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Chile and I've been to ~25 countries. Maybe it's because I'm American but nobody there seemed interested in talking to me, sharing their culture or learning anything about me. I tried multiple times but all my interactions with Chileans were purely transactional and most of them seemed annoyed to have to deal with me. I've never had a reception like that anywhere else and wouldn't bother returning.

USA 100% Ive been all over Europe, and to central America and the USA (I'm Canadian). The USA is by far the unfriendliest.

Oh no, I didn't mean for my pickpocketing scams with hostile service and aggressive touts to mean that I didn't want to be friends 😢. For sure the US though.

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 only have experience with European countries, and from those I pick Austria. Very self-centered people; even service staff is very unfriendly (in the rare occasions where the staff is actually Austrian). Pet peeve of mine: I've never seen people skipping the queue as often as in Austria.

I'd say Iraq, but being that I was there as a part of an occupying force, it's my fault they hated me for being there, so I totally get it. That aside, America (as an American) definitely has unfriendly people that one is forced to interact with on a regular basis.

I'm European and never left the continent. I found Copenhagen (Denmark) to be one of the least inviting places I've ever been. That's not to say Denmark is like this or even that I didn't have a good time in Copenhagen. It's just that pretty much everywhere, people seem to be in a hurry.

But my baseline in Europe is that everything is just amazing. People are nice, accomodating, helpful. Especially in the slightly smaller cities. I especially enjoyed Krákow and Gent.

Belgium

Of course, when I went it was part of an school exchange trip when I was 17. I was almost always with a large group of American teenagers with only a few teachers as chaperones. It's 100% understandable why people wouldn't want to be particularly friendly to us.

Rome, dirty place, except for the tourist sites obviously. Lot's people getting pissed when you ask something in English. Drinking water taps in the streets constantly running straight to the drain. Thank f**k our Airbnb host was a great guy and helped us a lot.

Utah. Other than the staff at a restaurant everyone was rude. I think a motel manager may have lied about not having rooms, at the very least he made it clear he didn't like us.