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Originally Posted by starrider434
Yea I would get on some dating sites if I were to ever move back to Boise...and try that out...cause Boise was not near as friendly in my eyes, as some people say it is, but, that was years ago, when I was there....folks seemed very standoffish, and sort of cringed when approached. I actually hated it, so I left. But who knows, Boise could be a warmer place on the interior of folks these days. I sure met some morons there too, back then. Just being honest.
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It's not. People just like to think their city is better than anywhere else on the globe.
Look, Boise is a MUCH smaller town than Seattle or Portland. So of course it's going to seem friendlier. And overall, it probably is friendlier, because we have less grime, crime, more trust, and less stress. It's an apples to oranges comparison.
Talk about
neighborhoods if you want to compare with Boise. And some neighborhoods in both Seattle and Portland are pretty dang friendly.
But overall I think all 3 places in general have that northwest "freeze" thing. I was born here, and the best way I can explain it is that it is just our culture to want to be left alone, and to leave people alone. We're just more insular. It's why people move here; it's why they stay here. And, naturally, that makes it harder to establish a closer group of friends.
All of my friend groups seem to be distributed by hobbies. All my whitewater buds pretty much only do whitewater together; all my dirt biking friends only dirt bike. I have some friends who we do dinners or BBQs with. There is little bleed over in activities... and most people I know find it is the same with their friends too.
Is that common everywhere?
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