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Pittsburgh is a city where you will see a Soccer Mom carrying a conversation with a Transvestite while both wait on the Bus and the conversation will be about this humidity is doing to their hair.
I was specially looking for information on how local culture impacted people being open to small talk with strangers.
I think you might find that people in smaller cities/towns are much more open to conversation with strangers than in larger cities due to several factors...crime, homelessness, faster pace, etc.
Although I will engage a stranger in a store/bar/similar setting, I won't usually on the street/in a parking lot/on the subway/etc. The latter are most often people trying to get your attention for all the wrong reasons, so I find it best to avoid it most of the time.
Philadelphia, Pa. They be just budding in in your conversation. Happens everyday when I'm talking to friends. They be like: did you know it's gonna be rainy today? They're always random.
That's my experience in Philadelphia--especially outside of center city.
The town with the nicest people I have ever been to was Little Rock Arkansas. Everyone I came in contact with wanted to chat and was so friendly. Then we drove to Northwet Arkansas which is full of transplants and northerners and while people were generally polite I could really feel the difference. Little Rock is a true southern town and so friendly.
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In my experience New Orleans, San Diego, and NYC were the easiest to strike up a conversation with a stranger. In SD it was usually in line at the store. NOLA and NYC in a bar. Also at the Yankees game we went to it was easy to talk to the people around us, we actually met up with them a night or two later in Manhattan.
In my limited experience I found San Diego people friendly to strangers.
The town with the nicest people I have ever been to was Little Rock Arkansas. Everyone I came in contact with wanted to chat and was so friendly. Then we drove to Northwet Arkansas which is full of transplants and northerners and while people were generally polite I could really feel the difference. Little Rock is a true southern town and so friendly.
I sat next to someone on a flight who lives right outside of Little Rock and we talked the entire time. Another kudos for Little Rock I guess. Most everyone else had a scowl on their face (not saying where the flight was heading).
I was also charmed by how friendly the people who live in the suburbs of Las Vegas are.
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Most everyone else had a scowl on their face (not saying where the flight was heading).
