Any other Americans face alot of anti American discrimination in Europe?
I’m curious if other Americans living/traveling in Europe have experienced a lot of anti-American stereotyping or hostility socially.
When I lived in London for a while, I often felt like being American automatically came with assumptions:
- loud,
- ignorant,
- uncultured,
- politically embarrassing,
etc.
-And also many assumed i was some Neo Nazi for supporting our current President (please do not get heated in the comments)
I also felt people could be socially colder or more dismissive once they heard my accent, especially in certain academic/social environments.
I know not everyone in Europe is like this obviously, and I met normal people too, but the experience honestly left me feeling more alienated than I expected.
Has anyone else experienced this? Or was my experience unusually negative?