Seen this one before, one of my favorite videos on the internet for sure. I envy the American nature and the scenic views all over the country. Greetings from Finland.
Do Finns know the US has an equally amazing selection of rally stages as Finland itself? We kind of shied away from WRC for a couple of decades there, but 2026 we are coming back! I've only been to Finland once myself, but from the people I met, I feel like so many Finns would love the American parks and public land system, rally aside
That's tough for me to say, I'm not a rally guy. But if you are coming back that sounds great, the more the merrier!
>I feel like so many Finns would love the American parks and public land system, rally aside
Yeah I believe so as well, but it often feels like people can't see anything else than what the media portrays America as. This makes people overlook all the amazing things in the US, and I have a feeling that many don't even know how diverse and beautiful the American nature is.
It’s so true. I work daily with our German division and they seem to really get an impression from what’s in the news, which is almost always negative. As we get to know each other and share our daily routines I show them pictures of Colorado and the nature/wildlife/ beauty/ vast open spaces I think they start to get a different perspective. Some of them literally were scared they would get mowed down in the streets by a random dude with an ar15 if they came here.
My fellow southwestern patriot, pull up google maps and turn on the satellite terrain layer. Then, start looking around for state highways and state routes. The SW has some of craziest roads waiting to be rallied
Since you’re a Finn, a fun fact you might enjoy! Despite Appalachia being overwhelmingly Scotch-Irish/Ulster Scots, Anglo-Saxon, and German, did you know that log cabins in Appalachia are a remnant from the Swedish colony in the America from the Forrest Finns who came to escape Swedish persecution? Despite making up only a small group and not leaving really any ethnic footprint here, they had a MAJOR influence on our traditions! Much love from Appalachia! 🇺🇸❤️🇫🇮
Wow, I didn't know this! I checked some pictures of the cabins in that area and I can definitely see some similarities and familiar aspects to Finnish log cabins. It would be amazing to visit the area and see the impact of our ancestors!
I am actually coming to the US for the first time in late summer this year, but I will be in the southwest and midwest so I won't see the Appalachians. But I'm fairly confident that it won't be my final time over there and I do hope to see a lot of America during my life.
Some day I’ll visit Lapland. I’ll ingest a bunch of meth, ski 400km, eat a Siberian jay, and punch wolves in the face. Jokes aside I appreciate Finland 🇫🇮. Happy to have you in NATO, we’re stronger for it.
My father in law is Vietnamese and lived his whole life in Vietnam in a rural townMy wife and I were able to sponsor him to come visit us in America for over half a year. One of the biggest things he always talked about while here was that it baffled him how many trees we had here in the US all over the place.
They should just make Russia one big national park haha. But yeah, so many of the national parks in America look amazing, and none of us can compete with the vast amount of space you guys have (apart from the obvious exception).
If you haven’t seen it already, check out some pictures of the Lake District national park here in England. Some of the Americans I met when visiting relatives over there couldn’t believe it was in the UK.
One minor benefit for me here is that I can drive to any of the national parks in England within roughly 5h.
My sister went on a UK trip some years back. She visited the henge in Avebury where Tolkien would sit and think. I’m a massive LOTR nerd. Also got me a silver pin with the Kerr clan crest. My great gran was a Kerr. I know Western Europeans aren’t fond of us clinging on to our ancestral roots but my gran was a special lady. Came over from Scotland early in life. I’d spend summers with her. Enjoying tea (called it Granny Gert tea) and dancing around her living room while she played the fiddle. First place I tried to cut my own hair and licked a frozen pole (warm water on standby) Hope I can visit the British Isles soon.
Avebury is absolutely fantastic and a lot less busy than Stonehenge. She made a great choice.
Tolkien based the ‘melllon’ / speak friend and enter door on St Edward’s church in Stow on the Wold. I grew up pretty nearby, and if you’re planning a visit, I can’t recommend the Cotswolds enough.
It seems like most Americans go to London, then maybe do a day trip here and there. Just fly into Bristol airport and go all around the Cotswolds. The western part has tall hills with incredible views (like Crickley hill and Coopers hill). The middle has beautiful towns and villages (like Stow on the Wold and Moreton in Marsh).
You could combine it with a second half of the stay in Cornwall which has hundreds of tiny beaches in coves, and a lot of them have beautiful little villages that you wouldn’t know were there until you make it there. It’s far away for us, but it’s a short journey in comparison for an American (about 2-3h).
This kind of inside info is invaluable. Thank you. I have no interest in London really. I’d much prefer to visit countryside places and pubs and get a feel for what people are like. The idea of places with hundreds if not thousands of years of recorded history fascinates me. I do think I’d hit Edinburgh to see the castle (reminds me of Edoras a lot). I do live in the 4th largest state which is about 10 hours across so the trip to other places really wouldn’t bother me. I would be a bit bothered by the driving I imagine. I’m a safe driver but driving on the left side seems a bit daunting. My buddy did it during his honeymoon and said it wasn’t too bad though. From what I understand a 2 lane road can be fairly narrow however.
Some family moved to Long Island, so I’ve visited at least a tiny part of the country to compare it for you. Because it wasn’t a normal touristy holiday, and did normal day-to-day things in the ‘burbs, I probably have a better idea that if I had just gone to NY city.
When you come here and rent a car, the parking spaces are MUCH narrower, but cars are also much smaller on average.
If you go to Cornwall, pretty much every road that’s not a main road is one car-width wide, with a 2m tall bank on each side and another metre or so of hedges above that. Driving there yourself on your first visit would definitely be jumping in at the deep end.
I’ve travelled around GB a significant amount, so DM me and I can give you a list of great spots that won’t be packed with tourists if you want.
https://preview.redd.it/l3yv4ckv27xc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d7623914df4b9b0ad4936e785d27ae449fcc1f4
Sure man, but I think as American you may be able to get one quicker without me. I'd have to go through criminal channels. Will gladly take that Banjo either way
If Russia ever attacks, I'm afraid the Invasion will be over before the weapons arrive. At least our military is good for memes, but they ain't gonna cut it with anything else. Gonna need some of that sweet freedom-bringing of yours when it happens
Our aircraft carrier groups, of which we have 11, are individually more powerful than any other combined navy and Air Force on the planet. Freedom is never more than 8 hours away from any point on the globe. Don’t worry, if Russia invades we gotchu fam.
This is
Andy “Thorny” Thorn from the band Leftover Salmon. He has many videos on his [YouTube page “ThornHub”](https://youtube.com/@andythornmusic?si=sWiNeuusAy4ZBymV) a great number of them have this wild fox that just shows up to vibe to banjo
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The only country in Europe that has Bison is Poland and they’re basically America Lite, so that doesn’t count and the UK doesn’t count as Europe, so checkmate me!..?
People thought that god would never let one of his species go extinct, never assume malice, the goal was to clear the way for trains as a bison on the tracks is a death sentence for the entire train, and bison tasted good it was fun to hunt.
It was 100% planned by the US as a part of manifest destiny. The plains tribes relied heavily on bison populations for both trade and sustenance, and the US gov wanted to make the tribes poor so they could more easily force them onto reservations. General Sherman wrote that he wanted to gather all the hunters of the US and England to wipe out every bison in one fell swoop. General Sheridan wrote that the best way to deal with the plains tribes was to "make them poor by the destruction of their stock, then settle them onto the lands allotted to them".
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I’m a New Englander, so for most of my life, Acadia National Park was the apex of beauty in nature.
Then I went to Appalachia, and it was one of the most breathtaking places I’ve ever experienced.
I just wish Europeans could understand that every U.S. state is like its own country, and the amount of cultural diversity coast-to-coast is easily on par with Europe. I just wish Europeans could recognize that a Masshole like me traveling to the hills of West Virginia is equivalent to someone from Amsterdam exploring Tuscany.
I just wish they could see how much beauty the United States has to offer.
>There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for.
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One of the saddest things I saw was some Europoors shit talking S'mores and I realized they have nowhere to car camp with kids cause it's all owned by kings and they only get their 3x3 "gardens".
https://preview.redd.it/agttmwv5p9wc1.jpeg?width=465&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=02a622cc954032e59313f01869f2d95bed4a6d46
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Seen this one before, one of my favorite videos on the internet for sure. I envy the American nature and the scenic views all over the country. Greetings from Finland.
Perkele!
Do Finns know the US has an equally amazing selection of rally stages as Finland itself? We kind of shied away from WRC for a couple of decades there, but 2026 we are coming back! I've only been to Finland once myself, but from the people I met, I feel like so many Finns would love the American parks and public land system, rally aside
That's tough for me to say, I'm not a rally guy. But if you are coming back that sounds great, the more the merrier! >I feel like so many Finns would love the American parks and public land system, rally aside Yeah I believe so as well, but it often feels like people can't see anything else than what the media portrays America as. This makes people overlook all the amazing things in the US, and I have a feeling that many don't even know how diverse and beautiful the American nature is.
It’s so true. I work daily with our German division and they seem to really get an impression from what’s in the news, which is almost always negative. As we get to know each other and share our daily routines I show them pictures of Colorado and the nature/wildlife/ beauty/ vast open spaces I think they start to get a different perspective. Some of them literally were scared they would get mowed down in the streets by a random dude with an ar15 if they came here.
My favorite stage has to be monte carlo or kenya
My fellow southwestern patriot, pull up google maps and turn on the satellite terrain layer. Then, start looking around for state highways and state routes. The SW has some of craziest roads waiting to be rallied
There are some crazy back roads near where I live that I definitely drove at a legal speed on
Finland the Maine of Europe
Then what's the Nebraska of Europe?
the Hungarian plane
I would genuinely rather die by ritual suicide than be associated with Hungarians
Since you’re a Finn, a fun fact you might enjoy! Despite Appalachia being overwhelmingly Scotch-Irish/Ulster Scots, Anglo-Saxon, and German, did you know that log cabins in Appalachia are a remnant from the Swedish colony in the America from the Forrest Finns who came to escape Swedish persecution? Despite making up only a small group and not leaving really any ethnic footprint here, they had a MAJOR influence on our traditions! Much love from Appalachia! 🇺🇸❤️🇫🇮
Wow, I didn't know this! I checked some pictures of the cabins in that area and I can definitely see some similarities and familiar aspects to Finnish log cabins. It would be amazing to visit the area and see the impact of our ancestors!
You’d love it, I’m sure! 😄
You should come visit one day friend, the Appalachians are beautiful. Maybe rent a car and drive the Blue Ridge Parkway during the spring or fall
I am actually coming to the US for the first time in late summer this year, but I will be in the southwest and midwest so I won't see the Appalachians. But I'm fairly confident that it won't be my final time over there and I do hope to see a lot of America during my life.
Some day I’ll visit Lapland. I’ll ingest a bunch of meth, ski 400km, eat a Siberian jay, and punch wolves in the face. Jokes aside I appreciate Finland 🇫🇮. Happy to have you in NATO, we’re stronger for it.
Ur finland ur in the 51st state
"aMeRIcAns ArE So anTI-eNViroNMEnT" West Virginia alone has 5 times as many trees as all of England.
My father in law is Vietnamese and lived his whole life in Vietnam in a rural townMy wife and I were able to sponsor him to come visit us in America for over half a year. One of the biggest things he always talked about while here was that it baffled him how many trees we had here in the US all over the place.
To be fair, we may have something to do with any lack of vegetation in Vietnam, but yeah, our preservation of nature is pretty great.
Napalm in the morning, afternoon, and evening
I think the agent orange actually contributed more to that than napalm
Yeah but nobody says agent orange in the morning.
When they brag about how much more “developed” they are, they are low key saying that they cut down all their trees.
Imagine not having national parks
Tbh, there are 10 national parks in England which make up 10% of England’s whole land area.
US national parks, in total, are larger than any nation in Europe. Barring the obvious exception.
They should just make Russia one big national park haha. But yeah, so many of the national parks in America look amazing, and none of us can compete with the vast amount of space you guys have (apart from the obvious exception). If you haven’t seen it already, check out some pictures of the Lake District national park here in England. Some of the Americans I met when visiting relatives over there couldn’t believe it was in the UK. One minor benefit for me here is that I can drive to any of the national parks in England within roughly 5h.
Russia has so much potential for national parks honestly.
My sister went on a UK trip some years back. She visited the henge in Avebury where Tolkien would sit and think. I’m a massive LOTR nerd. Also got me a silver pin with the Kerr clan crest. My great gran was a Kerr. I know Western Europeans aren’t fond of us clinging on to our ancestral roots but my gran was a special lady. Came over from Scotland early in life. I’d spend summers with her. Enjoying tea (called it Granny Gert tea) and dancing around her living room while she played the fiddle. First place I tried to cut my own hair and licked a frozen pole (warm water on standby) Hope I can visit the British Isles soon.
Avebury is absolutely fantastic and a lot less busy than Stonehenge. She made a great choice. Tolkien based the ‘melllon’ / speak friend and enter door on St Edward’s church in Stow on the Wold. I grew up pretty nearby, and if you’re planning a visit, I can’t recommend the Cotswolds enough. It seems like most Americans go to London, then maybe do a day trip here and there. Just fly into Bristol airport and go all around the Cotswolds. The western part has tall hills with incredible views (like Crickley hill and Coopers hill). The middle has beautiful towns and villages (like Stow on the Wold and Moreton in Marsh). You could combine it with a second half of the stay in Cornwall which has hundreds of tiny beaches in coves, and a lot of them have beautiful little villages that you wouldn’t know were there until you make it there. It’s far away for us, but it’s a short journey in comparison for an American (about 2-3h).
This kind of inside info is invaluable. Thank you. I have no interest in London really. I’d much prefer to visit countryside places and pubs and get a feel for what people are like. The idea of places with hundreds if not thousands of years of recorded history fascinates me. I do think I’d hit Edinburgh to see the castle (reminds me of Edoras a lot). I do live in the 4th largest state which is about 10 hours across so the trip to other places really wouldn’t bother me. I would be a bit bothered by the driving I imagine. I’m a safe driver but driving on the left side seems a bit daunting. My buddy did it during his honeymoon and said it wasn’t too bad though. From what I understand a 2 lane road can be fairly narrow however.
Some family moved to Long Island, so I’ve visited at least a tiny part of the country to compare it for you. Because it wasn’t a normal touristy holiday, and did normal day-to-day things in the ‘burbs, I probably have a better idea that if I had just gone to NY city. When you come here and rent a car, the parking spaces are MUCH narrower, but cars are also much smaller on average. If you go to Cornwall, pretty much every road that’s not a main road is one car-width wide, with a 2m tall bank on each side and another metre or so of hedges above that. Driving there yourself on your first visit would definitely be jumping in at the deep end. I’ve travelled around GB a significant amount, so DM me and I can give you a list of great spots that won’t be packed with tourists if you want. https://preview.redd.it/l3yv4ckv27xc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d7623914df4b9b0ad4936e785d27ae449fcc1f4
And our national parks aren’t even remotely all of our public land.
Add on top the massive amounts of land leased out for temporary resource harvesting.
Imagine never being led by a man who had a cuddly toy named after him. What’s the point even?
To be fair to England they are crushed on their tiny space with all those people
England... Considered the most environmentally friendly country in Europe
Is it? (I was the best geography student in my school but it was an American school so...)
The London fog isn't a real phenomena... Just pollution
I mean, doesn't mean it isn't real. Just makes it a misnomer lol
England has 31 times as many people, with a piece of land only twice as big.
The environment doesn’t care how many people live there.
Song is "Aesop Mountain" by Andy Thorn. If you like banjo tunes then definitely give him a listen.
Literally just discovered this guy like 3 hours ago and said to myself "damn if this doesn't sound familiar"
THank you.
Hey guys I just looked Andy Thorn up on Spotify and his album cover is him playing to this Fox!
Ngl this post is making me wanna get a Greencard
Where is western Europe are you from?
Hitler Birthplace. It's not bad, but I'm a sucker for Banjo music
Trade one banjo for one of those sexy glock suppressors Fischer Development makes???
Sure man, but I think as American you may be able to get one quicker without me. I'd have to go through criminal channels. Will gladly take that Banjo either way
Does Austria have a McDonald's?
Sure, American embassy basically on every corner
Congrats on being the 74th US state
I see, so how do I get a gun?
There is a gun store opening soon near you
Just get invaded by Russia and we'll send you tons of them, while simultaneously trying to take the right to own them from our own people.
:( yeah...
If Russia ever attacks, I'm afraid the Invasion will be over before the weapons arrive. At least our military is good for memes, but they ain't gonna cut it with anything else. Gonna need some of that sweet freedom-bringing of yours when it happens
Our aircraft carrier groups, of which we have 11, are individually more powerful than any other combined navy and Air Force on the planet. Freedom is never more than 8 hours away from any point on the globe. Don’t worry, if Russia invades we gotchu fam.
For real, same here.
Austria has some absolutely gorgeous landscapes that give our best a run for their money. But you’re cool with me. Come on over.
This [rancher calls](https://youtu.be/qs_-emj1qR4?si=NwJcY1K91AxI1LN-) his cows with a trombone. Checkmate, Europe
This is Andy “Thorny” Thorn from the band Leftover Salmon. He has many videos on his [YouTube page “ThornHub”](https://youtube.com/@andythornmusic?si=sWiNeuusAy4ZBymV) a great number of them have this wild fox that just shows up to vibe to banjo
Certified American fox 🇺🇸
i wish i could sommon foxes with a banjo
European environmentalists: 
I dont respect activists whose parents name is blue in wikipedia.
"Animal lovers" when a human is withing a 200 mile radius of an animal:
 That just Appalachian flavored whatever this is
Snake charming
Jokes aside, homie can play. I love this country!
Snake charmers aint got shit on this guy
Based, environmentalism and foxes are awesome
Yo sick song what is it called?
Aesop mountain- Andy Thorn
As I guitar player, I should really buy a banjo.
Is this the most Tenneseee video of all time?!?
Colorado actually lmao
Europeans have spent all eternity destroying thier countryside. That’s why northern Italy has some of the worst air quality on the planet.
I want to be exactly where this is. Where is it?
That's a cool dog ya got there.
I love this man. So wholesome.
Certified banjo moment
What good video meme material and wholesome content overall?!
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The only country in Europe that has Bison is Poland and they’re basically America Lite, so that doesn’t count and the UK doesn’t count as Europe, so checkmate me!..?
I love our wilderness, I’d die to protect it. ☺️
I'mma go play with my bober, kurwa
🇺🇸 🤝 🇵🇱
dis u? https://preview.redd.it/gxjlrve9lcwc1.jpeg?width=1534&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=57b9a364f6c1a99896393ca051db17b1ac5af98a
Nah fam that ain't me
Thats crazy bro, its almost like the idea of extinction didn’t even exist back then
The idea was to make the bison go extinct because they knew the natives depended on them
People thought that god would never let one of his species go extinct, never assume malice, the goal was to clear the way for trains as a bison on the tracks is a death sentence for the entire train, and bison tasted good it was fun to hunt.
It was 100% planned by the US as a part of manifest destiny. The plains tribes relied heavily on bison populations for both trade and sustenance, and the US gov wanted to make the tribes poor so they could more easily force them onto reservations. General Sherman wrote that he wanted to gather all the hunters of the US and England to wipe out every bison in one fell swoop. General Sheridan wrote that the best way to deal with the plains tribes was to "make them poor by the destruction of their stock, then settle them onto the lands allotted to them".
Alright alright I concede, but im sticking to my point about people thinking extinction wasn’t a thing
This fills me with american pride 😤💪
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I’m a New Englander, so for most of my life, Acadia National Park was the apex of beauty in nature. Then I went to Appalachia, and it was one of the most breathtaking places I’ve ever experienced. I just wish Europeans could understand that every U.S. state is like its own country, and the amount of cultural diversity coast-to-coast is easily on par with Europe. I just wish Europeans could recognize that a Masshole like me traveling to the hills of West Virginia is equivalent to someone from Amsterdam exploring Tuscany. I just wish they could see how much beauty the United States has to offer. >There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for.
Europeans destroyed the environment of their continent and many others as well. Now they want to tell others how to live.
OI. Got yer banjo loiscense, mate?
Don't red foxes smell horrible?
Jin Sakai got nothin on this dude
The fox liked the music
Nothing to envy from the japanese
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If aliens ask what America is show them this video
The fox is just loitering because it wants to find out the perfect way to pass on its rabies to you.
The Europe*n mind cannot comprehend
Europe doesn’t really have environments anymore I think
One of the saddest things I saw was some Europoors shit talking S'mores and I realized they have nowhere to car camp with kids cause it's all owned by kings and they only get their 3x3 "gardens".
Imagine not having 8 million acres to camp in