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It's funny, in a lot of mainland Europe (i.e. not UK, also not non-rural France IME) that's completely normal. People would rather sit at the front (even if the
by OJFord 3y ago
It's funny, in a lot of mainland Europe (i.e. not UK, also not non-rural France IME) that's completely normal. People would rather sit at the front (even if they don't have a garden/balcony/anything at the front, just sit on the doorstep or chair in the street) with a coffee/smoke and chat to neighbours or nearest shopkeeper.
In the UK I think it's probably more common not even to use your private back garden with your own family, because the neighbours are using theirs this evening!
- jvidalv 3y agoIn small towns in Spain is very common, when the weather is good people just sit outside their houses with a chair, and im talking about houses without garden whatsoever, they just sit on the street, of-course its secondary streets where there are almost no cars. Normally people stops to chat, and the more closer neighbors also come to sit.
- poslathian 3y agoReddit.com/r/fuckcars Reddit.com/r/suburbanhell It’s not the sad isolating culture leading to cars it’s the reverse. Who wants to sit outside with cars driving nearby?
- achileas 3y agoI'm in Boston, which is very walkable but have lived on major arteries and busy neighborhood roads. We still hang out on our porch with our neighbors all the time, as do lots of people here. It has nothing to do with vehicular traffic.
- martopix 3y agoIn my experience actually Americans are a lot more up for smalltalk with strangers than we are here in Europe.