Can you truly say that you live in a place with friendly people?

dseag2

dseag2

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I frequently walk around the lake near our house. I was walking today and actually had a guy walk alongside me and talk to me about the weather and how he was walking to "loosen his joints". Another guy passed me and wished me a Happy New Year. Sometimes bicyclists tell me to have a good day. I've shared a story about a woman I met at the grocery store with a Mazda Miata and we exchanged names and talked about careers. It is just the way people are in Dallas.

We lived in South Florida for almost 20 years and were starved for human interaction. We would have thought anyone talking to us was crazy but now it is so refreshing. Makes me believe in humanity again. Anyone else?
 
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Texans are generally pretty laid back in my opinion. At least that's the impression I got from a handful of visits. I also lived in Tampa, Florida for a couple of years. Lots of grumpy old folks, me included. I liked conversations but never was one to initiate it and I guess that's most old folks' mentality as well. And college kids just kept to their own circle.
 
RFW said:
Texans are generally pretty laid back in my opinion. At least that's the impression I got from a handful of visits. I also lived in Tampa, Florida for a couple of years. Lots of grumpy old folks, me included. I liked conversations but never was one to initiate it and I guess that's most old folks' mentality as well. And college kids just kept to their own circle.
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I grew up in Tampa. Lived in Dana Shores, across from Rock Point Golf Course. Lived there from 1966 to 1988, when my company moved me to South Florida. Tampa is no where as grumpy as Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, but I wouldn't want to go back there.
 
dseag2 said:
I grew up in Tampa. Lived in Dana Shores, across from Rock Point Golf Course. Lived there from 1966 to 1988, when my company moved me to South Florida. Tampa is no where as grumpy as Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, but I wouldn't want to go back there.
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Definitely no contest when you compare it to the epitome of grumpiness aka Miami. :ROFLMAO:
I think the tourists pissed me off more than anything though. But yes, just a few years and I was outta there.
 
I have interesting neighbors.
The house on my right had a husband & wife that were very nice (they're both gone now). The wife was a heavy drinker. I found out she was a retired stunt woman; maybe she drank because of pain from past injuries. She would drop by several times (always with a drink in her hand) & ask to handle my large Boa Constrictor; she loved him, even though he was 11 ft. & 80 lbs. (almost as much as she weighed). After 30 minutes or so, with him wrapped around her, I'd say, "Well, uh....... I have to go to work.....can I have him back?" I think she liked him more than she liked her husband.
After they both passed, someone bought the property & demolished the house & built a new house. The new owner repeatedly asked me if I would sell him my house; he wanted to expand his property & maybe build some rental units on it. After I said "No, I'm not interested in selling," he stopped saying "Hello" to me & just ignored me, even when I said, "Hi."
LOL - "If you won't help me make money, I have no use for you........." 😂 What a putz.
 
win231 said:
I have interesting neighbors.
The house on my right had a husband & wife that were very nice (they're both gone now). The wife was a heavy drinker. I found out she was a retired stunt woman; maybe she drank because of pain from past injuries. She would drop by several times (always with a drink in her hand) & ask to handle my large Boa Constrictor; she loved him, even though he was 11 ft. & 80 lbs. (almost as much as she weighed). After 30 minutes or so, with him wrapped around her, I'd say, "Well, uh....... I have to go to work.....can I have him back?" I think she liked him more than she liked her husband.
After they both passed, someone bought the property & demolished the house & built a new house. The new owner repeatedly asked me if I would sell him my house; he wanted to expand his property & maybe build some rental units on it. After I said "No, I'm not interested in selling," he stopped saying "Hello" to me & just ignored me, even when I said, "Hi."
LOL - "If you won't help me make money, I have no use for you........." 😂 What a putz.
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Did somebody say snake?

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A handful of immediate neighbors are friendly, and most of the teenagers like to talk baseball and basketball with me, but you have to be wary outside the gates here. I pay attention to my surroundings, watch people's hands, look for lumps under their hoodies, stuff like that. Also, I'm not a very large man, but I do look intimidating in my gaawn ow'tuda hood clothes.
 
My very near by neighbors are very friendly, but usually in a different language. Despite what a bartender once told @grahamg NYC is loaded with friendly people, and since I am friendly too all is well.
Have had many a lovely, memorable one time conversations with total strangers.
 
Everyone in this small city is very friendly. Driving a mobility chair makes people want to help me. They will stop traffic for me, even though I am capable of getting across the street without them doing so. I appreciate it. Everyone says hi or good morning, even the kids. In the grocery store if I can't reach something someone will assist me (not employees).

My friend across the hall got her mobility chair stuck in slush trying to cross the street and a young guy stopped his car and put his flashers on and jumped out to help her to the corner. She was very thankful because she could not have done it herself.
 
Pepper said:
My very near by neighbors are very friendly, but usually in a different language. Despite what a bartender once told @grahamg NYC is loaded with friendly people, and since I am friendly too all is well.
Have had many a lovely, memorable one time conversations with total strangers.
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I have found people in the city to be very friendly and helpful whenever I was there. People just start talking to you wherever you are.
 
I live in a friendly area, I moved here just over a year ago.

Where I lived before was not friendly at all, yet it is only
a mile away, if I said hi or hello, they looked at me as if I
had two heads.

This place is for people over 55 years, the only people here
are mainly older and I suppose that they are pleased that
somebody speaks to them.

Mike.
 
People are clannish where I live. Someone once told me that you could live in the area for 20 years, and still be considered an outsider. A number of people are still flying weathered “former guy” flags on their front lawn. One street over, someone is flying a Confederate flag. “Go Brandon” and anti-vax slogans may be seen parading on pickup trucks. One learns to dress down and hide their education here…
 
dseag2 said:
I frequently walk around the lake near our house. I was walking today and actually had a guy walk alongside me and talk to me about the weather and how he was walking to "loosen his joints". Another guy passed me and wished me a Happy New Year. Sometimes bicyclists tell me to have a good day. I've shared a story about a woman I met at the grocery store with a Mazda Miata and we exchanged names and talked about careers. It is just the way people are in Dallas.

We lived in South Florida for almost 20 years and were starved for human interaction. We would have thought anyone talking to us was crazy but now it is so refreshing. Makes me believe in humanity again. Anyone else?
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I can certainly put in a good word for Richmond, VA. Our neighbors are all friendly. Interactions with people in stores, on the street, etc. all seem to go well. We used to live in a New York suburb and it wasn't like that, although people were generally decent. People don't seem to have much reason to keep their guard up around here.
 
Most of my neighbors are quite friendly, typical of much of Utah.
dseag2 said:
I grew up in Tampa.
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I grew up in Dunedin, just across the bay. Lived there from the mid 50s to 68. We also lived in Tarpon Springs for a while. I always found folks friendly. As an adult I lived in Franklin county, south of Tallahassee for a long time, people there were even friendlier. Never lived in South Florida.
 
dseag2 said:
I frequently walk around the lake near our house. I was walking today and actually had a guy walk alongside me and talk to me about the weather and how he was walking to "loosen his joints". Another guy passed me and wished me a Happy New Year. Sometimes bicyclists tell me to have a good day. I've shared a story about a woman I met at the grocery store with a Mazda Miata and we exchanged names and talked about careers. It is just the way people are in Dallas.

We lived in South Florida for almost 20 years and were starved for human interaction. We would have thought anyone talking to us was crazy but now it is so refreshing. Makes me believe in humanity again. Anyone else?
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Yes, I go to a senior center and they are very friendly! Of course, I have lived in Texas all my life and being friendly is just the norm here. Texas Spoken Friendly is a saying here.
 
There are certain areas where I live where people that my husband and I come across while taking walks or hiking are rather social or nice and other settings people just want to be avoided and just do there thing and get home. We frequent many walking trails in my area and the people are always friendly on those, but many times when I go grocery shopping people seem in a mood of let me get what I want and get out and back home without saying a word or looking at anyone.
 
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