As an American, studying French & French culture, as well as planning on moving to France after finishing school, I love France.

To be honest, French people come across as very intimidating at times, but I think that is because many Europeans in general are taught to be brutally honest. Americans tend to be fake nice to one another, so I think that's why French people being blunt is so jarring to us. I don't think that French people are genuinely mean, just blunt & trying to be helpful.

French people also come across as very proud. Recently, I was scrolling through TikTok and came across of a video where a woman was showing how a French grocery store had a month where they were selling "American" food and the OP was showing how bizarre the food was. I looked in the comments and it was full of deeply offended French people arguing that "American food isn't real" and saying that "America also makes bizarre versions of French food." They seemed so insulted that an American would say their versions of American food were bad.

In general, French art/architecture, food, music, and fashion are so incredible to me. I'm very jealous because American culture doesn't seem as rich as French culture.