Yes, we've heard that you want to move away from LI, but I've also lived here
all my life, and have to agree with Boris on the NY aspect of his comment.
Generally considerate people here, and have never heard about nor experienced a
"road rage" situaion like you hear about on the L.A."free"ways, etc. Never been
to Boston, or heard anything about it.
Larry
John Hermanson wrote:
> That's odd. I've lived here all my life. Boston is known for the rudest,
> most aggressive drivers, same or worse than NYC. Slowing down to let you in
> because of a blinker? Funny, must have been someone visiting from out of
> state. ;-)
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Boris Grigorov" <alienspecimen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 11:16 AM
> Subject: [OM] Re: Parisian arrogance, high-speed films and something OM
> related.....Re: [OM] Re: Airport X-ray
>
> 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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