You have been piled on a lot already in this thread but let me add my 2 cents:
- you don’t have to be particularly careful about pickpockets anywhere in Europe, at least not more than anywhere else in the world.
- you always get free tapwater in restaurants if you ask for it anywhere in Europe, also most waiters are also generally pleasant (of course there can be unpleasant people anywhere)
- not sure about the tax thing (why would you care about that as visitor anyway?) - atleast we have free healthcare and free university shrug
- haven’t heard from anyone that got arrested for a „rude“ tweet lolwhat
You don’t have to visit of course but it would surely expand your horizon.
When I visited the US for the first time I realised that most of the prejudices against Americans weren’t true (that most Americans are fat, stupid and greedy for example - sure a lot of them are but not the majority)
- you don’t have to be particularly careful about pickpockets anywhere in Europe, at least not more than anywhere else in the world.
- you always get free tapwater in restaurants if you ask for it anywhere in Europe, also most waiters are also generally pleasant (of course there can be unpleasant people anywhere)
- not sure about the tax thing (why would you care about that as visitor anyway?) - atleast we have free healthcare and free university shrug
- haven’t heard from anyone that got arrested for a „rude“ tweet lolwhat
You don’t have to visit of course but it would surely expand your horizon. When I visited the US for the first time I realised that most of the prejudices against Americans weren’t true (that most Americans are fat, stupid and greedy for example - sure a lot of them are but not the majority)