You are right, even asking people from a country directly can give a really false impression due to the pattern you describe. As someone who has lived both in t

You are right, even asking people from a country directly can give a really false impression due to the pattern you describe. As someone who has lived both in the US as well as two european countries for equal parts of my life I know very well how easily views can become distorted by listening to single cases that are not representative.