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SF Couple Moved to France a Year Ago, They're Already Kind of Sick of It (sfist.com)

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[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago

That has not been my experience of France. Maybe its just me but almost everyone I met in Paris was friendly and many spoke English at least a little. I had some wild nights getting trashed and riding the Metro all over, no one gave me any shit for speaking English anywhere I went. I wouldn't try to live there without at least a basic understanding of the language but as an English speaking visitor it was perfectly fine and I found the random Parisians I met to generally be cool people and not at all like their reputation.