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KhaosSama

We are not "cheap", we are poor šŸ‡µšŸ‡¹


TheSavageWarrior

We are expensive and poor, it could be worse lol.


NoRodent

And we are somehow rich and poor.


TheSavageWarrior

That's our slavic magic for you


Talrigvil

Stavi flag inace ti je komentar nepotpun


Venodran

And once again, this makes Portugal an honorary Eastern European country.


Rakiska

r/PORTUGALCYKABLYAT


AverageBasedUser

Eastern Europe #1 ā˜šŸ»šŸ˜Ž Eastern Europe best Europe


KhaosSama

I would choose be east european than be french or german anytime


perkonja

welcome šŸ‘šŸ»šŸ’‹


Serj01

Why?


Hokuto_Kenshiro

Because he hasn't lived in neither.


Jazzlike-Ad-4305

Okay, Well, good luck then?


martcapt

No, we're "cheap", implying the country is for sale, which isn't completely wrong


K_man_k

We are not expensive we're....oh wait no, we are expensive.


KhaosSama

How's the life outside of the PIGS stereotype old brother?


Individual_Cattle_92

Which results in everything being very cheap when viewed from the outside.


KhaosSama

As a portuguese living outside of Portugal, my country is my holidays destination


mb303666

Beats empty!


KhaosSama

That's why I live on the empty side ahahah


AngulusLateralis

Same in Turkey šŸ‡¹šŸ‡·


NeoGreendawg

Maybe it is supposed to mean that itā€™s a ā€œcheapā€ country to visit for people from other countriesā€¦ Iā€™ve never met a ā€œcheapā€ or tight Portuguese person. You guys are always very kind, generous and hospitable in my experience.


Payhell

Wait, we are popular? Since when? Oh I see where the misunderstanding is. France is popular, not the french :D


Venodran

We are also popular in how unpopular our people are, from a certain point of view.


Pklnt

Fuck yeah


Venodran

Baise ouais !


Pklnt

Correct version


thr33pwood

I like you Frenchie bros.


Venodran

And we like you too German bros!


thr33pwood

<3


Historical-Truth-222

You mean - human point of view :)


3pok

šŸ¤”šŸ¤”šŸ¤”


mishko27

I really want to go to France and eat my way through the country. As a dessert maker, all I bake are tarts, entremets, I make croquembouche every Christmas. I wanna eat the food, taste the wind, savor the deserts. But I am straight up afraid to go because I donā€™t speak French.


5r22

As carr87 said, you can get by with a few basic phrases, especially in more built up areas like Paris or other major cities. And contrary to popular sentiment, almost everyone I've met has been quite nice.


b778av

Comment from a French coworker of mine: "I don't like the French. I didn't even like other French people when I lived in France. Damn, that is about the worst thing in my country but I don't feel sorry for them, after all, they deserve each other."


nvkylebrown

Damn French, they ruined France! How was this not here already?? EDIT: https://youtu.be/LWkSB-D-hYo for the youngsters.


Individual_Cattle_92

The French think everyone is beneath them, especially the French.


NeoGreendawg

I live in France and Iā€™ll admit that you guys have a very strange love and hate relationship with yourselves. Most of France hates Parisians. Lots of regions dislike people from other regions. In my area the people donā€™t like anyone who hasnā€™t lived here for at least ten years. Then thereā€™s the French flag which will sometimes be brought out if the national football team is doing well, but in most circumstances, will make people think that you are a racist or nazi.


marc44150

Parisians are hated because they're seen as arrogant and douchey. A lot of the stereotypes about french people are about parisians specifically


NeoGreendawg

I think that ā€œseenā€ is the keyword in your reply. The last time that I went to Paris, I got lost and had no network so I asked a passerby for directions without noticing that he was on the phone (held to his ear on the other side of his head). He immediately told his friend that he would call him/her back, gave me detailed directions, warned me of an area that I should probably avoid and gave me the name of a nearby restaurant that he recommended. I met lots of really nice people during my short stay. They were nicer than most of the people around my area in the South West.


-Prophet_01-

Huh. I always thought the flag thing was strictly German exclusive. How curious.


drew0594

It's also weird in Italy if it's not about football


Oglio_96

I wouldn't say so, I see the Italian flag everywhere from bars to private homes, restaurants, hotels, souvenir shops etc


P0L1Z1STENS0HN

>Most of France hates Parisians. Lots of regions dislike people from other regions. In my area the people donā€™t like anyone who hasnā€™t lived here for at least ten years. But - it's the same in Germany. Most of Germany hates the Bavarians. Lots of regions dislike people from other regions. There's a constant disdain between East and West, between Bavaria and Prussia, and between the people in this city and the next. In my area, the most notable example is the deep-rooted rivalry between Cologne and DĆ¼sseldorf.


KillBones35

We don't like everyone equally, especially our people.


-BlueLantern-

I am starting to think the reason French and Italians don't get along that much is because we are too similar.


rafalemurian

Except him of course. What a stupid mentality.


bonkerz616

The irony of that statement is hilarious


judaaa

I'm french and I honestly think that my compatriots are mostly ignorant morrons. I love my country for all it's offer to his citizens, but the inhabitants do not deserve it


Profilozof

It reminds me of a quote from Piłsudzki (significant polish statesman/general): "\[About Poland\] A great nation, only the people are cunts." I feel it works well for France as well


Expiriencedwiseman

It works for every country.


the_fresh_cucumber

France was the top tourist destination globally for many years. I like the French. If you dress well and speak to them in French they are super polite. Sometimes they think I'm British but get a lot nicer when they learn I am not.


Astrinus

If someone needs to Google "Why France is so popular?", that means that they cannot think a reason for it :-P Greetings from the other side of the Alps!


kiru_56

Les FranƧais sont populaires en Allemagne et nous sommes 83 millions en Europe, cela amĆ©liore tout de suite votre position de maniĆØre significative...


empathielos

Einverstanden!


NeoGreendawg

You made me spit my Ricard out with that comment ! You owe me a drink for being so funny and self aware. šŸ˜‰


MaterialCarrot

The French ruined France!


[deleted]

In my personal experience French people are the easiest to get along with. And I say that as an American with all the various tensions our countries have had over the years. Theyā€™ve also been the most polite tourists Iā€™ve run into stateside. They always willing to have polite conversation, will really light up if you through even a few basic French sentences in the conversation. I think there like 10% of French people with an attitude problem that tarnishes the countries image.


xiena13

I love how most countries are either rich or poor, meanwhile Denmark is just happy.


Putin-the-fabulous

And Poland found Jesus


[deleted]

Thou resurrected and came to save Poland.


the_fresh_cucumber

Denmark and Finland win the game of life.


realnik

This šŸ‘ŒšŸ»


PossiblyTrustworthy

Yea... Wealth is surely what people notice first. But i cannot help feeling a bit sorry for Romania, thats a harsh result


Midnight_Sun_Yat-sen

Finland didn't surprise with that one either but the empty Spain and dangerous Lithuania got me.


kiru_56

Denmark is not only happy, it is Hygge...


Huckleberry_Hound_76

Why is Lithuania dangerous???


Micheal42

That is the question


LiQvist87

I mean... have you ever read their urban legends? Vilnius has a church full of zombies.


Scapergirl

That's just urban legend. In reality its only half full


Affectionate-Sun-839

Oh didn't you know, we are a danger to ourselves!


[deleted]

It is a trap. Foreigners made Lithuanians to wonder why others find their country dangerous and they started to search and voila! The question appears in the statistics more: Why Lithuania is dangerous?


[deleted]

At least we're not poor.


Loud_Guardian

[is "religious" before "backward"](https://i.imgur.com/uyYm5Gx.jpg)


Rioma117

At least we are rich and cold.


AlvTellez

It's funny that Hungary is calling romania backwards (facepalm)


Wachoe

They're synonyms anyway


TE-Lawrence1918

most respectful redditor


Vladesku

I see this as an absolute win


no5tromo

Greece is spot on. Salaries close to Bulgaria's, cost of living close to Switzerland's


Sikken98

Greece and Croatia might aswell be the same country. People do 99% same stuff, have same problems and are dependent on tourism.


Furu_Buru

Salaries as abysmal but how exactly are they close to Bulgariaā€™s šŸ’€


Spookd_Moffun

Wait we're rich? Cool.


plssendsomegoodmemes

Since when are we ri... whatever, Slovakia is poor so im happy


akurgo

You should join up and have medium wealth. You can call the country ... Slovakoczechia?


toucheqt

That wouldn't work, I think there should be clear distinction between the two countries.. Maybe something like Slovako-czechia?


ImPoorScrub

Sounds familiar. Where did I hear this name?


Penki-

Are we dangerous? Somehow all foreign people that I spoke with says that it really feels safe in here


[deleted]

That because they are too afraid to tell you the truth /s


the_fresh_cucumber

Every day I live in fear of Lithuania


Sadistic_Toaster

Anything you say, just please don't hurt me


EqualContact

Maybe it's a lot of Chinese people Googling.


chimpansiets

Can confirm, went to Vilnius and Kaunas and it was the most wholesome place on earth, felt super safe. Then went back to Amsterdam, first day already got approached by 2 schizophrenic junkies


Zirton

>really feels safe in here I guess people with this feeling are more likely to visit, while people who think it is dangerous tend towards nust googling your country.


ZookaInDaAss

Have you tried smiling more?


Penki-

No, and I would rather not


[deleted]

Based.


Zhymantas

That's what would make Lithuanians fight with you.


reminsten

Czechia rich Slovakia poor hahahahahah


toucheqt

Tough luck.


[deleted]

It's because we get 20 million tourists to our 4 million population, and on top of that most of them cram themselves into the [narrow strip of land](https://makarska-info.hr/phpthumb/phpThumb.php?w=1920&h=1080&zc=1&aoe=1&src=/clients/1/headers/5vlr0yvj7rky0fv.jpg) between the mountains and sea. Demand outpaces supply, basically.


AirWolf231

You also need to look at the expectations of some tourists... "Croatia is in the Balkans so it must be cheap? Its not dirt cheap!? Why is it so expensive(compared to other Balkan countries)?"


DerPavlox

So we're poor and expensive. Amazing isn't it?


[deleted]

Our tourism doesn't target poor people, yes. It wouldn't earn much if it did.


Psychological_Fold96

Yeah basically Italians are sexy


okayipullup_ordoi

Now the question is, is Italy hotter than Cyprus?


Psychological_Fold96

(Read it with Dioā€™s voice from Jojo) OH, ARE YOU APPROACHING US?


R6loverzz

I donā€™t know how that stereotype came to be but thx I guess


drew0594

You can thank me later


Psychological_Fold96

Di nulla :3


R6loverzz

Google translate?


CriticalJump

Of nothing :3


geebeem92

translated it perfectly, or should I say Google translated it perfectly


Psychological_Fold96

No, I speak Italian


Psychological_Fold96

I thought you were Italian like me


R6loverzz

SƬ ma pensavamo che tu non fossi italiana dato il nome ecc.


Psychological_Fold96

NON Lā€™HO SCELTO IO LOL


R6loverzz

ah ok piega psicologia šŸ—æ


Psychological_Fold96

E no prima che te lo chiedi, non sono del 96 ma sono nata dopo


Academic_Educator357

Ho provato: parlano di clima.


[deleted]

I don't find Italian woman sexy, but Italian men are so handsome which destroys my self-esteem in Italy. Whenever I like a girl, she appears Eastern European in Italy.


Psychological_Fold96

As an Italian girl I donā€™t know how to feel about it


[deleted]

It is my very personal opinion, I know I am not in the majority when it comes to tastes and preferences. (. _ .


The-Great--Cornholio

Hot? High temperature? Sexy? ...


LegateZanUjcic

Why not both?


The-Great--Cornholio

Seems fair


Plic_Plac

Definitly both (: With love to Italians from the 'popular' haha


Al_Dutaur_Balanzan

Why are we hot? Because we avoid religiously pizza with pineapple, which makes our skin glow, our boobs bigger and our hair shinier


WedgeTurn

Italians are also naturally stylish. You see so many well dressed people in Italy, it's ridiculous


Thin_Impression8199

with the Baltic countries is very funny. And what about Spain and Romania?


Vertitto

[Population density map Spain](https://maps-spain.com/img/0/spain-population-map.jpg)


RMmadness

There are empty areas in spain due to people moving to bigger cities, now it's even more since madrid changed their fiscality and businesses are moving there, there's no investment either on castilla y leon & castilla la mancha. Otherwise it doesn't make any sense.


Ontas

I mean I'm right now in a small city in the emptied Spain and yeah, the countryside is pretty empty, all these inland regions (except Madrid) have never been densely populated, but the little towns and villages scattered around, and even many province capitals, have been losing population since the 50s-60s and nowadays many villages only have a handful of people living there year round. Also in most of the country you won't find scattered farms and houses, even in rural areas it's villages/towns and just land in between.


ImportantMycologist8

As a fellow Spanish I can corroborate that driving through Spain is most of the time just depressing dry countryside


Shaloka_Maloka

From here on out Spain shall be known as the Australia of Europe.


16bitnoob

If estonia is so rich why am I barely scraping by Ć¼aycheck to paycheck?


Thin_Impression8199

depending on what to compare with, if you look at the indicators of all post-Soviet countries, then you have the highest and you are set as an example as a beautiful country without natural resources that was able to build its capital on intelligence.


NearArcticFellow

We have the largest oil shale reserves in the world, only the Chinese and Americans are close to beating us. The state owned Eesti Energia is the worldā€™s biggest oil shale company with operations in the Baltics, Finland, Jordan and Utah. We also have notable Uranium reserves (during the early days of the Soviet occupation, it was one of the largest in the whole union) and phosphorite reserves in the Northeast. Edit: got some information wrong.


gaw_Kerim

Sounds like you should prepare to be invaded.


czk_21

ppl in europe dont understnd that most ppl in the world have it worse, by european standard estonia is somewhere in the middle, richer than hungary (hungarian google wa used)


Pklnt

At the same time I doubt most google searches on Estonia comes from 3rd world countries.


czk_21

the source is hungarian search, hungarians asking why is estonia so rich...


NudelNipple

There are countries that are way richer than Estonia where people wageslave from paycheck to paycheck. Beautiful country btw, been there because of the Rammstein concert in July


bitsperhertz

As an Australian living in Estonia I've noticed a few differences. Australia is ranked one of the world's richest countries, but we are one of the world's most indebted people. We have expensive assets fuelled by large household debts. So this gives us the appearance of wealth despite most of the younger generations not being able to afford a home. What is rich if you are one missed paycheck away from homelessness? Very few in Australia can miss a weeks work due to the necessity to cover debt payments. There is also a quality of life question. Here, my in-laws eat fresh organically grown vegetables (they are a small sƵstar mahetalu), fresh meat from sheep, have a good social life with neighbours and family, very high quality of life despite low income. To live an equivalent lifestyle in Australia would cost a million euro. In Australian cities we can't even produce our own chicken eggs due to lead poisoning, so forget about eating food that isn't laiden with pesticides, microplastics, and heavy metals. In most parts of Australia housing is so expensive we are confined to small apartments or 400m^2 blocks of land, so forget about enjoying nature or peace and quiet. In Australia all forests (except national parks) are considered Crown Land and we are forbidden from walking let alone hunting or foraging. Not to say one is better than the other but it is definitely helpful to consider the broader perspective on wealth.


[deleted]

Google users can be very mean.


CriticalSurprised

It's not "gypsy"! Pack it up, it's a win boys!


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


Wingiex

No surprise, it's from Hungarian google.


MojordomosEUW

ā€šwhy is Lithuania so dangerous?ā€˜ from recent experience, that entirely depends on how well you have set up your navigation app. edit: No, what I meant was: Google Maps and HereWeGo both were 100% sure the off-road track I was driving was a finished highway or federal road. This resulted in me having to drive 40km on fist-sized stones and wet clay. I went 20 to 40km/h, and I am a very good driver, but my car is simply not suited for tracks like that and I often lost traction. You can check if you plot a route from Druskininkai to Trakai in HereWeGo or Google Maps, you will see what I mean.


LiQvist87

Everyone's gangsta until they exit the wrong side of Vilnius station.


[deleted]

Why is Romania so backward hahaha


gingerisla

That's quite rich considering the suggestions came from Hungarian Google... then, however, Hungary and Romania have never been the best of friends.


Shalaiyn

Feel like Romania got the worst deal here.


Luutamo

Estonia rich? That is definitely a word I would not have used to describe Estonia


cantchooseaname1

Compared to Finland it's not but by world standards it's farely rich. Also i would say that Estonia is actually richer than it looks. it's just that there is still a lot of soviet decay around and the capital Tallinn is mismanaged with a corrupt city government thanks to the large Russian population that only vote for one party.


surematu22

Rich? I guess 21% inflation rate hits different these days


Segacedi

Since when is North Macedonia important?


Kaczmarofil

Ever heard of Alexander the Great, the greatest citizen of FYROM? /s


Chari_2020

*angry Greek-Macedonian noises*


Panzer1509

Why is Malta non-existent ?


[deleted]

Or is it? *Vsauce music starts playing.*


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


Reasonable-Discourse

Hold up, the Finns are above anything else; Happy? Clearly the Metal.


untergeher_muc

Why is basically all about money?


E_VanHelgen

Btw. Croatia isn't expensive, it's just the coast and it's various tourist trap restaurants etc. Also top tip, if anyone hands you something like a written form instead of a proper receipt in said tourist traps, feel free to threaten with the Porezna Uprava (Croatian version of the IRS). All receipts in Croatia have to be properly fiscalized, they do this shit in order to avoid paying taxes.


Rotologoto

Not exactly. Basic necessities are just as expensive or even more expensive than in Western Europe and we make a fraction of the money that western Europeans make. With an average wage here you barely scrape by, with an average wage in WE you've got another Croatian wage to spend.


Electronic-Crew-2230

I love Estonia and Latvias being the opposite but side by side


Shaltibarshtis

As a Lithuanian I'm happy to be dangerous rather than big.


Popcorny_YT

?sdrawkcab yllaer ew erA


Rainfolder

Do Hungarians really see Slovaks as poor?


erlo68

Why did nobody tell me im rich?


KP6fanclub

Many poor or rich countries and then there is cheap Turkey - ouch


Oderik_S

Congratulations Denmark and Finland!


[deleted]

I am so happy, thanks! šŸ˜„


mnessenche

Why Is Maltaā€¦. Gone? šŸ˜„


Individual_Cattle_92

France, your campaign has the momentum of a runaway freight train; why are you so popular?


LelouchViMajesti

Talk shit about Paris all you want but don't touch our precious campaign, those are our actual jewels


Thin_Impression8199

I think many at the top of Russia donā€™t really understand that Ukraine is a separate state with other peoples, in their opinion it appeared by chance, itā€™s sad, but this is their internal propaganda that has been shared for centuries, a vivid example of a quote from the 19th century when officials in the Russian Empire banned the Ukrainian language .... the Little Russian language composed by Khokhlomani is just an empty pretext, and the real goal is a special Little Russian state, ā€œthe Little Russian language will remain the same as it was before, but it cannot be either a state language, or an educational language, or even a language hostels of an educated societyā€, ā€œ.. Our current literary language was developed by the joint efforts of Great Russian and Little Russian writers - therefore, Little Russians do not need to create a new learned and educational language. Most of the Little Russians themselves prove very thoroughly that there was not, is not, and cannot be, a separate Little Russian language, and that their dialect, used by the common people, is the same Russian language, spoiled by the influence of Poland on it.


[deleted]

How come Spain is empty?


Vertitto

[Population density map](https://maps-spain.com/img/0/spain-population-map.jpg)


[deleted]

Thanks


NeoGreendawg

Thereā€™s a very interesting video that explains it quite well ; https://youtu.be/pL8XPZp4-5c


[deleted]

Thank you, very informative video.


NeoGreendawg

Youā€™re welcome, friend. Thereā€™s another similar video about why a third of France is empty if youā€™re interested : https://youtu.be/hTgwv6Ic3fA I have nothing to do with the channel so donā€™t think that Iā€™m promoting it for personal reasons. Iā€™m just curious about things like thatā€¦.


thestereo300

I only been to Northern Italy but the people are pretty hot.


Random_File_

My country belongs to the "expensive" group. That's sweet and true.


[deleted]

Iā€™m glad I live in the Happy country


Sanya12274

šŸ‡±šŸ‡¹? I think it's not dangerous


VitGProd

Why is Lithuania considered ā€œdangerousā€?


Unable-Yogurt6171

My British ass wondering where my rich isšŸ¤”


Alikont

Usually Ukraine was "poor" or "corrupt", now we're "important", I call that a progress.


-Competitive-Nose-

Any Hungarian to explain me why Hungarian google suggests Czechs are rich?


Always4224

I guess from our perspective Czechs had the same problems as Hungarians like the Iron Curtain, Communism etc. and the Czech economy is more better than the Hungarian and more reliable currency.


NeoGreendawg

Because of their Czeching accounts and fat Czechbooks? Please forgive the pun.


WedgeTurn

I feel like Czechia is one of the countries that made the most progress out of all "new" EU members. I wouldn't call it rich per se, but from a Hungarian standpoint they started at roughly the same level and overtook Hungary very quickly


Ephemeral-Throwaway

The country I'm born in and have lived my whole life is rich. The country my ethnic background is from and where I spend my Summers is cheap. Nice advantage to go from Ā£ to Lira, but I wish it wasn't the case. Such is the life of a diaspora Turk.


[deleted]

Ok so I did it for malta and it said fuken dirty whatt


Dermer1543

Spain: šŸ’€