I just can't get out of my mind what my American friend said about the French being so jealous, fixated on America that they even define themselves as something-American, like "Paris, the anti-Washington".

I'm like, Dude, the French guys I know are in general way more sophisticated than the Americans I know. Why would they look to America with envy?

You mention "French culture", and the first thing that comes to mind is the Louvre Museum. You mention "American culture", and Britney Spears pops to mind.

If you ask to mention French food and beverage, Cordon Bleu and Champagne would probably be the answer. Ask the same thing about America, and it's BigMacs and Coca Colas that come to mind.

Ridiculous.

This thing he said took me by surprise. I'd never heard that before, and since I couldn't believe it, I tried to find references to it in Google. I didn't find anything. If you know of any website I could read about the French defining Paris as the anti-Washington, please let me know!