nikidash

It's kinda weird how foreigners like italy but we italians mostly want to get the hell out of here

Probably because in italy most people watch american shows/movies, so knowledge of the u.s. kinda comes kinda naturally. The fact that the average italian still sees u.s. as the magic land of opportunity (don't know if it's still true) and dreams of going there also helps.

Also italians, especially in the centre-south, love stereotypes. You have no idea how many people do the heil hitler when i tell them i know german (fun fact: i'm not even german, i have italian and swiss citizenship), and Arizona gets stereotyped to cowboys. Tell them you're from texas and they'll ask you something like "how many oil bores do you have?"