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http://wikitravel.org/ http://wikitravel.org/ does a reasonable job of this. Obviously it's difficult explaining the culture of a nation in a few dozen paragrap
by alextgordon 16y ago
http://wikitravel.org/ http://wikitravel.org/ does a reasonable job of this. Obviously it's difficult explaining the culture of a nation in a few dozen paragraphs, and doubly so on a wiki.
For example (http://wikitravel.org/en/Britain#Respect http://wikitravel.org/en/Britain#Respect):
Allow some personal space between you and others in queues and elsewhere.
You will usually find this in such places as cinemas. Generally, unless
people know each other, you will find they will usually choose to fill up
every row of seating and keep as much distance of possible until there is
a requirement to sit directly next to each other. Exceptions are in very
crowded situations where this is impossible, like on the Tube.
- aforty 16y agoThat's the case in the US as well. I think it's common courtesy more than anything else. Same reason a man doesn't take the urinal immediately next to another that is being used, unless he has to. It is courteous to give people their personal space so long as it's convenient to do so.
- etherealG 16y agoI think in some cultures this may be seen as insulting, if personal space isn't as freely given as part of the culture.