"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 7 Jan 2017 14:32:53 -0800, "Cheri" >
> wrote:
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>>"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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>>> On Sat, 7 Jan 2017 12:35:34 -0800, "Cheri" >
>>> wrote:
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>>>>"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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>>>>> On Sat, 07 Jan 2017 11:40:08 -0800, sf > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>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:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >On Sat, 07 Jan 2017 14:44:16 +1100, Bruce >
>>>>>>> >wrote:
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >> On Fri, 06 Jan 2017 18:21:52 -0800, sf > wrote:
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> >On Sat, 07 Jan 2017 12:38:40 +1100, Bruce
>>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>>> >> >wrote:
>>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>>> >> >> 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.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >We live closer together and feel no need to reach out to strangers.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think it's more a westerner thing rather than anything to do with
>>>>>>> living closer together.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>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.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would have thought so too. What I meant is westerners tend to not
>>>>> converse to strangers in bigger towns and cities. I found that not to
>>>>> be the case in Phnom Penh, for example. Very friendly people and
>>>>> willing to chat. Interestingly, that includes other westerners there
>>>>> on holidays too, come to think of it.
>>>>
>>>>I think it depends on the person in any city, if you give off a
>>>>stand-offish
>>>>air, people probably won't strike up a conversation with you, whereas
>>>>friendly, outgoing people probably attract the same.
>>>
>>> That's true, but a stand-offish air seems to be infectious in such
>>> places.
>>>
>>>> I've never been in any
>>>>big city where people tended not to converse.
>>>
>>> I have. That's not to say *nobody* will chat with a stranger though.
>>
>>The panhandlers will chat with anybody in a lot of big cities. ;-)
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> Yes, they're highly motivated

LOL, for sure, and they usually win with me.

Cheri