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# The World According to Stereotypes: Part 1
- URL: https://ivn.us/the-world-according-to-stereotypes-part-1/
- Published: 2012-08-02T22:29:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:28:53.000Z
- Author: Lucas Eaves
- Tags: News

As a French living in the U.S., I have faced many stereotypes and have had to deny most of them. Stereotypes can be offensive, weird, very true, funny, or plain stupid. In any case, they are a part of any experience abroad, so we better get used to it. Overall, I think that stereotypes are interesting, as they force us to reflect on the way we are seen by the rest of the world, for better or for worse. Thus, I will be posting regularly on the topic from various angles.

For this first post, I decided to focus on various maps highlighting our different visions of the world, from the French and American point of view.

The world according to the [French (or more precisely Parisians)](http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/298-the-world-as-seen-from-paris?ref=ivn.us) :

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/2026/02/france_worldview.jpg "france_worldview")

The world according to the American:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/2026/02/world-usa.jpg "world usa")

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/2026/02/world-accordign-to-USA.jpg "world-accordign-to-USA")

Europe according to [the French](http://alphadesigner.com/mapping-stereotypes/?ref=ivn.us):

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/2026/02/europe-according-to-france.jpg "europe-according-to-france")

Europe according to [the American](http://alphadesigner.com/mapping-stereotypes/?ref=ivn.us):

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/2026/02/europe-according-to-the-united-states-of-america.jpg "europe-according-to-the-united-states-of-america")

I know that the two examples from the French point of view are sadly quite true for the most part. Is it the same with the American examples?