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...from the perspective of a Scandinavian living there.
France and Norway. Are they the same? Let's find out.
As a Norwegian, when I came to France I noticed some things that were different. Here are some of them. The first thing I as a Norwegian noticed when I moved to France was that traffic is a little bit different here. People are driving more aggressively, the speed limits in France are more liberal and yet they still break them more often here than in Norway.
Another thing I noticed is that Frenchmen pretty much universally despise the police and if there's a radar checkpoint, if there is any police car nearby, pretty much all the other cars will signal you to warn you because they don't want anybody to get caught.
The next thing I noticed here in France was that they have a pretty long lunch. In Norway we eat our lunch at work and I think maybe in like 15-20 minutes and we have like a couple of slices of bread and that's it. Here in France they close their shops and they go home and they cook or they go to restaurant and the lunch lasts for maybe one and a half hour. If you are out driving during lunch there is almost no traffic and in summertime most of the cars you see are not French because the Frenchman they're eating lunch and the Frenchman who are outside driving and they don't reach their destination before lunch they will just stop their car along the road and have their lunch there because they are always prepared to eat. They will even bring their camping tables and camping chairs and sit there by the road and eat and drink wine.
Another thing that came as a surprise to me as a Norwegian was that you find fences everywhere. Pretty much everything is private and everybody take their privacy very seriously. So you have these signs "no entry", "private property" and so forth all over the place.
Another thing I noticed is that pretty much everybody here despises politicians and especially the current administration. I have lived here for several years and I've yet to meet a single person with a single positive word to say about the government. Another thing I noticed is that French men are much tougher and more manly than Hollywood films like us to believe and when I googled it I found out that France is actually the country in the world who has won the most wars and I'm not surprised really. Frenchmen are pretty tough. Speaking of tough Frenchmen the most popular sport in France is not at all football but rugby.
Another thing I noticed is that Frenchmen don't eat frog legs. I have been here for several years and scouted out a lot of grocery stores and I have not even been able to find frog legs anywhere. They don't eat frog.
Another thing I noticed is that Frenchmen are not as brainwashed as my fellow Norwegians. They are much more politically aware and also many of them see what the real problem is in this world but they're not allowed to talk about it in public.
Finally I can tell that Frenchmen are very rarely fat and I have only seen a handful of obese Frenchmen hitherto. However, when I lived in Auvergne in Aurillac(?) I would say the percentage of overweight people was slightly higher.
Another thing I noticed is that the French countryside is extremely poor and yet there is absolutely no crime there. So poverty and crime not related. That's another reason why there's so much crime in the ghettos. It's not because they're poor. Bye bye.
As a Norwegian, when I came to France I noticed some things that were different. Here are some of them. The first thing I as a Norwegian noticed when I moved to France was that traffic is a little bit different here. People are driving more aggressively, the speed limits in France are more liberal and yet they still break them more often here than in Norway.
Another thing I noticed is that Frenchmen pretty much universally despise the police and if there's a radar checkpoint, if there is any police car nearby, pretty much all the other cars will signal you to warn you because they don't want anybody to get caught.
The next thing I noticed here in France was that they have a pretty long lunch. In Norway we eat our lunch at work and I think maybe in like 15-20 minutes and we have like a couple of slices of bread and that's it. Here in France they close their shops and they go home and they cook or they go to restaurant and the lunch lasts for maybe one and a half hour. If you are out driving during lunch there is almost no traffic and in summertime most of the cars you see are not French because the Frenchman they're eating lunch and the Frenchman who are outside driving and they don't reach their destination before lunch they will just stop their car along the road and have their lunch there because they are always prepared to eat. They will even bring their camping tables and camping chairs and sit there by the road and eat and drink wine.
Another thing that came as a surprise to me as a Norwegian was that you find fences everywhere. Pretty much everything is private and everybody take their privacy very seriously. So you have these signs "no entry", "private property" and so forth all over the place.
Another thing I noticed is that pretty much everybody here despises politicians and especially the current administration. I have lived here for several years and I've yet to meet a single person with a single positive word to say about the government. Another thing I noticed is that French men are much tougher and more manly than Hollywood films like us to believe and when I googled it I found out that France is actually the country in the world who has won the most wars and I'm not surprised really. Frenchmen are pretty tough. Speaking of tough Frenchmen the most popular sport in France is not at all football but rugby.
Another thing I noticed is that Frenchmen don't eat frog legs. I have been here for several years and scouted out a lot of grocery stores and I have not even been able to find frog legs anywhere. They don't eat frog.
Another thing I noticed is that Frenchmen are not as brainwashed as my fellow Norwegians. They are much more politically aware and also many of them see what the real problem is in this world but they're not allowed to talk about it in public.
Finally I can tell that Frenchmen are very rarely fat and I have only seen a handful of obese Frenchmen hitherto. However, when I lived in Auvergne in Aurillac(?) I would say the percentage of overweight people was slightly higher.
Another thing I noticed is that the French countryside is extremely poor and yet there is absolutely no crime there. So poverty and crime not related. That's another reason why there's so much crime in the ghettos. It's not because they're poor. Bye bye.