanintheuk ♬ Quirky - Oleg Kirilkov This post may include affiliate links. #1 Well, I moved here six months pregnant and when I had my baby NOBODY SENT ME A BILL! I had my baby for free! Oh my God! yorkshirepeach , Matt Walsh Report Final score: 187points POST Elin Calliel Elin Calliel Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Because health care is considered to be a basic human right and not a privilege. 139 139points reply View More Replies... View more comments #2 Things that taste different in the UK: Sweets, You don't realize it until you've lived in the UK for a while and then you go back and taste an American sweet that you realize you can taste the artificial flavors more. yorkshirepeach , Robert Anasch Report Final score: 132points POST Martha Meyer Martha Meyer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Come to the rest of Europe then, because what Brits have for sweets is still more artificial and too sweet by other countries' estimation. 86 86points reply View More Replies... View more comments As her nickname suggests, Lisa currently lives in Yorkshire, a historic county of Northern England. "I moved here 8 years ago with my British husband," she told Bored Panda. When she first got there, Lisa went through a culture shock. "I thought everywhere would be like London, like most Americans do, and that's just not true," the woman explained. "Also, I was shocked and thrilled to learn I did not have to pay when I left the doctor's office!" #3 That things costs EXACTLY what they say they cost. So if something says it's £1 then it's £1. At home there's sales tax on everything so it's $1.26 yorkshirepeach , Colin Mutchler Report Final score: 125points POST Jihan Kim Jihan Kim Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago this is supposed to be normal 73 73points reply View More Replies... View more comments #4 When I first moved here my husband had to go to his great uncle's funeral. And he was gone for like 7/8 hours and he came back completely wasted. And I had no idea that people drank after funerals! And then we went to a kid's birthday party I mean, the kid was turning like 3? And they had the beer, the wine, I'm like okay, okay. And I'm an alcoholic so I don't drink, I can't drink. And when we lived in the States together, I did kind of wonder, like? Is this man an alcoholic as well? And then we moved over here and I was like nah, he's just BRITISH yorkshirepeach , Taylor Friehl Report Final score: 113points POST Kristoffer Rahbek-Jensen Kristoffer Rahbek-Jensen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago In Denmark we call drinks after a funeral "Grave beer" 50 50points reply View more comments Now that she has had time to think about it, Lisa doesn't think that the UK is better than the US or vice versa. "They are simply different," she highlighted. That being said, the TikToker has her personal favorite. "The UK definitely has a much better health care system and much better laws around gun control. I feel safer here so I prefer it." "I love the British people and their sense of humor," Lisa added. "I feel they are strong resilient people during the hard times and know how to have a laugh during the good ones!" #5 I'd never walked anywhere. I have, but like very little, d'y'know what I'm saying? Y'all will walk anywhere here, I'm not kidding. Y'ALL WALK! yorkshirepeach , Arek Adeoye Report Final score: 107points POST WilvanderHeijden WilvanderHeijden Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago Contrary to the US the Western European infrastructure has always been more focused on pedestrians and bicyclists than on cars. And in the foreseeable future cars will be banned from all city centers. 81 81points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 Meals I'd never had until I moved here: The curry. Never had a curry before I moved here. And now if I go 4/5 days without one, I go into curry withdrawal. Absolutely DIVINE meal yorkshirepeach , Andy Hay Report Final score: 106points POST Willem Hunse Willem Hunse Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago um i eat curry every week in Canada 22 22points reply View More Replies... View more comments Following up on Lisa's comments, we learned that in 2017, US think tank the Commonwealth Fund ranked the UK's NHS the number one health system in a comparison of 11 countries for safety, affordability, and efficiency. It did less well when it came to cancer survival. The US was ranked last out of the 11 countries. The American health system came off badly when it came to infant mortality, life expectancy, and preventable deaths, but did relatively better on cancer, heart attack, and stroke survival. Meanwhile, the gun ownership rate for England and Wales (2007) is 6.2 guns per 100 people. For comparison, the gun ownership rate in the US (2007) is 88.8 guns per 100 people. Additionally, the gun homicide rate for England and Wales (2012) is 0.7 per 1 million people while in the US (2012) this number is much higher too - 29.7 per 1 million people. Which of the two countries do you like better? Tell us in the comments. #7 Things that'd freak Americans out about the UK: Driving in the UK. No chance, okay? The driving test. What you guys have to do to be able to legally drive here is amazing! You guys are all like Nascar drivers. Literally, I took my test in a parking lot in the States. yorkshirepeach , Esteban Benites Report Final score: 106points POST Andrew Gibb Andrew Gibb Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago that is worrying... 72 72points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 Things that taste different in the UK: Sour cream. All things creamy. It's just creamier, so much nicer (in the UK) yorkshirepeach , Welikodub Report Final score: 87points POST Chillchillshill Chillchillshill Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Better than ranch too 10 10points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 Meals I'd never had until I moved here: "beans on toast." Thought it was absolutely disgusting, now I think it's absolutely divine yorkshirepeach , Steven Lilley Report Final score: 86points POST Rose the Cook Rose the Cook Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Not all beans are created equal, you have to get the right beans. 50 50points reply View More Replies... View more comments #10 That you have to pay to park most places. I kinda thought it was a "well, you can pay if you want but you don't really have to" yorkshirepeach , Brydon McCluskey Report Final score: 81points POST Oliver Oliver Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Why is everyone in the picture parked like that…very disconcerting 65 65points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 Things I'd never done until I moved to the UK: I'd never stayed at an outdoor event in the rain, and not gone home yorkshirepeach , Vidar Nordli-Mathisen Report Final score: 81points POST Guðrún Sveinsdóttir Guðrún Sveinsdóttir Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Its worse in my country. Iceland It can snow sun shine 5 minutes later and then a hurricane and we have a saying that the weather changes every 5 minutes and prepare your outdoor activities with summer rain and winter clothes all year round. If we see someone with an umbrella we know he's a tourist because no Icelander uses umbrellas in the wind destroys it always and then you have to carry a useless umbrella every were you go. We just predict storms everyday or you would always be depressed when it hits you the 10th time the same day. But we think that's completely normal. Its hell packing for camping. The car is filled with every clothing in your closet and then we have tiny space for the tent and etc. But the clothes are most important 41 41points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 Umbrellas are useless here yorkshirepeach Report Final score: 76points POST WilvanderHeijden WilvanderHeijden Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago (edited) Umbrellas are useless in all countries when there's a strong wind. 52 52points reply View More Replies... View more comments #13 Things that'd freak Americans out about the UK: What y'all eat for breakfast. OMG. If they saw: The Mushrooms, The Tomatoes, The Baked Beans. All of this, the "Full English". Absolutely flip out, okay? yorkshirepeach , Deepansh Khurana Report Final score: 74points POST Zena Marsh Zena Marsh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Can't beat a Full English. 37 37points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 That you can drink at 18 here! And also you can drink with your family when you're like 14. I was like whaaat? yorkshirepeach , Gerrie van der Walt Report Final score: 72points POST ProductofNZ ProductofNZ Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago There are a few countries where the rules are the same or similar. (NZ, Australia etc) 28 28points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 Things I'd never done until I moved to the UK: Sat outside in the sun with a coat on yorkshirepeach , Joseph Kranak Report Final score: 66points POST Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Ummm..... We do this in the US. I promise. the OP never got out much, in the US, apparently? .... 74 74points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #16 What my husband has been doing now I call sun shifting. As the sun shifs he will shift his chair closer and closer until the edges all the way to the corner of the garden yorkshirepeach Report Final score: 59points POST James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This is the UK, we need to make the most of the sun 34 34points reply View More Replies... View more comments #17 Meals I'd never had until I moved here: I know this is a side dish but it's an absolute gamechanger. Cauliflower & Cheese. Absolutely ELITE yorkshirepeach , Isabell Schulz Report Final score: 57points POST Ripley Ripley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago YOU DON'T HAVE CAULIFLOWER CHEESE IN THE US?!?!?! ARE YOU GUYS OKAY? 55 55points reply View More Replies... View more comments #18 Meals I'd never had until I moved here: Fish & Chips. We don't have fish & chip shops back home. We have something called Captain D's. It's a franchise, like McDonalds, where you drive through. yorkshirepeach , Samuel tresch Report Final score: 49points POST James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Chip shop fish and chips is heavenly, lashings of salt and vinegar 41 41points reply View More Replies... View more comments #19 Things I'd never done until I moved to the UK: Parallel parked. I still struggle, If I'm honest. It's a struggle yorkshirepeach , Adam Griffith Report Final score: 48points POST Andrew Gibb Andrew Gibb Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago it is part of the UK Nascaresque driving test 42 42points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20 Things I'd never done until I moved to the UK: I'd never had sweet popcorn in the cinema yorkshirepeach , Corina Rainer Report Final score: 48points POST Jim Day Jim Day Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Kettle corn is old-timey here and is gaining a new fandom. 15 15points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21 Things that'd freak Americans out about the UK: The queues at McDonalds! I don't know about your McDonalds but my McDonalds stays LIT! And by lit I mean on fire! People wrapped around the building and y'all wait. The Americans would not wait in that queue, do you hear me? They would drive two blocks down to the next McDonalds. There's a McDonalds on every damn corner yorkshirepeach , Andrew Herashchenko Report Final score: 47points POST WilvanderHeijden WilvanderHeijden Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago But McDonalds can't be that invasive in most European countries because of regulations. "What do you mean I want to open another McDonalds 3 miles apart from the existing one? Ain't going to happen, mate." 46 46points reply View More Replies... View more comments #22 Things that taste different in the UK: Pickles. We have the big fat sour pickles. I miss those. Yours guys seem to be sweet. yorkshirepeach , SuckerPunch Gourmet Report Final score: 36points POST Eric Law Eric Law Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Huh? Both sweet and sour pickles are available in the US, at least here in the Northeast where I live. 36 36points reply View More Replies... View more comments Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! 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Never parallel parked, walked, eaten curry?? 65 65points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Agree. Who the he** in the US never had to walk somewhere, park parallel, or ate Indian food? Where did this person live in the US?! I live in a relatively rural area and even here we have Indian food (made by people from India!), we have to parallel park, and we have to walk places. From the US, been to UK, it's nto that shockingly different, folks. 30 30points reply Load More Replies... Pilot Chick Pilot Chick Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I live in a town of 1200 people. We can’t get pizza delivery let alone anything ‘exotic’ like curry. I also have never parallel parked in my like because we don’t have to types of parking spaces anywhere near me. It also wasn’t taught in driver’s Ed. 7 7points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago @Pilot Chick, I grew up on a farm in nowhere-land USA. We had none of those things, but we were taught about Driver's Ed, and you could, when visiting a city (any place over 15K people was a city to us), parallel park, and eat exotic foods. I had no idea there'd be such regional differences in this, so bad on me, but dang! We were taught to drive on the assumption it'd be a white-out on ice in a farm vehicle that had to maneuver like a bicycle. I just got used to the idea. 4 4points reply Suzanne Haigh Suzanne Haigh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I think she meant she prefers the British curry 0 0points reply Troux Troux Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago This is not uncommon in the US, even though you may meet many Americans who do all of these things regularly. It has to do with where you are in relation to cities and international hubs/populations. I've met several American adults who have never had curry or any Indian food, who don't own passports, and who are miles from the nearest store and hence never drive. 5 5points reply onitsuka onitsuka Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Agree. This is as much about "suburban American moves to UK" as it is about being in a different country. If she came from a major American city, half of these wouldn't apply or be as eye-opening. Walking to places? Really? 4 4points reply Thea Gegenberg Thea Gegenberg Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The weird one for me was never had fish and chips. It's standard pub fare. 3 3points reply Foxxy (The Original) Foxxy (The Original) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago She was talking about fish and chip shops, not restaurants that serve fish and chips. The experience is very different and what they sell is different. 1 1point reply Ms.M. Ms.M. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago (edited) I'm from a major American city and none of the things on this list shocked me in the least. 2 2points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Ms.M, I grew up on a farm and they don't surprise me much. Biggest city I ever lived in was maybe 50K people? .... not exactly major. And still... I am not shocked. *shrug* I give up. Maybe the OP wasnt' paying attention in the US? 4 4points reply Ms.M. Ms.M. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago I think the OP lived under a rock. 4 4points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago @Ms.M., a very remote rock! LOL. 4 4points reply Suzanne Haigh Suzanne Haigh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Seems like everyone is nasty even to ex US people, just will not have people preferring some British things over American 0 0points reply Crochet lady Crochet lady Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yeah. This is bizarre. 2 2points reply LadyGrimm LadyGrimm Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This isn't so much "American" as "person who's never left their small town". 39 39points reply Daniel Marsh Daniel Marsh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago What small town doesn't have parallel parking? People who walk? People who sit outside in their coats? People who go to outdoor events in rainy weather? 18-year-olds who drink at funerals? Kettle corn (that's what we call sweet popcorn)? Sweet pickles? Cauliflower and cheese? Sun shifting? Storemade candy? 8 8points reply Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago @Daniel Marsh, took the words outta my mouth. I've never lived anywhere with more than 50K people, and mostly where it's a lot less, if any town is even *on* the map. You go to the nearest town, you could get all but good Indian food. Take a weekend in a university town, and it was food heaven! 2 2points reply Nikole Nikole Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) As devil's advocate from the US: Some towns and suburbs mainly have driveways and parking lots. Rainy weather tends to ruin fun. For funerals, my experience is people don't drink during but go out afterwards for food and drinks. Movie theaters don't generally sell kettle corn here (but we know what it is and it's sold other places). Most pickles aren't sweet... they're dill pickles. I can't explain the rest. 0 0points reply Niffler_13 Niffler_13 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I feel like this person lived a very sheltered life in the United States and didn't travel much. Most of the things they shared are common across the US as well. Heck, most of them are common in just the Northeast alone. 15 15points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And the mid_Atlantic, Great Lakes, the West Coast.... I've seen thi sin Idaho. No idea where she's from. *shrug* 7 7points reply Load More Replies... Suzanne Haigh Suzanne Haigh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Drinking at 18? Not being able to drive until 17? Beans on toast?............................... yeh, yeh. -1 -1point reply Load More Comments POST Aeon Flux Aeon Flux Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This is the extra-sheltered version of Americanness. Never parallel parked, walked, eaten curry?? 65 65points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Agree. Who the he** in the US never had to walk somewhere, park parallel, or ate Indian food? Where did this person live in the US?! I live in a relatively rural area and even here we have Indian food (made by people from India!), we have to parallel park, and we have to walk places. From the US, been to UK, it's nto that shockingly different, folks. 30 30points reply Load More Replies... Pilot Chick Pilot Chick Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I live in a town of 1200 people. We can’t get pizza delivery let alone anything ‘exotic’ like curry. I also have never parallel parked in my like because we don’t have to types of parking spaces anywhere near me. It also wasn’t taught in driver’s Ed. 7 7points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago @Pilot Chick, I grew up on a farm in nowhere-land USA. We had none of those things, but we were taught about Driver's Ed, and you could, when visiting a city (any place over 15K people was a city to us), parallel park, and eat exotic foods. I had no idea there'd be such regional differences in this, so bad on me, but dang! We were taught to drive on the assumption it'd be a white-out on ice in a farm vehicle that had to maneuver like a bicycle. I just got used to the idea. 4 4points reply Suzanne Haigh Suzanne Haigh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I think she meant she prefers the British curry 0 0points reply Troux Troux Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago This is not uncommon in the US, even though you may meet many Americans who do all of these things regularly. It has to do with where you are in relation to cities and international hubs/populations. I've met several American adults who have never had curry or any Indian food, who don't own passports, and who are miles from the nearest store and hence never drive. 5 5points reply onitsuka onitsuka Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Agree. This is as much about "suburban American moves to UK" as it is about being in a different country. If she came from a major American city, half of these wouldn't apply or be as eye-opening. Walking to places? Really? 4 4points reply Thea Gegenberg Thea Gegenberg Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The weird one for me was never had fish and chips. It's standard pub fare. 3 3points reply Foxxy (The Original) Foxxy (The Original) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago She was talking about fish and chip shops, not restaurants that serve fish and chips. The experience is very different and what they sell is different. 1 1point reply Ms.M. Ms.M. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago (edited) I'm from a major American city and none of the things on this list shocked me in the least. 2 2points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Ms.M, I grew up on a farm and they don't surprise me much. Biggest city I ever lived in was maybe 50K people? .... not exactly major. And still... I am not shocked. *shrug* I give up. Maybe the OP wasnt' paying attention in the US? 4 4points reply Ms.M. Ms.M. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago I think the OP lived under a rock. 4 4points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago @Ms.M., a very remote rock! LOL. 4 4points reply Suzanne Haigh Suzanne Haigh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Seems like everyone is nasty even to ex US people, just will not have people preferring some British things over American 0 0points reply Crochet lady Crochet lady Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yeah. This is bizarre. 2 2points reply LadyGrimm LadyGrimm Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This isn't so much "American" as "person who's never left their small town". 39 39points reply Daniel Marsh Daniel Marsh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago What small town doesn't have parallel parking? People who walk? People who sit outside in their coats? People who go to outdoor events in rainy weather? 18-year-olds who drink at funerals? Kettle corn (that's what we call sweet popcorn)? Sweet pickles? Cauliflower and cheese? Sun shifting? Storemade candy? 8 8points reply Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago @Daniel Marsh, took the words outta my mouth. I've never lived anywhere with more than 50K people, and mostly where it's a lot less, if any town is even *on* the map. You go to the nearest town, you could get all but good Indian food. Take a weekend in a university town, and it was food heaven! 2 2points reply Nikole Nikole Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) As devil's advocate from the US: Some towns and suburbs mainly have driveways and parking lots. Rainy weather tends to ruin fun. For funerals, my experience is people don't drink during but go out afterwards for food and drinks. Movie theaters don't generally sell kettle corn here (but we know what it is and it's sold other places). Most pickles aren't sweet... they're dill pickles. I can't explain the rest. 0 0points reply Niffler_13 Niffler_13 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I feel like this person lived a very sheltered life in the United States and didn't travel much. Most of the things they shared are common across the US as well. Heck, most of them are common in just the Northeast alone. 15 15points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And the mid_Atlantic, Great Lakes, the West Coast.... I've seen thi sin Idaho. No idea where she's from. *shrug* 7 7points reply Load More Replies... Suzanne Haigh Suzanne Haigh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Drinking at 18? Not being able to drive until 17? Beans on toast?............................... yeh, yeh. -1 -1point reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. 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