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The EU is large and most importantly very diverse. Pretty much all the West and South of Europe has a very strong small talk culture. You shall not stereotype a
by jvican 3mo ago
The EU is large and most importantly very diverse. Pretty much all the West and South of Europe has a very strong small talk culture. You shall not stereotype a country, and even less so a political and economical union of countries.
- galleywest200 3mo agoThe US is larger than Europe and importantly very diverse, a melting pot you could say. You will find people in the South are far more talkative than people in the Northwest. The “Seattle Freeze” is real and I believe that it does not exist to the same extent in the South.
- renjimen 3mo agoJust pop over the border to Canada from Washington state and they thaw right out! Also, nit, but Europe has ~2x the population of the States, and definitely more cultural and linguistic diversity.
- watwut 3mo agoThey all talk or at least understand English. The cultural exchange between Spain and Hungary is much smaller. Or France and Poland. And historical shaping is much different - they did not went through the same dictatorships and same wars.
- wolvoleo 3mo agoAnd within those regions it differs a lot too. Here in a big Spanish city you would find very little too, especially in summer when there's so many tourists.