Traveling

[neoplacebo]

I remember feeling a sense of vestigal guilt by being an American when I visited the Nagasaki Peace Park. I did not see any other Americans there. I also did not notice any menacing or disparaging looks. And that was in 1975

[O Really]

Americans behaving badly - rude, crude, jingoistic, and abrasive - isn't new, and was generally tolerated as long as they brought money. But this seems different. It's becoming more like being German during WWII - painted with the stench of Nazi no matter how many times you may have risked your life to help your Jewish neighbor. Or, closer to home, being a guy from Massachusetts visiting Georgia in 1866.

[GoCubsGo]

I have a hunch traveling in yesteryear was different pre internet when large parts of the world population were uninformed.

The conversation devolved into where can we go?

Mexico and Canada didn't seem welcoming.

[O Really]

I have a hunch traveling in yesteryear was different pre internet when large parts of the world population were uninformed.

The conversation devolved into where can we go?

Mexico and Canada didn't seem welcoming.

I think you can get some idea of the Mexican and Canadian sentiment by the fact that they no longer feel comfortable in the US. Canadians who have wintered in South Florida for years are bailing. Legal citizens of Hispanic heritage are, at best, nervous. It's hard for that not to carry over when Americans visit their countries. Canadians aren't going to attack you - probably won't even insult you and if they did it would be "Sorry, but your president is an asshole, eh?" On the other hand, they probably aren't going to hang out with you.