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You think so? In my experience people here will use any excuse to speak to you.
Maybe it's that way inside the city for twenty or thirty somethings. I live in Douglas County and people seem to use any excuse not to speak to folks they don't already know. Even parents you've met at other kids birthday parties act like that. Once the ice is broken though most people are friendly.
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Indianapolis and Cincinnati would have to be two of the most introverted cities by far that I've been to. Probably due to majority of people having Germanic ancestry. People get a bit friendlier towards the Great Lakes and quite a bit friendlier into the South.
<sigh> Seriously, why is it so hard to simply WRITE, "Which cities have the largest proportion of introverted or extroverted people?" THAT would be clear and correct. Asking what "city" is the most introverted is just, well, silly, since CITIES cannot be introverted or extroverted -- but the people IN THEM can be.
See, that wasn't hard at all, was it?
Because that's not the question - it has to do with culture, not population proportions. And it's just easier to use metonymy than spell everything out exhaustingly.
People are consistently leaving out what I believe to be the most introverted city in the country by a mile - San Jose.
I'm not sure if that's because people lump it in with San Francisco or because it's not a place people typically think about or are familiar with, but San Jose makes DC, Boston, Seattle and San Francisco seem like Nashville in comparison. Due to Silicon Valley and maybe other reasons, the culture is so inherently inward facing - people never interact or even make eye contact unless they know each other. I'd argue this vibe extends up the Peninsula as well.
People are consistently leaving out what I believe to be the most introverted city in the country by a mile - San Jose.
I'm not sure if that's because people lump it in with San Francisco or because it's not a place people typically think about or are familiar with, but San Jose makes DC, Boston, Seattle and San Francisco seem like Nashville in comparison. Due to Silicon Valley and maybe other reasons, the culture is so inherently inward facing - people never interact or even make eye contact unless they know each other. I'd argue this vibe extends up the Peninsula as well.
People never interact in San Jose? That's literally not possible. Never make eye contact? Come on...
People never interact in San Jose? That's literally not possible. Never make eye contact? Come on...
Obviously, I'm exaggerating to make a point. I'm just saying the level of introversion in San Jose and its immediate suburbs is next level. Other cities people are listing here - San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, etc - don't come anywhere close to San Jose/Silicon Valley.
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