This is my eleventh year in the US and it never stop to amaze me how some
things go 180 when they travel across the pond.
In my experience, many things are opposite here unlike the ways us the
Europeans are accustomed to. In the biggest cities, people are more polite
than in the rest of the country. I live close to New York and visit Boston
often. I never came across a rude person anywhere (I am sure they exist), in
fact, often when we sit at a corner and look at the map, trying to figure out
where to go, someone would approach us and help us out. Never driven in New
York, but have during rush hour in Boston and felt like on another planet when
I turn the blinker to change lines and the cars slow down so I could have the
space. This never happens in the Midwest, where by signaling your intentions,
you risk being overrun by a giant SUV (mandatory OM content?)
I made the mistake of bringing a stroller to an art fair in one of the cities
in the Midwest where I used to live and could not make through the first few
boots, got back to the car and left. Learned my lesson pretty quickly. People
were taking advantage of the fact that I could not maneuvering as fast as they
could, there was even an incident when while I was waiting to pass, someone
casually leaned against the stroller, so he could not lose his balance and harm
my child while going over it?.stuff like this never happened here. On the
contrary, it has been very easy to navigate through crowds.
No offense to the Midwesteners on this list whom I found very courteous and
polite (most of the time :-)...) I have never been in the South and do not
know much about it, except that is very hot.
Cheers
Boris
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