This is definitely true. Here in Boston no one talks to each other (people usually run around with their heads down) so it does seem strange when someone talks to you out of the blue. Usually when it happens it is someone who is from somewhere else.
Originally Posted by
AdamDZ
But that's just it: we (in USA urban areas) are so used to people ignoring each other that when some stranger wants to chat we think it's weird
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