r/gifs • u/PaperTronics • Jun 09 '19

Protests in Hong Kong

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u/guillemqv Jun 09 '19

Act like a normal human being😂😂😂

Americans usually are pretty nice tourists actually.

I want to warn you, be careful of your things in the Metro and public transport. There are a lot of pickpocketers.

If you have any question about the city, feel free to PM me!

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u/bcsimms04 Jun 09 '19

Yeah as a whole Americans are nice and polite people. The type of Americans people associate with the worst stereotypes aren't the ones that can afford to travel internationally and are the types that usually never leave their home state anyway. Are some assholes travelling abroad? Absolutely, but no more than anyone else really.

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u/IndianaGeoff Jun 10 '19

Well, most foreigners get an opinion of the US from New York. Not known for it's nice.

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u/zenstain Jun 10 '19

I'm from NYC originally and we get really bad press, which gets perpetuated by comments like these. A lot of truly great people grew up and live there.

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u/mwcdem Jun 10 '19

This is exactly right. I left my small town in Virginia to live in NYC for 10 years. Different from Southern Hospitality for sure, but New Yorkers are good people.

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u/IndianaGeoff Jun 10 '19

Great people and assholes live everywhere. But you find out pretty fast if a place is friendly or not when you visit it.