Do you find Bostonians to be friendly-or cold people? (Everett: to buy, theater)

[bwatkin5]

Originally Posted by MovingForward

I don't see any reason for sexist commentary on how attractive women in Boston either are or are not. You sound like you have a problem with women, in general.

Some people like to make anything into a sexist or racist comment just for drama. You don't have to be considering appearance to be an ugly person. Being flat out rude can make you ugly just as well.

[theSUBlime]

On average I find them relatively cold. There are nice people and I was definitely wary of MBTA operators. I mean I don't know if you can really blame the Bostonians--gotta make that train, have to work enough hours to get that paycheck (for that expensive apartment,) and deal with people in the same situation, in a very dense setting. It's pretty mind-warping.

Boston's nice though...even though it's cold too!

[Huckleberry3911948]

cold, very smart or very good hockey players (hockey players get cold too)
the good news very good scrod in Boston. also i went out with a boston girl
but she was very cold.

[caligirl1082]

I recently moved to Boston and cannot believe how unfriendly and cold the people here are. I am constantly amazed!! every day I get frustrated, and subsequently pissed off because of how the majority of people act. I am used to striking up conversations with random people while standing in the grocery store line, talking to check out clerks, etc. - not here. I actually had one older lady laugh at me when I held a door open for her - wow!!!

[Bostonian08]

Originally Posted by caligirl1082

I recently moved to Boston and cannot believe how unfriendly and cold the people here are. I am constantly amazed!! every day I get frustrated, and subsequently pissed off because of how the majority of people act. I am used to striking up conversations with random people while standing in the grocery store line, talking to check out clerks, etc. - not here. I actually had one older lady laugh at me when I held a door open for her - wow!!!

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Yup, welcome to Boston Caligirl. Wipe that ridiculous grin off your face and put on the sour puss. Sexual predators read smiles as an invitation here. I'm kidding!

I had a friend from San Fran come in and just start gabbing with everyone on the bus. The friendly bus driver said "where're you from, honey?", which is read by the Bostonians as "so what dopey-friendly midwestern state are you from?"

I think the average expression of a Boston college girl walking down the street is the same as the blue ghosts on PacMan after you eat the fruit ....



Oh well, what can ya do?!

[theSUBlime]

Originally Posted by Bostonian08

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I had a friend from San Fran come in and just start gabbing with everyone on the bus. The friendly bus driver said "where're you from, honey?", which is read by the Bostonians as "so what dopey-friendly midwestern state are you from?"

[continued conversation]

SF friend: "A normal place, where people talk to eachother! That is what people do..."

Bus diver: "Sure you're not from around here"?

[TomDot]

Originally Posted by caligirl1082

I recently moved to Boston and cannot believe how unfriendly and cold the people here are. I am constantly amazed!! every day I get frustrated, and subsequently pissed off because of how the majority of people act. I am used to striking up conversations with random people while standing in the grocery store line, talking to check out clerks, etc. - not here. I actually had one older lady laugh at me when I held a door open for her - wow!!!

Well, what do you look like?
Sorry! I have a hard time believing that anyone would laugh at you when you held the door for them. Don't lie to make a point please.

I have been to California many times and the self absorbed-ness and conceit of the people there is truly ugly. I went there with my guy friends and we met several groups of friendly, cute girls who we had a great time with.
One group was from Abington and the other group was from Revere.

[TomDot]

Originally Posted by bwatkin5

People tend to butt into other people's business here and like to pick fights for no reason. Me and my fiancee mind our own business, but people like to start trouble here in general. Some guy at the park was lecturing me about how to treat my dog because I pulled him back to keep a dog from biting ours. He wanted to fight me because I made it clear it wasn't his business because it wasn't. People seem to practically stand on top of you and walk on your heels instead of being decent and walking around you or backing off. Also, "excuse me" is a phrase that does exist. Dont stand there and look at me expecting me to move for you. Dont shove your way in to get something when I am looking at something myself. I really dont care how important you think you are because it doesn't give you the right to talk down to me or disrespect me.

Anyway, we like large towns and cities. She grew up close to LA, so size isn't a shock. I love Medford and nobody can beat the food you can get around here. We're totally looking forward to the summer and exploring the Cape and doing whatever else we can. I know there are tons of things to do here. I just think some people need to be a little more responsible and act like grown-ups. Being ignorant and getting killed by being stupid isn't going to prove anything.

I have lived here my whole life and I can honestly say that I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. People in Boston do not butt into other people's business, they do not like to start trouble, and they do not try to fight you over dog abuse. I seriously doubt that anyone who is going to chastise you over your treatment of your dog is going to be the kind of person who starts fights anyway.
I hear the phrase excuse me whenever it is called for, people are not on my heels, ever! And People here do not shove their way into anything. It also seems to me that you are encountering a lot of celebrities from the way you mention how often you and your fiance' hear or experience the "do you know who I am? phenomenon.
The problems are all yours and I doubt that anywhere in the world would be adequate for you.
And another thing, the women of Boston are outstanding!

[bwatkin5]

Originally Posted by TomDot

I have lived here my whole life and I can honestly say that I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. People in Boston do not butt into other people's business, they do not like to start trouble, and they do not try to fight you over dog abuse. I seriously doubt that anyone who is going to chastise you over your treatment of your dog is going to be the kind of person who starts fights anyway.
I hear the phrase excuse me whenever it is called for, people are not on my heels, ever! And People here do not shove their way into anything. It also seems to me that you are encountering a lot of celebrities from the way you mention how often you and your fiance' hear or experience the "do you know who I am? phenomenon.
The problems are all yours and I doubt that anywhere in the world would be adequate for you.
And another thing, the women of Boston are outstanding!

I'd like to know what rock you live under then. You must not live anywhere near Boston. People constantly butt into people's business around here. We take our baby out of the house and people are telling us how to raise our child. They tell us we need to put a blanket on the baby's feet when it's 70-80 degrees outside. I have been shopping in Woburn, Chelsea, Everett, and Cambridge and no one says excuse me when it is needed. They either walk into you, walk in front of you, or move your stuff because they are oh so important. If people don't try to start trouble at dog parks about the treatment of your dog, you may want to tell the 50 or so people that saw it happen that they were seeing things and that everyone here is a perfect little angel.

There are places adequate enough for me. I defend Boston to my fiancee's negative experiences so far. She hates it hear because no one has shown her any respect thus far, except a couple random people (probably tourists)on the subway being nice to her when she was pregnant. I'm willing to give it a chance here because I know the travel and exploring you can do here will be fun. It's just sad that the only nice people you can really meet here tend to come from somewhere else.

I think there would be a ton of people disagree with your distorted view of the women here.

[rabidskwirl]

The people from outside MA are pretty friendly and those from MA who grew up middle class are also friendly, and if you come here to work at a good company chances are those are the people you will interact with most of the time.

However, the blue collar Bahstahnites are in general not very friendly. If you live in a good neighborhood, you won't have to live near any of them. And most of your interactions with them will take place on the road (unfortunately). I also have found a difference from town to town... for example, I think people in Waltham are a lot more friendly than people in Watertown.

I can scold myself for generalizing and engaging in class warfare, so nobody else need bother