Lowered Expectations

Paris Syndrome:

Around a dozen Japanese tourists a year need psychological treatment after visiting Paris as the reality of unfriendly locals and scruffy streets clashes with their expectations...

So they're discovering that the French are annoying, smelly and arrogant? Tell us something we don't already know.

Hell, we Americans are still kicking ourselves for running the Germans out of France over six decades ago. It seemed like a good idea at the time.