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Well written article, but there are good people all over the globe.
I know. But apparently friendliness is exceptional here. People who move here or visit here are always amazed by how friendly Pittsburghers are.
I guess it would be hard to understand for people who have never been to Pittsburgh.
I hear horror stories from friends who live in other areas of the country, not even from Pittsburgh. I'm just shocked at how people aren't friendly/neighborly elsewhere.
My one friend, who was from California, was disturbed by neighbors who waved and said hello when she moved out of California. She'd never experienced that. It made her uncomfortable. She's use to people ignoring each other and she felt like people were invading her privacy by simply noticing her. Can you imagine? (She's just one example.)
I want to move, but I don't want to make the mistake of moving to the wrong place. I'm sure people are neighborly in the South, but we've already established in this thread that I wouldn't fit in down there. LOL
I know. But apparently friendliness is exceptional here. People who move here or visit here are always amazed by how friendly Pittsburghers are.
I guess it would be hard to understand for people who have never been to Pittsburgh.
I hear horror stories from friends who live in other areas of the country, not even from Pittsburgh. I'm just shocked at how people aren't friendly/neighborly elsewhere.
My one friend, who was from California, was disturbed by neighbors who waved and said hello when she moved out of California. She'd never experienced that. It made her uncomfortable. She's use to people ignoring each other and she felt like people were invading her privacy by simply noticing her. Can you imagine? (She's just one example.)
I want to move, but I don't want to make the mistake of moving to the wrong place. I'm sure people are neighborly in the South, but we've already established in this thread that I wouldn't fit in down there. LOL
I think the biggest obstacle is that one has to change one's mindset. You cannot move expecting to find what you have just left behind, if you do that, you will only be disappointed (generic you). You have to go into it with eyes wide open, and I think you have to be proactive such as go to your new neighbors instead of waiting for them to come to you, etc. I have a big mouth and am always introducing myself to people, so far so good, only hooked an Amway couple once !
I think the biggest obstacle is that one has to change one's mindset. You cannot move expecting to find what you have just left behind, if you do that, you will only be disappointed (generic you). You have to go into it with eyes wide open, and I think you have to be proactive such as go to your new neighbors instead of waiting for them to come to you, etc. I have a big mouth and am always introducing myself to people, so far so good, only hooked an Amway couple once !
I'd definitely be proactive. Amway, too funny! Well, we'll see. We have two more years before we're ready to leave the area. Lots of time to pick our destination.
I think the biggest obstacle is that one has to change one's mindset. You cannot move expecting to find what you have just left behind, if you do that, you will only be disappointed (generic you). You have to go into it with eyes wide open, and I think you have to be proactive such as go to your new neighbors instead of waiting for them to come to you, etc. I have a big mouth and am always introducing myself to people, so far so good, only hooked an Amway couple once !
This is exactly right. People leave somewhere they've lived all their life and are comfortable in, move somewhere else then complain that it's not friendly or the people are standoffish or overly familiar or nosey or whatever. Of course it's not going to be the same! You (again, generic) left somewhere where you knew everyone and everywhere and all the little ins and outs and peculiarities and moved somewhere you don't already know these things. It will feel "unfriendly" at first but that isn't necessarily what it really is. I've moved all my life. My experience is it takes a good year or two to stop feeling like an outsider. But that's not the "fault" of the new place. It's just an adjustment period.
That article is NOT the norm in CA. And I knew all of my neighbors in CA. Always. Even when they didn't speak English. I think that's the standard actually. The joke in CA is if you start talking to someone in line at the store you'll hear their entire life's story and get invited over for dinner.
I had a car that had a major battery-connection problem. That thing would conk out anywhere. All I had to do was pop the hood and stand next to it for 60 seconds and 5 guys (including the illegals) would give me a boost and ask if I was OK to drive home.
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Yep...I've lived or had family in pretty much every area of the country. Good people are everywhere....
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