[Ronald-V29445]

Recently, I read the question on Y? Forum: What do other countries think of Americans? Let’s expand that. What three good qualities and one bad quality (if any) do you associate with people from any particular country? For example, in my experience, people from Ghana and Holland have always been known to be very hospitable.

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[Robin-C]

I have worked with many people from other countries, and I have a few (limited) opinions based on the people I know. I have noticed that the people from almost every other culture I have encountered are more friendly than Americans. They are more likely to say hi and talk to you when they see you, shake hands, hug and kiss, and they seem less apprehensive to talk to strangers. They (at least the people I know) are not being intrusive or annoying, and it seems their motivation to act that way is just to be friendly. I am not sure why this is, but I love that kind of friendliness.

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[ACC25024]

Traveling to other countries has really brought home to me how unfriendly and suspicious most Americans are. Mexico (outside of some taxi drivers and just about all the cops) has some incredibly friendly and good-hearted people. My sister and her husband were unable to cross a flooded river in their van once. The local people built them a raft on the spot and hauled them across using their mules! Being in Mexico also reminds me how out of shape and lazy most Americans are by comparison, so I’d add hard-working to the list. The worst things about the country? Their incredibly racist attitude toward their own Indians. (I was never perceived as Indian, ironically, because I was American.)

For the Philippines (outside of Manila), I’d say very friendly also, as well as curious and strangely shy around me. The general attitude was that one should be embarrassed to talk to foreigners because of shame over being poor. The worst thing about the country? The fear of crime in Manila that hangs over everyone.

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