On 2017-01-07 12:02 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Jan 2017 23:11:50 -0500, jmcquown >
>
> I've found that folks living in downtown large citys tend not to be in
> any way sociable with anyone they don't know. In small towns anyone
> passing on the street will get at least "Hi, nice weather today"... at
> the market checkout a minimum two minute conversation is required lest
> you're thought "Not quite right".

My father grew up in Beeton, a small town in southern Ontario. We used
to go for a drive up there once in a while when we lived in Mississauga.
My mother always used to wave to people on the street, much to my
father's embarrassment, but she would tease him and say that's what you
do in small towns. One Saturday afternoon we drove through the town and
stopped at the (one and only) stop sign. One of the locals came running
over and said "Aren't you little Donny Smith?".