On Mon, 9 Jan 2017 10:47:15 -0800 (PST), "
> wrote:

>On Monday, January 9, 2017 at 10:33:16 AM UTC-6, Gary wrote:
>> Ophelia wrote:
>> >
>> > "Gary" wrote:
>> >
>> > Ophelia wrote:
>> > >
>> > > For a while we were moving around with D's work. I had thought all
>> > > northern
>> > > cities would be the most friendly. The two places that defied that were
>> > > ....
>> > > Oxford (very friendly) and Manchester (hostile) For those that don't
>> > > know,
>> > > Oxford is south and meant to be very 'posh') Manchester is in
>> > > Lancashire.
>> > > The least said about that the better
>> >
>> > I have two close friends that grew up in Manchester. The nicest people
>> > I've ever known. I don't understand why you have such a bad attitude
>> > about the area.
>> >
>> > ==================
>> >
>> > Why? Because you know two people who grew up there????
>>
>> Yes and both of those unrelated people are very nice. For you to say
>> people
>> in Manchester are hostile isn't right. Maybe you just met the wrong
>> people.
>> Maybe YOU came across bad to them. It's wrong to diss an entire city
>> just
>> from your limited experience. Every place has good and bad people.
>>
>>
>High 5. Gary!
>
>We had an IBM CE several years ago that hailed from Manchester.
>Nicest fellow you'd ever want to meet; chatty, friendly, and
>knew what he was doing. We could just as easily say everyone
>in Scotland is an ostrich but we know that would be a lie.

If the only Scot you ever met was an ostrich, it's tempting to draw
that conclusion.