[twmiller]

> That said, on my most recent trip to Paris, I actually found Parisians a lot nicer than the last time I was there (~1995ish?).

My wife and I had the exact same experience. We had been to Paris in the late 90s and when we were there a couple of years ago, we found people to be much nicer than they had been previously. Our theory is that it is / was a generational thing.

[ethbr0]

I chalked it up to increasing globalization. My memory of France in the 90s was that it was way more French.

Now, it seems like American, Japanese, et al. cultures have penetrated a bit, and there's more awareness that there are other-than-French ways of doing things.

Which they'll still do it the French way, because god bless them they defend the hell out their culture, but at least they're more aware of alternatives.