[V.S.]

I can hardly see why this is a constructive question and can’t understand why the site director posted it. It’s obviously a thinly veiled attempt to get a bunch of people to make fun of ‘stupid Americans’. Yes, I’m an American (you didn’t actually think that no Americans would respond, did you?), and I can certainly agree that some Americans do stupid, embarrassing things while traveling in other countries, but what does it accomplish to start a ‘slam’ board about them? Wouldn’t it serve a much better purpose to ask Americans about their preconceptions of your country and then (kindly) educate them where they fall ignorant? You imply that you don’t want to stereotype Americans, yet your first sentence does that wholeheartedly. I would consider myself an ‘average American tourist’ when I am abroad, but I am hardly any less informed or intelligent than foreign tourists who come to America. As a matter of fact, I believe the last time I was in Canada, I talked to a couple of Canadians who had traveled to MY neck of the woods and froze because they had only brought summer clothes to visit notoriously foggy San Francisco! I guess your ‘average’ Canadian tourist is just as ‘ignorant’!

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Name : V.S., Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 33, City : San Francisco, State : CA, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College, 

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