[dkmn]

Seems very entitled to me. I wonder if the author ever considered how people who have lived in a small town feel about someone who insists on showing up, being catered to, and not assimilating?

Realize there is some level of resentment of servicemen as well. I was a dependent in the 80s abroad.

I am also an American and so sensitive to small unfriendlinesses, but I find them no worse in visiting a far city like Chicago than in most countries.

Have not been to Germany in a while. It used to feel quite straightforward to me and much friendlier than I expected with a modicum of effort. Perhaps more jaded now in the post internet era but who knows.

Still this feels like the snowflake version of the Ugly American viewpoint.