re: I have travelled the world, and the most inhospitable, unhappy people I've

Scandies are the worst - they aren't unfriendly or mean, it's just that 95% of them would be considered shy and introverted by American standards. Since I'm considered loud and boisterous even by native measure, my time in Oslo and Trondheim was often met by looks of bewilderment and quiet disgust.

Russians would have just beat my arse.