The World's Friendliest Countries

[gateley]

They say you can never go home again–and you may not want to after relocating to Canada, Bermuda or South Africa.

These are the countries where it’s easiest to befriend locals, learn the language, fit into the new culture and integrate into the community, according to respondents to HSBC Bank International’s Expat Explorer survey, the results of which were released late last month.

Canada was most welcoming for the second year in a row; more than half of survey-takers there said they’d made friends with locals. In Bermuda 57% have had the pleasure, and the same for South Africa.

HSBC surveyed 4,127 expatriates in more than 100 countries between April and June 2010. Because countries with fewer than 30 respondents were deemed statistically insignificant, the findings rank a total of only 25 countries. / snip

Full List: The World’s 10 Friendliest Countries: http://blogs.forbes.com/bethgreenfield/2011/04/08/the-worlds-friendliest-countries/?partner=forbeslife_newsletter

[midnight]

1. K&R For those French Canadians...

[seabeyond]

2. we are so friendly. i chat with people all over the place. friendly all around. nt

[1620rock]

3. It seems, people in the US are always mean and angry.

[xmas74]

5. If you read the rest of the article

the US came in just behind the top three.

Coming in just behind the top three in terms of friendliness were the U.S. and Australia.

It says nothing about us being mean and angry. Top five sounds pretty good, considering every quote in the article seems to be from an American.

[seabeyond]

6. i dont meet mean and angry.... ever. i get nice all over the place

:)

[Rage for Order]

4. Go North America!

I see some of the US's attributes are finally rubbing off on our neighbors to the north.

:P

[provis99]

7. what a bizarre definition of "friendliness".

They should have called it "list of countries which are most like the United States", not "friendliness".

And who the heck would pick South Africa as "friendly"? "Welcome to South Africa. Now give me your wallet or I'll kill you"