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Originally Posted by Fossilkid93
I'm an American who's been living in Lyon, France for 8 months and before that Nice for 3 months and visited ~8 neighboring countries. Never felt unsafe and never felt discriminated against b/c I'm American. I'm sure it helps that I speak decent French and make an effort to learn a couple phrases when I travel to new countries, but I don't get the sense there is any anti-American sentiment unless maybe someone acts obnoxious and hates the local culture and just wants everything to be like it is in the USA.
I had absolutely no problems travelling through Nice, Lyon, and Paris this past February. If anything, I felt that people were very friendly towards me throughout my entire trip. This is despite the fact that nearly every French person I spoke to said that all other French people are rude *******s.
The real key is the second half of your last sentence. If you do have an obnoxious attitude and/or fit the common American stereotypes held in Europe, you're probably more likely to be disrespected. As I am almost the complete opposite of those stereotypes and keep a low profile, I don't face any sort of anti-Americanism from locals.
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Originally Posted by DC2LV
Nor should you. Even if you happen to be visiting a specific city on the day that a random attack occurs, it is still extremely unlikely that you yourself will be targeted or affected. My wife and I were in Berlin at a Christmas market last December on the day of the terrorist incident, but were back in our hotel room when the incident took place.
We're going to be traveling to France next month and spending a week in Paris while there. Once again, this latest terrorist incident will have no impact on our current plans to enjoy all that Paris has to offer.
This. Millions of people were in New York during 9/11 and they didn't die.
So far, I've been lucky enough to not have a brush with terror while travelling. The closest I came was being in Paris when the guy stole a gun from a soldier at Paris Orly. I was very, very far away from that despite still being in Paris.
Last edited by SuperUberBob; 04-22-2017 at 06:32 PM.