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Originally Posted by pigeonhole
@ tvdxer : I'm going to stay for a few weeks next spring in the PNW (Seattle-Portland), can you tell me if people are warm or not there? I'm eager to know!
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hey people refer to seattle phenomena as the seattle freeze-and say it's hard to penetrate already formed social circles.
people in CA are friendly/open,but not deep with conversation. And urban people are usually busy everywhere,so they may not be closed,but busy.
And in NE,folks are friendly but reserved. It takes more time to get to know them. I would not say NE folks are 'adolescent' or 'gushing',as one poster put it,at all!!!!! I mean,really. Have you been to MA or NH or VT? Maine? Hardly gushers!!!! lol
Folks in MT and CO where i've lived multiple years each are friendly enough,but keep to themselves doing their own thing,mainly. If you strike up a conversation,they will chat,usually. BUt not supe rforthcomign with info. depends on the sphere of people/context,too.
This is kind of a silly thread. I have lived around the world,too,and there are degrees of friendiliness.
But mostly,what we might consider 'friendly',maybe culturally what is consider polite or etiquette somewhere else.
In the US,we may tell a total stranger about some personal detail of our lives,while standing in a parking lot,but we would not invite someone we didn't know to dinner,generally speaking. But in another country,it may be an honor or a privelege to do just this,or certainly just an accepted and expected custom. Rude not to. In the US,one usually brings something to a hosts's house;in other places i've visited,it would be rude,as though you were telling the host they could not accomodate you.
However,I do think americans are generally generous of spirit and helpful. We just don't usually notice who needs that helping hand. Ask us,and we're there in a heartbeat. Wait for us to offer or notice,and,well,you might be waiting awhile....
there is subjective defintion/paradigm at work here,and no way to weed out this variable when discussing it,i think.
Same with britts thinkign americans are too open.
I think britts should take the plug out of their butts most of the time.
just kidding-love me some english humor,anyway. And there i go with my abrasive american type of vulgar joking!
Better get me to an Aussie,quick. They understand our kind!!!!