Thank God I’m a city boy

[supergee]

City polite versus country polite

Thanx to andrewducker

Comments

[minoanmiss]

Word. Up with cities and getting out of peoples' way.

[kaffy_r]

I read this to BB, and he agreed. I think an additional factor is even simpler than the theory put forth here; in the city, you're not as apt to meet people you know in your day to day travels, and if you don't have the experience of speaking to strangers as a kid, or watching your family members do so, you're not going to assay it as an adult.

[weofodthignen]

Yes. And the "Don't meet people's eyes on the subway, they have little enough privacy" thing needs explaining too; I remember explaining just that on LJ years ago to someone who'd moved to NYC.

[marahmarie]

Your title's hilarious (familiar with/like the song it's based on).