life in europe is much different (Srs)

[OhhHai]

being born in Macedonia and raised in Michigan since 5, I've constantly gone back and forth for visits there and many surrounding countries. What I've noticed is that in the US, life is going at you 1000mph as you grow up. I wake up, work for 9 hours, wait in traffic to get home, run/lift, watch TV, go to sleep and then wait for the weekend. Overseas, life is still stressful but far more mellow and comforting. Since I was 5 and even now, I can go outside my apartment complex or call a couple friends after work and go bull**** on a park bench for fcking hours but in America, it just doesn't work that way (work, friends are scattered, far distances, etc). People don't seem to even want to sit, talk, and bull**** and connect over conversation here anymore. I enjoy/need time to myself but anybody nom sayin? Am I way off about this in everyday eurobruh life?

cliffs:
- Life in America is fast/busy, in turn: nobody "just chills" anymore
- Europe life more mellow, people like to just chill and talk
- discuss

[VestBrah]

Because the USA and the UK work hard to support countries like this. It's a well known fact that Europeans are lazy. Go to Greece, Spain or Portugal and you will see. Brb having a ****ing nap everyday at midday. When a country in the EU goes bust someone has to bail them out i.e Germany, France and the UK.

[Ronnie87]

Chilling right now buddy, life's good. Started work at 7am and finished at 2pm, dat der European freedom

[Noxcho]

It depends on the circumstances and where you live in Europe.

I'm sure Mericuh also has their areas and communities where people hang out in the park for hours.

[TR88]

"In America, we hurry--which is well; but when the day's work is done, we go on thinking of losses and gains, we plan for the morrow, we even carry our business cares to bed with us, and toss and worry over them when we ought to be restoring our racked bodies and brains with sleep. We burn up our energies with these excitements, and either die early or drop into a lean and mean old age at a time of life which they call a man's prime in Europe." - The Innocents Abroad

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never lived in the USA, I can confirm the (eastern) euro part. Although I don't have much time due work /lift /home duties, I can find some if I want to..

[JazB]

Because the USA and the UK work hard to support countries like this. It's a well known fact that Europeans are lazy. Go to Greece, Spain or Portugal and you will see. Brb having a ****ing nap everyday at midday. When a country in the EU goes bust someone has to bail them out i.e Germany, France and the UK.

thats because of the weather

[DaHurst]

OP, where you from in Macedonia as my parents are from there as well and I do visit there regularly. Although I'm Albanian(don't tase me bro!)

And yea I completely agree... All about work in the US and about your stupid "careers" that no one likes anyway. No one has time for anything and as a result everyone is ****ing obese, depressed, alcoholics and borderline psychopaths. It's all about supporting the economic machine in America. It's much different than in Macedonia where people are more laid back about issues and enjoy themselves more like drinking coffee with friends, family all day; knowing everyone in your community; being close to family; etc. Although, the situation isn't perfect as people are poor.

[MyMachete]

being born in Macedonia and raised in Michigan since 5, I've constantly gone back and forth for visits there and many surrounding countries. What I've noticed is that in the US, life is going at you 1000mph as you grow up. I wake up, work for 9 hours, wait in traffic to get home, run/life, watch TV, go to sleep and then wait for the weekend. Overseas, life is still stressful but far more mellow and comforting. Since I was 5 and even now, I can go outside my apartment complex or call a couple friends after work and go bull**** on a park bench for fcking hours but in America, it just doesn't work that way (work, friends are scattered, far distances, etc). People don't seem to even want to sit, talk, and bull**** and connect over conversation here anymore. I enjoy/need time to myself but anybody nom sayin? Am I way off about this in everyday eurobruh life?

cliffs:
- Life in America is fast/busy, in turn: nobody "just chills" anymore
- Europe life more mellow, people like to just chill and talk
- discuss

depends what part of america we are talking about here. I feel like the north/ bigger cities are like you described, but in rural areas it is a lot different.

[VestBrah]

thats because of the weather

Really not an excuse anymore.

[hxa]

True, but it's changing. People used to be much more relaxed over here. Now they got more money and less time.

[BlastenCruze]

OP, you mean mainland Europe is laidback. Britain is just about the same as America

[Noxcho]

Because the USA and the UK work hard to support countries like this. It's a well known fact that Europeans are lazy. Go to Greece, Spain or Portugal and you will see. Brb having a ****ing nap everyday at midday. When a country in the EU goes bust someone has to bail them out i.e Germany, France and the UK.

Lmao stfu

Thats only southern europeans. Portugal, Spain, Southern France, Italy and Greece.

The rest of Europe are badass.

[OniichanJoe]

so for gym class in macedonia did you guys practice marching in phalanx formation

[Dreyth]

LIFE IN MACEDONIA IS AMAZING

The economic situation sucks but man if you live near lake ohrid youre living the life. Stress free, beautiful mountains lake river sky, and dat dere summer nightlife.

Just spent 6 weeks there (albanian here).

Brb go to the beach on a whim whenever i want, alone, guaranteed to bump into a bunch of friends i know
Brb go out for a walk to the korzo (the strip or promenade i guess) guaranteed to bump into a bunch of friends
Brb sweaty after playing basketball fukk it lets jump into the river
Brb not much going on in this town tonight lets take a $6 cab to the next town
Brb dont feel like going out tonight lets swim in the river and jump off the brides at midnight n chit in that nice warm water
Brb so much family around, meeting up at 3am for late-night card playing
Brb getting fresh bread and kifla from the bakery after midnight
Brb such beautiful relaxing cafes
Brb lets chill around the big hotels (izgrev, drim, park) to pick up foreign chicks

[OhhHai]

Because the USA and the UK work hard to support countries like this. It's a well known fact that Europeans are lazy. Go to Greece, Spain or Portugal and you will see. Brb having a ****ing nap everyday at midday. When a country in the EU goes bust someone has to bail them out i.e Germany, France and the UK.

Politics seems like its ran by the cast of mean girls over there i.e. Greece won't accept Macedonia to be called "Macedonia," instead, "Republic of Macedonia."

"In America, we hurry--which is well; but when the day's work is done, we go on thinking of losses and gains, we plan for the morrow, we even carry our business cares to bed with us, and toss and worry over them when we ought to be restoring our racked bodies and brains with sleep. We burn up our energies with these excitements, and either die early or drop into a lean and mean old age at a time of life which they call a man's prime in Europe." - The Innocents Abroad

I'd rep you again if I already hadn't today. Thanks for the aware on that book. I'm gonna read the chit out of it maybe even later today

OP, where you from in Macedonia as my parents are from there as well and I do visit there regularly. Although I'm Albanian(don't tase me bro!)

And yea I completely agree... All about work in the US and about your stupid "careers" that no one likes anyway. No one has time for anything and as a result everyone is ****ing obese, depressed, alcoholics and borderline psychopaths. It's all about supporting the economic machine in America. It's much different than in Macedonia where people are more laid back about issues and enjoy themselves more like drinking coffee with friends, family all day; knowing everyone in your community; being close to family; etc. Although, the situation isn't perfect as people are poor.

haha one of my best friends in MK is Albanian, don't wurry bruh. I was born in Gjorce Petrov, Skopje, Macedonia. Good point too, that's what I was getting at

[newleaseonlife]

Because the USA and the UK work hard to support countries like this. It's a well known fact that Europeans are lazy. Go to Greece, Spain or Portugal and you will see. Brb having a ****ing nap everyday at midday. When a country in the EU goes bust someone has to bail them out i.e Germany, France and the UK.

LULZ at using financial crisis as an indication of laziness as if the average person has anything to do with how a COUNTRY manages money. My inlaws are Romanian and by far some of the Hardest working people i've ever met.

BRB working 14 hours a day.
Brb working 8 hours at one job, then coming home to work additional 3-4 on side jobs.

[NewBrahJP]

Depends

Because the USA and the UK work hard to support countries like this. It's a well known fact that Europeans are lazy. Go to Greece, Spain or Portugal and you will see. Brb having a ****ing nap everyday at midday. When a country in the EU goes bust someone has to bail them out i.e Germany, France and the UK.

Lol

I have a female friend who left the country to go to the UK. She works as a nurse.

brb has to to all the **** on paper
brb here all in a fuking pc
brb nurses don't do nothing in the UK
brb here nurses are almost doing doctors work
brb nurses in the UK refuse to vaccinate/use needles on patients (so what are they supposed to do as nurses?)
brb they'll maybe do it they go with another nurse because then if the patient dies it won't be just their fault
brb here they do all that alone and safely (as it should be)

everytime she returns to Portugal
''No wonder they want foreign people''
''They're 20 years behind''
''UK nurses must be really dumb or they're acting like it''
''I don't even work with patients a lot of times, i just do office work''

No all roses mate.
Your economy is supeior and she's making 2 or 3 times more although she hates it. Das it.

[DaHurst]

Politics seems like its ran by the cast of mean girls over there i.e. Greece won't accept Macedonia to be called "Macedonia," instead, "Republic of Macedonia."




I'd rep you again if I already hadn't today. Thanks for the aware on that book. I'm gonna read the chit out of it maybe even later today



haha one of my best friends in MK is Albanian, don't wurry bruh. I was born in Gjorce Petrov, Skopje, Macedonia. Good point too, that's what I was getting at

Skopje? Nice! Modern and becoming a very stylish city while you still get those non-American gainzzz.

Sometimes I just wish I lived back in MK because everything would be easier. Don't have to worry about interviews, working 10 hour days, dealing with stupid people, etc. I can just drink macchiatos all day, drink some cheap cold ones at night, swim at lake ohrid then eat a beastly meal for the equvialent of $2, read, get those South Eastern European gainzzz and take home a traditional sloot that will cook, clean and have my kin.

Dats it mayne

[Polish Power]

Eastern European brah here.

It seems good just to be there for a short period of time, but the long term kicks in and it gets boring as ****. Living and visiting are 2 different things.

Let's be real, most of these people would leave their country and go west if the opportunity presented itself.

Foreign guys clean up in these countries because chicks want to live a better life abroad. (srs)

[Dreyth]

Skopje? Nice! Modern and becoming a very stylish city while you still get those non-American gainzzz.

Sometimes I just wish I lived back in MK because everything would be easier. Don't have to worry about interviews, working 10 hour days, dealing with stupid people, etc. I can just drink macchiatos all day, drink some cheap cold ones at night, swim at lake ohrid then eat a beastly meal for the equvialent of $2, read, get those South Eastern European gainzzz and take home a traditional sloot that will cook, clean and have my kin.

Dats it mayne

Das it shqipe thats my fav lake in the world. Gotta go to gradishte beach in august to get some seriously hot wimmenz

[Awfulwafflebrah]

I want to move my family to England so bad. I grew up spending summers thee at my grandmas, I haven't been back in 10 years now, but will move there one day.

[DragonFireBrah]

it's true. life outside of the anglosphere is much more relaxed… favorite place i've ever been was Italy, people just literally sit around and do nothing


which is why their economy is going to chit and the entire city is covered with graffiti (too lazy to clean it) but it's a chill place

[FeelsMcAlpha]

It's a live to work and work to live mentality when contrasting both.

[COFFEEMUG]

America has honestly gone full retard in terms of culture.

[daisygirl713]

in America, it just doesn't work that way (work, friends are scattered, far distances, etc). People don't seem to even want to sit, talk, and bull**** and connect over conversation here anymore. I enjoy/need time to myself but anybody nom sayin? Am I way off about this in everyday eurobruh life?
cliffs:
- Life in America is fast/busy, in turn: nobody "just chills" anymore
- Europe life more mellow, people like to just chill and talk
- discuss

totally agree, OP...when i was in e.europe, everyone was always out & about, sitting in cafes, shooting the sh!t, relaxing, etc.

my relative in europe said to me, 'in america, you live to work. here, we work to live.'

i think that about sums it up...they take the time to enjoy their day, their environment, the people around them....work is only a means to an end, to enjoy life, and be able to do what they choose in their free time.

in n.america, your life is your work. beyond their 9-5, everyone's head is stuck in their phone, people are closed off, always in a hurry to return to their little bubbles they call home...

no one seems to look around, stop for a moment, and just enjoy the beauty of now. i think that's why so many people feel like life is passing them by...because they're letting it

[Mobraelite]

How can ppl afford the lifestyle they live the. In Europe?

I regularly visit Romania and my freinds are always out partying, having nice clothes, taking vacations regularly

I just never understand how that's possible and they live in middle class to lower middle class apartments

[OhhHai]

LIFE IN MACEDONIA IS AMAZING

The economic situation sucks but man if you live near lake ohrid youre living the life. Stress free, beautiful mountains lake river sky, and dat dere summer nightlife.

Just spent 6 weeks there (albanian here).

Brb go to the beach on a whim whenever i want, alone, guaranteed to bump into a bunch of friends i know
Brb go out for a walk to the korzo (the strip or promenade i guess) guaranteed to bump into a bunch of friends
Brb sweaty after playing basketball fukk it lets jump into the river
Brb not much going on in this town tonight lets take a $6 cab to the next town
Brb dont feel like going out tonight lets swim in the river and jump off the brides at midnight n chit in that nice warm water
Brb so much family around, meeting up at 3am for late-night card playing
Brb getting fresh bread and kifla from the bakery after midnight
Brb such beautiful relaxing cafes
Brb lets chill around the big hotels (izgrev, drim, park) to pick up foreign chicks

there are two things that nobody will understand outside of Eastern Europe:

1) Traditional Women
brb buy her a drink at a club and she'll probably throw it at you
brb cook, clean, chill with you just cuz
brb totally mellow and chill personalities

2) phucking cafes, mates
I don't wanna go on a rant but nothing will ever come close to an eastern european cafe and they are one thing that I miss on a constant daily basis
brb don't have to drink booze on the weekdays/weekend with your friends to have fun (probably will, but don't have to IN ORDER to have fun like at a bar)
brb coffee, macchiato, espresso (don't smoke in the US, but I'll be damned if I don't have a cig with my espresso in MK)
brb house music in the background that I could live my life to
brb chairs and tables outside under sun umbrellas and mist fans
das it mane..das it

[Jecoma]

Lol at calling Macedonia typical Europe. Maybe in your medditeranean countries it´s mellow but West-Europe is the same as America...

[VictorHei]

Macedonian and 6'4 no surprise, everyone is a fking giant in the Balkans, would feel like a manlet there

Agree with what you say though