Since we just had the friendliest, let’s look at the opposite. Not exactly the one with the rudest locals but the unfriendliest, be it scams, pickpockets, aggressive touts, unfriendly environment, or bad service.
America, by far, and that’s from someone living here. I’ve been to England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Iceland, Mexico, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Canada, and probably a couple others I can’t remember. I’ve been treated nothing but friendly, with genuine curiosity, even when I shouldn’t have been.
Every day in the US, someone swears at me.
As a British dude I hate America the city’s are all full of rude self obsessed people
Just came back from Jeddah airport in Saudi Arabia to LAX. The Saudi airport staff and Saudia airline crew are both very helpful and friendly, and once I landed in lax the mood completely changed, it felt like that the immigration people hated to have me back into their country ;)
To be fair a lot of us in the rural areas are insufferable self-absorbed douches as well.
USA 100% Ive been all over Europe, and to central America and the USA (I’m Canadian). The USA is by far the unfriendliest.
Yes, but we’re willing to share them.
Seriously.
Go to a range, talk to someone about their guns, and most of the time they’re more than happy to let you try them.
All of my UK/EU coworkers that fly here for business meetings always ask me to take them to the ranges here, they LOVE it because they don’t get to do it over there nearly as easily apparently. Everyone has a great time.
One guy from Poland wanted to take a spent casing back as a souvenir, but he said they have dogs that detect any gunpowder residue and didn’t want to risk going back with it.
I feel like there are two types of people you meet in the US: people who are very polite but hold hate in their hearts, and people who are very rude but are very kind when you get to know them.
USA. Oh, wait. I’m not a visitor but a resident.
For now. Deportation is right away the corner brœther. They’re gonna send me back to Honduras (thats a joke, I am not in actual fear of being deported)
My partner is a refugee from a dictator country. I’d like to join the protests, but we’re very deliberately not doing so to protect her. That’s because I’m afraid for her safety. She a recognized human rights advocate who has been jailed. I’m selfish and want to keep her with me.
Chile. Maybe it’s because I’m American but nobody there was interested in talking to me, sharing their culture or learning anything about me. I tried multiple times but all my interactions with Chileans were purely transactional and most of them seemed annoyed to have to deal with me. I’ve been to ~25 countries and wouldn’t bother returning to Chile.
I’m European and never left the continent. I found Copenhagen (Denmark) to be one of the least inviting places I’ve ever been. That’s not to say Denmark is like this or even that I didn’t have a good time in Copenhagen. It’s just that pretty much everywhere, people seem to be in a hurry.
But my baseline in Europe is that everything is just amazing. People are nice, accomodating, helpful. Especially in the slightly smaller cities. I especially enjoyed Krákow and Gent.
Don’t want to discredit your experience but…
Me and my wife visited Copenhagen for a short city break back before we were married (and before we had much money). People were very welcoming. For example, we visited a small wine bar and could only afford the very cheapest option, the owner did not care at all and happily hosted us for the duration. Same at the coffee spot across from the hotel - guy there helped us get our bearings.
Now, that’s not particularly noteworthy compared to other places in Europe that we’ve visited, but we definitely never felt unwelcome. The only issue I had with Copenhagen is a me-issue, I’m not a seafood person at all, and that’s a huge part of their cuisine. I’m fact, that’s a recurring issue for me. Love food, but not seafood! But then love places that love seafood! Argh!
Not saying Copenhagen was all in all a bad experience, had loads of good ones too. It’s just that in my limited frame of reference, Copenhagen was my least favorite. But it was still pretty good. I’ve had bad experiences in restaurants everywhere around Europe. But outside of general businesses, I found that I didn’t like the vibe in Copenhagen. Sure, in restaurants people are nice. In venues if any kind things are good. It’s a prosperous country. But in a way I found that just walking around the city it felt rushed, unkind. Even compared to a larger city like Lisbon.
That said, I didn’t really felt at ease in for instance Catania or Rotterdam either.
