3 Things I like and Don't like about the USA - Hu Knows!

Many people ask me if I like living in the USA, well here are three things I like, three things I don't like and also some things I miss about China

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[montwittwer]

California is not the same as most of America. Much more expensive

[chaolee]

I’ve been here for 40 years. I remember how hard it was to be in a place of strangers and not quite fitting in. Only when you step away from your homogeneous society will you truly find yourself and become an individual, as America intended its citizens to be.

[Vrxiz]

Took me over 1.5 years of watching ADV/Winston/Matt et. al. to combine in my head "my wife Sasha is a Doctor" and "Her name is Sasha Hu" to "Wait, so she's Dr. Hu???". I feel both ashamed and accomplished.

[tps]

Don't judge the USA by California money standards...and the ID checking should flatter you as it means you look very young abut also reflects the hackers stealing ID

[TonyStark-cndg]

That’s the beauty of America, you can like China better and say it out loud without repercussions. Anyway good channel keep up the good work 👍🏽

[christopherhindle]

California is one of the most expensive places in the U.S., so watch your expenses.

[loonytbom]

Yes Dr. Hu .... When do you and Vivi do "Conquering Northern America" where you two ride around on motor cycles

[tuomopoika]

If you think California is quiet, you can imagine how I felt after moving back to Finnish countryside from HK :D

[ongbocau]

Your American English presentation is greatly improving.  You seem much more comfortable on camera than you did before.  Maybe it is that you are becoming more confident with your conversational English or just a learning curve.  Kudos to you!  :)

[wolfganghumboldt]

I just moved back to California after living in Tokyo for a long time and yeah, I agree. I never realized how nice and quiet America is. It is so much easier to stop and think clearly.

[jeaniechowdhury]

It takes time to get used to a new country. It took my Asian husband about ten years to adjust.
California is one of the most expensive states.
USA has a safer quality of life
I wish we had a better public transportation!!

[karllofgren]

Excellent subject idea. Many people have traveled and noticed surprising differences, and it is fun to hear what it is like in the opposite direction.

A little thing about quiet. I grew up on a farm in the midwest, surrounded by many farms. Maybe 2 or 3 cars would pass by in a day on the little gravel-dirt road. It was VERY quiet.
I went to college the Boston area. It took me three weeks to be able to sleep without violently waking up. I finally got used to emergency vehicle sirens, and no longer would jump out of bed, disoriented, heart racing, starting to get dressed (of course, to go with my father to whatever accident/fire/etc., with tools to help). Many more sirens there in a week than I had heard in my entire life.

Here is a version of a children's "knock knock" joke, perhaps to surprise your husband. My children made this up and told it to Mr. Hu, a graduate student at UC Irvine (from China), where my wife taught him in some of her classes:

Ms. Hu: Knock knock.
Winston: Who's there?
Ms. Hu: THAT'S RIGHT!

I think your videos will continue to be successful. Well executed, and they are a good match for your sunshiny personality.

[neuronbob]

@Hu Knows, I was asked to make my embedded comment a regular comment: I am a physician. I’ve mentioned in the comments of another video the process you need to go through to become a working physician in the USA. I’ve seen people from China with less proficient English than you (yours is really not bad at all!) get into residency. Process is: get ECFMG. Pass all three parts of USMLE exam. Find residency willing to take you. Can also get medical license/training cert at that point. Complete residency. Full license/practice afterward. Takes about five years to complete process at the least, depends ultimately on whether you pass exams on first try, and which residency you choose. It sounds like you were Internal Medicine or Family Practice in China, those are 3-year residencies in the USA.

[davidshafer]

Speaking from the far away future of 2022 I would hop and pray that you never go anywhere near the Los Angles public transportation system unless you want to see the decay of Western Civilization up close and uncomfortably close. Also as a former resident of California I would encourage you and Winston to travel through the interior of the US. I now live in Vinita (Vin-Eta) Oklahoma and would love to see you guys passing through. You'll also find more of that quiet you like plus the costs go down dramatically once you cross that eastern CA boarder.

[gerrydevlin]

My wife is from Beijing and we live in Phoenix. We deal with heat during the summer but everything is cheaper than CA. Traffic is much better here. My wife met many Chinese women at a Christian church here and she is not religious. Enjoy your time here!

[rustyschackelford]

The hurdles to becoming a Dr. in the U.S. are there for good reason. Medical errors are the third-leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer. From what Winston said in a recent video it takes about as much schooling to become a medical professional in China as it takes to become a truck driver in the U.S.. That being said Dr. Hu seems like a smart, articulate person with hard work I'm sure she will do well. Great video, thank you for the hard work you put into great content.

[TheBradylands]

Another nice video. In my opinion she is smart and beautiful good luck with the baby.

[ExVeritateLibertas]

The US is decades behind Europe and Asia in payment technology. Contactless payments (cards and Apple/Google Pay) are everywhere in Europe, even in Russia. The QR code payment (Alipay) popular in China is also spreading. Meanwhile chip cards have just now become standard in the US after being standard already in Europe for over 10 years. Forget about contactless. Many people in Europe in Asia also transfer money instantly via banking apps. Most US banks still do not offer this feature and have shit apps. How do you transfer money? Write a cheque...cutting edge... for the 18th century!

The ID checks by retailers are based on the old magnetic strip cards + signature system. Most of the new chip cards are operating with chip + signature instead of chip + PIN (like Europe/Asia), which defeats the whole purpose of the increased security of the chip (you can forge a signature but cannot guess somebody's PIN). This is the only country that still refuses to adopt the metric system in any way (except 2 liter bottles, WTF), so I guess it's all par for the course.

[amoore]

As an American there isn’t anything we don’t like about YOU. It’s so nice/interesting to have you here and it’s fun to hear the comparison and contrast especially since it’s something not many of us will experience and you’re engrained in both enough to have a valuable opinion.

Love watching these. Do more as time passes and things come to mind.

FYI CA is much more expensive than most of the U.S. (perfect human habitat there).

I have a good friend from South Korea who has been here for a few years. He said his favorite part and one of the reasons he chose to stay is how clean the air is. Something we take for granted.

[MrCountrycuz]

Hu you picked one of the most expensive States to live in. Gasoline here in Georgia is 2.29 a Gallon. You can buy a nice home here for under 125.000 dollars and we have Chinese people here too.
You can go eat at Great Chow buffet in Augusta for 4.99.