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Janet

In article >, says...
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> On Sat, 07 Jan 2017 11:40:08 -0800, sf > wrote:
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> >On Sun, 08 Jan 2017 06:26:04 +1100, Jeßus > wrote:
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> >> On Sat, 07 Jan 2017 11:22:13 -0800, sf > wrote:
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> >> >On Sat, 07 Jan 2017 14:44:16 +1100, Bruce >
> >> >wrote:
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> >> >> On Fri, 06 Jan 2017 18:21:52 -0800, sf > wrote:
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> >> >> >On Sat, 07 Jan 2017 12:38:40 +1100, Bruce >
> >> >> >wrote:
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> >> >> >> Are you saying that the content of stranger chit chat is
> >> >> >> geographically determined?
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Often. Sometimes it's culturally based, but it's definitely more
> >> >> >common outside large urban areas. I was brought up in the country and
> >> >> >have no problem striking up a conversation with the person behind me
> >> >> >in line. I'm always surprised (but not offended) when someone strikes
> >> >> >up a conversation with me, because it's behavior that's out of the
> >> >> >social norm for this particular area.
> >> >>
> >> >> I guess big city people are more into stranger danger.
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> >> >We live closer together and feel no need to reach out to strangers.
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> >> I think it's more a westerner thing rather than anything to do with
> >> living closer together.
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> >I think you'll find other North Americans who disagree with that
> >up-thread. Small town and rural Americans can be quite friendly with
> >strangers.
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> I would have thought so too. What I meant is westerners tend to not
> converse to strangers in bigger towns and cities.

That's too sweeping a generalisation. Northerners in Britain tend to be
much friendlier and chattier to strangers than southerners.. in both
cities and rural areas.

Janet.