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.
France, but more specifically Alsace and Corsica.
In Alsace, when I tried out my French, people answered in German.
When I addressed people in German, they replied in French.
In Corsica, my friends and I were literally run out of town and pelted with eggs and rocks for reasons unclear to me.Honorable mention goes to Southern England, where a car coming the other way stopped and the driver mentioned for us to also stop and roll down the window.
My dad stopped next to him and opened the window.
The other driver punched my dad in the face and drove off.USA 100% Ive been all over Europe, and to central America and the USA (I’m Canadian). The USA is by far the unfriendliest.
I’ve traveled to dozens of countries and never met unfriendly people - unless I was in a bad mood and forgot a smile and a few nice words.
France, if you don’t happen to speak French
I see this comment so often and I’ve never experienced it. People have actually been lovely most of the time. I’ve been to Paris, Normandy, Brittany, the Auvergne, Corsica, Marseille, Chamonix, etc. No problems.
In the Auvergne I went to visit a castle with my little boy, and the gates closed just as we got to the front of the line. The guy who was one of their role players (they have a “Medieval” court there in summer) gave us a personal tour.
I’m a woman in my mid-30’s. I’ve visited Egypt once, for two weeks.
I’m pretty sure half the gropings of my entire life were during those two weeks.
My parents went there a while ago. They hated it.
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.
I agree. I’ve visited so many countries and the US was the worst. It didn’t really matter where in the US I was either.
