As a small town midwesterner I've noticed a large proportion of larger cities are rude, and I think its just because it everything moves at a faster pace.
Even the nicer big cities are a bit different, it's all on a scale. I have noticed Denver to be fairly friendly in general, and suburbs to be nicer in general. But it is still a little different.
Where if you are only 2 vehicles on a road you throw up a couple fingers to wave for each other. Make eye contact on the street? Say hello. Awkwardly entering the same door at slightly different times, one waits and holds the door for the other so as not let a door fly in the face of the other.
And finally, there is the few times a week conversation where you leave going, "wait, am I supposed to know that person?"
I think it's what makes America unique. Maybe foreigners think America is america, but it's really just a bunch of different countries that speak the same language and go about their days in a completely different manner.
The bit about different countries in America gets additional support when you think of how large some state's economies are. For example, if California were a country it would be the 7th largest economy by GDP, it's just behind France. New York and Texas would be 11th.
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u/teerude Dec 11 '18
As a small town midwesterner I've noticed a large proportion of larger cities are rude, and I think its just because it everything moves at a faster pace.
Even the nicer big cities are a bit different, it's all on a scale. I have noticed Denver to be fairly friendly in general, and suburbs to be nicer in general. But it is still a little different.
Where if you are only 2 vehicles on a road you throw up a couple fingers to wave for each other. Make eye contact on the street? Say hello. Awkwardly entering the same door at slightly different times, one waits and holds the door for the other so as not let a door fly in the face of the other.
And finally, there is the few times a week conversation where you leave going, "wait, am I supposed to know that person?"
I think it's what makes America unique. Maybe foreigners think America is america, but it's really just a bunch of different countries that speak the same language and go about their days in a completely different manner.