How friendly are people in France?

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Donal1234 Member

Member since 27 August 2014

Donal1234Member29 August 2014 00:55:31

Hi all,

Don't mean to offend anyone hopefully with this question but I've heard a few stereotypes about French people with regards to foreigners, about some being friendly and others less so.

Disclaimer: Steretypes are wrong etc... and I don't necessarily share the same view. I have also never spent much time in France and would have no reason to beileve that they are not at least as friendly as everyone else.... okay

I was just wondering if anyone could share their experiences regarding this, whether they noticed that maybe French people take a while longer to get to know people or ....? whether they are typically very welcoming and generous from the outset.

I was also wondering whether people did actually notice a difference between people from lets say Paris and people from smaller cities in France?

Thanks in Advance!

jkdaniel1 New member

Member since 27 August 2014

jkdaniel1New member29 August 2014 10:22:37

People in France can be just as friendly or just as unfriendly as everywhere else in the world. In my experience of living in France and knowing French people I find the French to be very friendly, but that's not saying I haven't met unfriendly people while I've lived here.

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