How friendly are people in France?

Hi all,

Don't mean to offend anyone hopefully with this question but I've heard a few stereotypes about French people with regards to foreigners, about some being friendly and others less so.

Disclaimer: Steretypes are wrong etc... and I don't necessarily share the same view. I have also never spent much time in France and would have no reason to beileve that they are not at least as friendly as everyone else.... okay

I was just wondering if anyone could share their experiences regarding this, whether they noticed that maybe French people take a while longer to get to know people or ....? whether they are typically very welcoming and generous from the outset.

I was also wondering whether people did actually notice a difference between people from lets say Paris and people from smaller cities in France?

Thanks in Advance!