Just wondering, do you really think Europeans are being fed an accurate picture of the "red states"?
I once was travelling in Europe and expressed a profound distaste for a particular city I had never visited. The Europeans around me were surprised and queried me on my opinion---to which I rattled off a list of things I'd seen/read including crime and so on. They were aghast! They assured me that that was all a bunch of hooey. And I did go to the city and found that they were correct.
But I was 17 years old at the time. I'd wager your "European tourists" are a little more saavy than I was at the time?
Just wondering, do you really think Europeans are being fed an accurate picture of the "red states"?
I don't know where they are getting their information.