Comments on: Warning: People are Really Friendly Here!

By: zee

zee — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 06:44:46 +0000

excuse me, new yorkers are nice. today a guy i met at the can & bottle deposit machines voluntarily gave me a stray can from his enormous cart of bottles.

By: adamahata

adamahata — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:53:19 +0000

Actually, I believe that it’s easier to be insane in the land of the sane vs. sane in the land of the insane (or weird).

By: Nicky

Nicky — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:37:19 +0000

When I helped a woman with her bags in the Subway here in New York, she declined at first thinking I was going to steal her bags.. So, I smiled and said, “no, I just think it’ll be easier for me to bring them up than it is for you.” So, she let me…but then stood there agog for about 5 minutes. hahaha!

Ah yes, the people in New York certainly think I’m very, very weird. I am a native San Franciscan.

It must be much easier being in San Francisco as a New Yorker, than the reverse, I imagine..

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By: adamahata

adamahata — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:25:56 +0000

Oliver, while I appreciate your flattery, I just can’t believe it’s my amazing good looks and incredibly well toned sense of style that elicits friendliness for the local denizens. I have heard similar stories from dozens of others, both full-time San Franciscans and guests. And while I do agree with you that the northeast happens to have a particularly grumpiness about it, and many other cities has friendlier people – I think there is something particularly weird about the extent of the graciousness of people in San Francisco.

By: peggyluwho

peggyluwho — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:28:33 +0000

You should stop by Oakland some time. The other day, a fellow bicyclist rang his bell at me . . just to say ‘hi’. He might have even been flirting.

Of course, last month someone also spit on me.

So, you see, our friendliness is tempered in the East Bay.

By: Oliver Young

Oliver Young — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:37:22 +0000

Adam, as a native midwesterner I have to step in here. It’s actually the case that ANY city off the east coast has people this friendly. Even big ones like Chicago, Dallas, Denver, St. Louis, and my hometown of Detroit. When I moved to Boston it took me a while to get used to how unfriendly and angry everyone was — I think there is just something about the northeast corridor that makes people mad.

Alternatively it might be the case that you are just super attractive in this city and most of these people are hitting on you. You are quite the handsome man, and well dressed to boot.