For me Ireland and Taiwan, how about some others

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    Taiwan. Clerk at the shoe store didn’t have what I wanted in my size. She went to the other shoe stores nearby searching for me without telling us. We found out when we asked why it was taking so long.

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    9 hours ago

    Iceland and nowhere even comes close. I heard newfoundland will beat it though, one day I’ll visit.

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    Ireland is probably the friendliest I’ve been too. The Irish are great people.

    Rome (I know, not a country, but I can’t comment on the rest of Italy) is probably the least friendly place I’ve been to. Romans are assholes. It’s a very cool city, but the people, especially outside of tourist traps suck.

    The Japanese are very polite, respectful, and helpful (almost to a fault) but I’m not sure if I’d generally describe them as friendly.

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      Romans are assholes.

      First time I’ve heard this. People in Rome are like people in NYC: busy with their own lives, unwilling to take any BS, but generally helpful if you really need it.

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    11 hours ago

    Mongolia.

    Every single people I met were nice and friendly. Even when they don’t speak english, they will try anything to help you, or find someone that speak english.

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    I’m a white American.

    Most friendly: Portugal. They seem to be a happy bunch in general, and they all seemed excited to have visitors. Lisbon, Cascais, Lagos, and all the little towns in between.

    Least friendly: Iceland. They could just be less open and emotionally expressive with strangers, but unless it was a business transaction I was frequently ignored when I said hello and people seemed uninterested in having a conversation.

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      14 hours ago

      Least friendly: Iceland. They could just be less open and emotionally expressive with strangers, but unless it was a business transaction I was frequently ignored when I said hello and people seemed uninterested in having a conversation.

      Sounds wonderful

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    15 hours ago

    China, Taiwan, and just EA Chinese people in general are beyond nice. This past trip made me see how straight forward and warm hearted they really are and such strong family values.

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    Thailand and Vietnam have such kind and welcoming people. I am constantly impressed by the gestures I see.

    Just today me and my girlfriend were standing on the side of the road in Thailand waiting to cross. There was no crosswalk nearby but cars saw that we wanted to cross and stopped both lanes for us go. We did not signal in any way or step into the street. They just saw people in need of something that they could help with. Nobody behind them honked or became impatient.

    There are so many more examples…

    I’m American.

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    17 hours ago

    Friendliest country I’ve ever been to was Cuba. Everyone was incredibly nice and helpful with anything we could want. Malaysia was a close second.

    Least friendliest was Belgium, but I went as part of a school exchange trip, so I was pretty much always in a large group of mostly teenage Americans with a few teachers. Understandable why people might not have been as friendly.

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    Definitely Scotland. They are antithesis to the English. Super friendly and welcoming. I have been around a lot in Europe never have I been struck by the German nature after I returned from Scotland.

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    Vietnam, Thailand, India, Guatemala, Taiwan is a good call.

    in Vietnam, someone literally ran out of their house while I was stopping to adjust my headphones in order to invite me to breakfast at his home.

    he had a tiny orchard in his front yard and we shared mango, dragonfruit and pancakes.

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      I’ve been wanting to visit Vietnam for a while now… I think it was watching Anthony Bourdain there that sold me. Looks like a beautiful nation full of amazing people

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        The mountains are pretty magical, and every single person was extremely helpful and gracious, either in the city or way out in the tiny mountain villages

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          How well can one get by as a tourist without speaking Vietnamese? Vietnam has been around the top of my list for places to visit for ages.

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            Very well.

            I spoke nearly no Vietnamese and bikepacked across rural northern Vietnam for 3 months after buying my bicycle in Hanoi.

            People in the city can speak some English, but even if they can’t they’re so earnestly helpful that I was able to easily buy clothes, bicycle repair items, get my bicycle repaired, buy food everyday(pho lyfe) be invited to tea and then a family feast, take shelter from a rainstorm, the stories of their generosity go on.

            It’s definitely a good country to visit.

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              Thank you for sharing. The language barrier is mostly the thing that has held me back. I know some vocabulary related to food, but that’s about it.

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                absolutely, you’ll be good.

                I could barely count to ten and knew how to say pho, and still enjoyed my entire trip and made friends, so you’ll be fine.

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                  Thanks again! Glad you had such a good experience and I’m looking forward to going there myself.

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    I feel like it matters what race you are :(

    My [white] friend has touted some of the friendliest places, but me being Korean…nope. A large number of places are very cold and passive-aggressive.

    That said, not typically violent like America, but still not exactly welcoming.

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      16 hours ago

      UK is super nice to white people, Koreans go there and get milk thrown on them.

      Philippines super nice to white people, Koreans go there and get yelled at.

      Taiwan super nice to white people, Koreans go there and… actually I never went with Koreans. and fwiw there’s so much bad blood between China and Korea that it probably bleeds over into Taiwan

      Um, maybe… Japan? Deep irony but that might be the nicest place to Koreans now…

      oh, duh, Turkiye

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    French Polynesia. Genuinely the kindest and most down to earth people on the planet. My husband and I had the most amazing and hospitable experience there staying in a detached room (treehouse style) with a local family. The locals are so friendly - we were given food, helped with getting a rental car (they even gave us a ride there and spoke with the guy behind the counter), told of all the best places to explore, taken to the farmer’s market, and so much more. We were treated like visiting relatives.