I would say 40-45%. There are lots of good French. Ya’ll need to get out more.
The impression of France and the French here is by far and away Parisian. I actually like the French once you get out of Paris, and there are even decent ones within it. As a group they have an innate aesthetic sense that we sometimes lack, just day to day things are often made beautiful just because they want it that way.
He called himself a “black foot”. His family had vinyards in Algiers.
When I was driving us from Love Field (prior to DFW) he asked my father: “Did you like De Gaulle?” My father stated honestly, “No, I thought he was arrogant”. (Father served in WWII in France, Germany, Belgium, Chezkloslovakia) The young man replied “Good”. And did not mention it again until the next day during lunch. He then explained how they lost their property when De Gaulle gave it to the Arabs.
He was not a typical Frenchman. But he felt “work” in our manner was beneath him. He would up in Australia, have not heard from him since. Hope he has done well.