5: Sydney and Dublin
4: Charleston
3: Victoria, BC
1: Auckland and Melbourne
Top 5 Unfriendliest
5: Marseille
4: Paris
3: Moscow
2: Cannes
1: Johannesburg
Angloshpere = Friendly. France = Mean.
I think New Orleans is a friendly town. We may shoot you but it’s not because we don’t like you! Plus, our food is pretty great.
Wow, three of the most unfriendly cities are in France.
Coincidence? I think not.
It seems that the closer you get to Texas the friendlier people get and Houston, for some reason, seems to be the epicenter.
I can't explain it.
Charleston, SC is the 4th friendliest city in the world? What a joke! Try having a northern accent there and see how friendly they are.
Interestly, I didn’t find Paris to be particularly unfriendly... like any typical large city, people seemed to be in a hurried rush, but they were reasonably cordial. Chicago is the worst I’ve ever experienced.
gawd I hate these lists
Jo'berg wasn't bad...not unfriendly just a lot of rampant crime and everything is behind gates with armed guards. :)
Paris wasn't at all. The US - I've found the east coast, specifically Connecticut and Massachusetts to be rude and pretentious.
I think they need to define how they measure "friendly" beyond "where you felt most welcome." Both "southern hospitality" and "minnesota nice" may have you feeling welcome on the initial impression. Look a little deeper and it's easy to see it's an easy way to be nice to your face and not so nice once you turn around and walk away.
I really disliked the Bahamas, especially Nassau. The food sucks and the locals are best described as apathetic. However, I was not worried about crime.
Paris was very friendly (15 years ago) probably because I speak HS-level French and understand their customs (e.g., don’t ask for extra salt or the sauce on the side). The food was terrific.
London is a very friendly place, particularly the pubs. Maybe the Guinness helps. The food still sucks except for the Indian restaurants.
3/5 French. No wonder my great-grandfather bugged out of that country.
I just got done living in Paris, France for 3 months.
My observations are completely contrary to the ongoing, false stereotypes, about France.
The first week I was there, I was shocked that I nearly starved to death, because the food was so bad. The french have the best ingredients in the world, don’t get me wrong. The problem begins when you give these fine ingredients to a french chef. I ended up cooking everything my self, from scratch. Try finding a decent jar of Marinara sauce in Paris or some cheddar cheese. Good luck with that. And a plate of steaming, smelly snails just makes me want to run, fast...
And for the rudeness of the French people. I know about 10 words in French and the whole time I was there, I met the nicest people, everywhere. It was astounding. If I looked lost, people would just come up to me and attempt to help. I had one very attractive girl, go out of her way to take me to the train station I needed to get to. People who say the French are rude are full of it. The fact is that the French didn’t grow up in a Disney/Hollywood culture like Americans have, so they don’t go around smiling at each other like we do and that is the real issue.
For a large city, I was stunned at how friendly Denver was (that was 25 years ago).
Why is every darn list article done as a slide show! I don’t have time for that crap!
Here in Savannah, we made the top Ten (not shown in the orignal post, but, in the slide show).
Come to Savannah and spend money. We promise to be very friendly as long as you spend money. :D
This is a fairly accurate list. I would replace Charleston with New Orleans. Also I disagree with Victoria BC. People from Canada generally will act friendly to your face, but when your back is turned they will say insulting things about you. Very much unlike Aussies who will not only be friendly in person, but they will go out of their way to say nice things about you and help you even after you’ve left the room.
Johannesburg?
ROTFLMAO! !!!
Sheesh! I’d be deathly afraid of being shot by some guy with no legs.
Johannesburg is really a very dangerous place.