I’ve been in Atlanta about nine months now. It’s certainly true that people are much friendlier here. By “here”, I mean that I’m not “there” anymore. It’s my first real time south of Washington, D.C. and west of…Washington. I had heard there was a (north) east stereotype and being outside of that I’m starting to believe it.
Well, maybe “non-friendly” isn’t the word. The way I see, people in Atlanta from what I see are much more conversationable. That is, they’re more likely to strike up a talk with total strangers. In New York, I always felt that people were generally friendly. If you needed assistance, they would help you. However, otherwise, people pretty much kept to themselves. There was always this “ice” up between strangers and no one ever wanted to break it. Maybe there are more weirdos up there, or at least the perception that there are. Would New York be a nicer place if everyone treated strangers as friends? It would certainly seem friendlier. Or, is it better to keep one’s guard up for the sake of protection?
It Atlanta, there is much less ice. Not only because by August it will be 95 every day.
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