The World's Rudest Nations For Travelers
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I'm not too surprised about France. 
It seems they are always getting a bad rap about such things. I've never been there so I can't really say how nice, or rude, the French people are though.
However, there really should be more than 1,200 responses for a poll like that.
It seems they are always getting a bad rap about such things. I've never been there so I can't really say how nice, or rude, the French people are though.However, there really should be more than 1,200 responses for a poll like that.
RadioRaheem
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what a piece of ****, i was in France a lot of times, and the people there are very friendly and nice!!
ClaretBadger
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this is about the tourists not the countries right?
in that case - isn't it true that most US citizens don't even own passports? I heard it was like 70% don't.
In that case US people don't travel enough to be despised!
I gotta say, truthfully, most US folk I meet whilst in their homeland are very friendly
rudest nationalities - is really just thinnly veiled racism
it's more about rude INDIVIDUALS - not just a broad generalising sweep of a nation
saying that
the French and the South Africans get my goat . . . . . . :annoyed:
in that case - isn't it true that most US citizens don't even own passports? I heard it was like 70% don't.
In that case US people don't travel enough to be despised!
I gotta say, truthfully, most US folk I meet whilst in their homeland are very friendly
rudest nationalities - is really just thinnly veiled racism
it's more about rude INDIVIDUALS - not just a broad generalising sweep of a nation
saying that
the French and the South Africans get my goat . . . . . . :annoyed:
Ken
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Just wait, Nick. We really do show quite a bit of hospitality, especially in the South.ClaretBadger said:
Some Americans, especially former service members, have traveled a lot. But we have more than our share of folks who never get out of their backyard.
Let me add that I have yet, despite some extensive travel, to have a bad experience overseas. Except for that time in Greece when tanks rolled and the government fell...or maybe that time in Rome when the El Al counter got shot up a bit...but by and large people are people i.e. the're pretty much the same wherever you go.
Although I must admit, Nick, that you may be saddend by how much we resemble Europe in that the skinheads never seem to really go away...
THAFUZZ
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The one observation I've noticed in Kyrgyzstan, Bulgaria, Germany, Czech, Austria, France, Turkey, to name a few, is that many of those folks just mind their own business as they pass you on the street. Many (not all) won't initiate a "Hello" or similar as you stand next to them in lines, stores. That is not really rude, I just accept it as people mind their own personal space (bubble). Down here in the South typically, people tend to initiate a greeting to total strangers more often than not. I haven't really come across any rude people in my personal travels. Probably cause I smile and show a genuine interest in their culture and like to talk WITH them. 
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