I had a very low opinion of Americans until I moved from the East to Calgary, and got to experience wonderful States like Washington, Montana, Oregon, California, Texas, etc. Wonderful people, helpful, and friendly. I'd move to California or Washington in a heart beat. The midwest and western States of the US are like completely different places than the north eastern States. People from New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Jersey, and Pensylvania are by and large the most ignorant people I have ever met on the planet. Just completely in your face, letting you know how much better they are than you, obnoxious, and completely ignorant on any world matters outside a 20 KM radius of where they live. They don't even park their attitude when they come to Atlantic Canada for vacation. Ask any Atlantic Canadian in the tourist industry what they dread and they will without a doubt tell you it is when a tour bus arrives from New England. Now i'm not saying everyone in the North East of the US is like this, but there seems to be quite the pattern from my numerous experiences. All it takes me is one day in New England before i'm counting the hours down until I can leave.
And unfortunetly for the US, the most of the media is in the North East so the impression Canadians and the rest of the world get is that "Bigger than life, in your face, love us or leave us" attitude that is so present there.
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