Originally Posted by
tandempower
If you find public interaction with strangers awkward and uncomfortable, driving may be preferable to biking/walking, because it involves less threat of lingering interaction. You don't have to spend as long pretending to ignore passersby while actually being focused on waiting for the moment they are past so that you can stop avoiding looking in their direction.
Working in New York City my entire life, the only people making interaction with strangers are usually the homeless asking for money! LOL. NYC is a very lonely place to be if you have no friends or family.
In general, unless you go out of your way to make interaction, it's highly unlikely people will approach you. If you're a woman, it might be different depending on what you're wearing.
Having said that, I suspect living in the middle of no where may very well invite more conversation. Simply because a town with a population of 200 hundred might view a complete stranger as a conversation piece since there is very little going on.
On second thought, maybe I'm wrong!
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