00:00:00,000 -> 00:00:01,000: One. 00:00:01,000 -> 00:00:08,120: I could never buy a car at home because we pay a very high tax on cars. 00:00:08,120 -> 00:00:12,480: Only rich people can really afford to buy a car at home. 00:00:12,480 -> 00:00:17,840: Here in the US, I drive a nice new car and I can easily afford it. 00:00:17,840 -> 00:00:22,320: You don't have to be rich to own a car, which is great. 00:00:22,320 -> 00:00:31,680: Two. At home, it only costs about $200 a month to rent a nice apartment. 00:00:31,680 -> 00:00:36,720: That's what I used to pay for a four-room apartment in a good neighborhood. 00:00:36,720 -> 00:00:42,560: Here in the US, I pay about twice that for a much smaller apartment, 00:00:42,560 -> 00:00:45,680: and it's not in a very nice neighborhood. 00:00:45,680 -> 00:00:48,480: Three. 00:00:48,480 -> 00:00:53,880: I bought a lot of clothes in my country before I moved to the US 00:00:53,880 -> 00:00:59,360: because everyone told me how expensive American clothing is. 00:00:59,360 -> 00:01:05,920: I was kind of surprised that I could get nice clothes here for very reasonable prices. 00:01:05,920 -> 00:01:13,680: In fact, it cost me less for clothes here than it used to cost me at home. 00:01:13,680 -> 00:01:15,280: Four. 00:01:15,280 -> 00:01:21,080: I come from a small country and not a lot of people travel by plane 00:01:21,080 -> 00:01:25,080: because it costs more than most people can afford. 00:01:25,080 -> 00:01:31,280: But the US is such a big country and the population is large, 00:01:31,280 -> 00:01:35,280: so you have a lot of people traveling by plane. 00:01:35,280 -> 00:01:38,080: That's what keeps the prices down. 00:01:38,080 -> 00:01:43,680: That means I can afford to fly here and I do it all the time. 00:01:43,680 -> 00:01:48,080: I couldn't do that at home. 00:01:48,080 -> 00:01:49,480: Five. 00:01:49,480 -> 00:01:53,080: Most people send their children to private schools at home 00:01:53,080 -> 00:01:56,280: because the public schools are not very good. 00:01:56,280 -> 00:02:01,680: You have to pay a lot to do that, so it's a big expense for many people. 00:02:01,680 -> 00:02:05,880: Public schools are better here and cheaper than in my country. 00:02:05,880 -> 00:02:08,880: People don't have to spend a lot on tuition, 00:02:08,880 -> 00:02:13,480: so most people send their children to public schools. 00:02:13,480 -> 00:02:15,480: Six. 00:02:15,480 -> 00:02:19,480: Here in the US, you need to have health insurance 00:02:19,480 -> 00:02:24,480: because it costs a lot to see a doctor or to enter a hospital. 00:02:24,480 -> 00:02:28,480: At home, you don't have to pay much to see a doctor or go to a hospital 00:02:28,480 -> 00:02:33,480: because most of the clinics and hospitals are run by the government.