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Could You Restart Your Life in Another Country?

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0:00 [Music] Would you guys ever live in Europe? >> No, I can do it. >> All right, that's the end of the video then. >> I would. >> Why would you want to live in Europe? >> What part? >> In Europe? >> Yeah. >> What part? >> Either probably Italy. >> I never been. Is that the best one? >> Best food. >> You would You could live there >> shortterm. Yeah. >> Now? Well, right now drop everything I have going on in life and then >> No, no, I'm talking about like let's say when you say you could live there, what phase in your life would it be that's practical and realistic >> at this point? Uh probably like after the idea of like children graduating or some ████ >> Oh, so way later. >> Well, at this point, >> what what part of Italy? >> Sabarro.

0:51 >> Sabarro. It uh it would probably have to be somewhere like fairly metropolitan for like travel purposes >> like me. >> There's no point in being in like some sort of like off rural area in Tuscanyany and then like anytime I have to go home or meet see my parents or do work or travel somewhere, I have to like fly to another bigger city to fly to another bigger city, you know? >> Did you did you do study abroad in Italy? >> I did in Spain. >> Okay. >> And I I loved being like like I don't belong there. Yeah, I think that >> Oh, you actually like that. >> Do they look at you like ching chong ching chong ching ching chong? >> Everywhere everywhere you go in Europe like people will at least acknowledge that you're you're Asian. >> Yeah. >> But at the same time, there's a ton of Asians in Europe all over the place. >> Really? >> There's zero in Poland. Tell you that much. There was you in Poland.

1:42 >> Literally zero. >> Did you get scar stared at? >> Yeah. Everywhere I went. >> Did they call you American or Chinese? >> Like that's a big one. >> I don't think they say anything. Do they say get out of my Poland? >> You said they don't have a sense of like sarcasm. >> Polish people. >> Yeah. >> Uh they do, but it's just you have to be in tune with it because they're very dry. >> And since they're very dry if you like they could be playing with you, you don't even know. >> Oh, >> you know what I mean? Like they could be like they could be sarcastic to you and you just think they're weird because of how committed they are to their sarcasm. And then you're like, "Wait, what the f███?" But then once you like >> like if someone goes excuse me do you work out? >> Yeah. And then like okay let's say a a buff ass dude right and then you're like um you're like hey do you work out? And he's like no like that right? And then you're like wait for real is this genetics really

2:32 that good. I swear to God he ████ works out. You're like that you know and then you walk away later and then he goes and let's say you come back. Wait so do you work out or not? He goes I was ████ with you. You're like that. Yeah. They're like very dry. very very very dry like Russian humor dry >> dude that sounds like how hackers >> and then they leave they'll be like that guy is so cannot read sarcasm like they'll be like that >> does that make you feel like ████ this guy's a dick >> no made me go ████ yeah like suddenly like these are my people >> cuz I'm very emotional robo bros right very we're robo bros so everybody's robo bros >> ro >> boys >> everyone's like like that like the whole country there feels like what's point of birthday. That's the whole country. >> What's the point of birthday? >> Yeah. >> What's the point of >> That's what it felt like to me at least.

3:22 >> I think I could live in a lot of places for like a year. >> But like let's say settle down. >> That's cool. >> Indefinitely. >> Oh, indefinite. That you ████ raised a snake, bro. Europe. >> No, Europe. >> America, baby. >> Indefinitely is just like away from your family and ████ and friends and stuff. >> I mean, you're going to make a new family. >> I think what he's talking about is like like where can you set your roots in? Obviously, you can travel back and see your family whenever you need to, but that's traveling. Now, your roots are here. Where is your roots? >> I wouldn't I wouldn't do that indefinitely. I think I could do that indefinitely in like Asia. >> Wa, that's crazier. Could probably >> probably like Vietnam or something. >> You're crazy. You're ████ crazy. >> China's not user friendly like that. >> You're ████ crazy. I say friendly. What the freak? This app. >> But like I'm not saying I would want to. I'm saying I could for the sake of this conversation. If I was going to have to like for real indefinitely go somewhere like for the rest of my life, I might go

4:13 to like Hawaii. >> Yeah, for real. >> That's the right answer. >> I mean, that's like how can you argue with that, right? >> I like I still have like family there as well and stuff. So, it's like >> it also does feel like borderline another country, too. >> Yeah, that's true. Yeah, cuz the culture is so rich. Yeah, >> it's just Asia pretty Italy is surprising to me though that you would >> I want to go to Italy >> cuz I think uh one Rome is like a hub for travel like in Italy you can go to like uh it's international hub you can go to all these other places I think the culture there is very rich I think Italy hands down is the best food of all of Europe >> wow >> that's true my favorite food in France was Italian >> yeah how about the pig pocketers >> I assume if you live somewhere you're going to know how to navigate past like those smaller issues >> there's a ████ ton of them but Then if you're like an American gangster, they won't ████ with you. >> Damn, they're going to ████ with me. >> Oh, so they pick >> they they pick their victim for sure.

5:04 >> Yeah, >> they usually get tourists. No. >> Yeah, >> but like like even the hustlers, they're like, "Hey, they'll take a picture with you and your and your wife like get out of here." They'll they'll go pick on some Chinese guys. Like if you're just like hard right off the bat, they're like, >> but if you don't, they're like, "Hey, look at this brace." And they put the bracelet on. Then you have like, "Okay, now that's 20 bucks. Give me 20 bucks." Cuz there's a lot of hustlers out there. >> $20. >> Yeah. constant hustling because of like >> you don't even know what the bracelet >> selfies bracelets. Hey, let me stand in line for you. Like they're constant ████ gypsy hustlers all over the ████ place. >> Any of you guys been to Spain? >> No. >> My visit California like the weather? >> Wow. >> Your dad's going to be home soon. >> Is the Is the weather like California? Cuz I heard that it's it's the most like nice >> like weather in South Yeah. Yeah.

5:54 >> Yeah. Okay. It's really nice. And also, they're like at a closer point to the equator where like in their summer, sun goes down at like 10:00. >> Oh. >> So that's why people can like siesta there from like 2:00 to 4:00, wake up and at 4:00 it looks like it's noon. >> They're so late. >> So your circadian rhythm feels like refreshed. That's why people have late night dinner, the huge lunches, so you can go to take a nap. And then they have dinner at like 11, 11:30. The clubs and the bars start like 12:00, 1:00 until like 5. >> Spain is incredible. >> Alex Herozi probably hates that place. He wants to work all day. >> Dude, a lot of people walk cuz everything's so close, right? >> That's what I like about it. >> Well, walk or the public transportation works in terms of their subway system. >> Yeah. There's no homeless person jacking off >> that we know of. >> Wasn't that UK? >> I'm sure they're out there. >> Yeah. UK been going through that a little bit. >> You UK's been going downhill, right? >> It's kind of dirty, but it's still like a chill place

6:45 >> compared to here. Like here, you got a guy ████ shooting like heroin in in his body in the in the ████ bus. Yeah, but in the UK you'll get you'll get arrested for making fun of that guy. >> Really? >> Yeah. They they arrest you for like for for talking ████ online. >> Mhm. >> Wow. >> That's crazy, dude. >> Well, I like outside of London. >> Imagine if that was a global law. All of UK would arrest all of America. >> That would be hilarious. >> They would just they just take a back. >> God damn it. >> Yeah. >> They would they wouldn't touch America though. >> UK would be also because of the language easy for us to adapt to. >> Pretty easy. It depends where you gay. Sometimes just >> it took me a while to understand people from Liverpool. >> Could you live in Liverpool? >> Yeah. More than London. >> Wow. >> But now it's because of family now. But

7:37 >> I think culturally I was just telling Bart this too like man it's still there's still like traditional values in the way where like I was walking around and I was like telling Hannah I was like where's all the guys? cuz there's nothing but women and kids. >> E what do you mean? Hey, you cooking >> what? >> What you mean? >> And then she's like, they're at work. And I was like, oh, cuz it's all seniors b like >> grandparents taking care of kids. And then it's summer, right? So kids are out. They're just everywhere like playing. And I was like, where's all the men in this community? And she's like, yeah, it's traditional people like work. And then they're all there's like a lot of housewives. What about like nobody's nobody's just chilling at home reaping uh benefits? >> Oh, like a kind of like a welfare state. >> I'm not too sure. Like I mean they could

8:27 have been on welfare, but the thing is it was like it felt like Asia like the community. Everyone's using third spaces. >> They're at the park. They actually use the park. >> Yeah, that's dope. >> Like but even the way that >> so they have bums and and dudes on the corner, right? But >> people just walk up and talk to them like they're just normal. They're like the drunk uncle. And then like I almost tripped on the on the side. This guy like this freaking bum was like cracking up and like joking and then everyone was laughing at me and it was just normal. It wasn't like it's not like here where they're like just completely like you don't exist. Don't make eye contact. They're going to bite you. Like over there they're just like >> I want alcohol. But they're not on crack. >> Yeah. >> Oh, that's good. I guess >> it doesn't feel unsafe. It's it's just different >> because they they can't really get drugs like that, right? So they if anything they

9:17 >> Yeah. You think they would you think they'd deny crack if he had some? >> No, I don't know. I don't do that stuff. >> Maybe they don't have a crack academic the way we do. >> I don't So And then you know what? It reminds me of Hawaii where like you have a tatted up face uncle, right? >> And then like but he's not >> he's not like awkwardly aggressive. He's just chill. He's a tough dude, but he's chill. And then like we went to get dessert. Like we were ████ getting pancakes. like Japanese style fluffy pancakes and then you see this tatted up ████ uncle taking his knees out and ████ and and then a couple of family members come by and they're just having this cute dessert together and I'm all like yo this is ████ this just reminds me of Hawaii. >> Wow. >> Where it's like everyone looks badass but it's like it's very family like oriented. >> Wow. >> I would I would be down to live in Australia new roots wise.

10:08 >> Wow. But the bugs out there. >> Which uh which city? >> Um >> either Brisbane or or um Melbourne. >> Is Brisbane the one on the other side? >> No. Or was that >> one facking over there? Right. Going the wrong way >> cuz there's Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne on the east. >> Yeah. >> I I really love the the just the climate of the people and the and the food's good. >> Yeah. And then if you like um if you just like art communities, Melbourne has a lot of that. It's really really dope. >> Yeah. And a lot of Asians too, so it's never going to feel like too out of place. >> They're just going to have like double accent. >> Yeah. But it's really except the prices now in like uh Australian major cities are like LA. >> What? >> Yeah. How exorbitant they are. Yeah. >> It used to be cheaper, >> bro. House prices are like It looks like

10:59 you're looking at Zillow freaking San Gabriel Valley. >> What? It's crazy. >> So, you entertained this? >> Yeah, we thought about it because I mean it's it's a thing we're like, "Oh, that'd be a pretty cool idea. Let's look at how much things are and I'm like, what the heck?" >> Does Does she have like uh designs to like move back eventually? >> No, not at all. I mean, she it's it's a thing that would be cool like if Smack was to come back there, but she still knows way more people here and has way more uh connections with stuff out in uh you know, states side. >> Isn't that the crazy thing? Like as much ████ as the world talks on America, there's way more people here still like so many. >> I remember like Justin Ver told me a really really good point. He's like all these people that chase the industry when it moves state to state like oh uh the they're opening up movie studios in Atlanta now. Let's all go to Atlanta. Let's all go here. Let's go here. Like

11:50 it's still a truth that like no matter what you do, the most work is still in LA. Even if it's LA's dead, that's still the most work. So, it's like a sad reality. >> Like, LA is still like 10 10x any other regular city. >> Dead LA is still beating freaking Sydney at its height. Dead LA is beating like Toronto at its height. It doesn't matter. >> Including just jobs in general. >> Including jobs in general. >> You could find a job. >> No, I thought you were talking about production work. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> I'm talking about like just regular job. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Anywhere. Craigslist. >> Yeah. Cuz look, look how many people are here. There's just no way. But yeah, I could I could still see myself slowing down a little bit. >> I bet Karen Bass could probably rule all of Australia. >> She probably do a good job. >> Oh, dude, she'll do a good job. >> This is just like LA. There's nothing here. Sold.

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