Always surprised by how much variety there can be within a country, both large and small, where seemingly opposite stereotypes can be true. USA: most stereotypes are at least somewhat true about one state or region but totally untrue about others. If you go to New York and then Texas its like they are different worlds with little discernible cultural or social connection. Italy: North Italy is wildly rich and feels like a hub of money and culture. Southern Italy is breathtakingly gorgeous but you do feel like the poverty and organized crime are an issue. Ireland: Dublin feels like a rich tech hub smashed into an old world European city, but rural Ireland feels like its stuck in the early 1900s.
France: Parisians are kind of rude, but the rest of the country is super nice. Other observations: Canada: Native born Canadians are shockingly rude. I feel like the Canadians are nice stereotype should be amended to they're more quiet than Americans, but not any less likely to be rude. Bahamas: Everyone is rude. Everywhere else in the Caribbean everyone is always nice, but this was the one exception where everyone was consistently rude.