> No one is friendly in urban areas Yes, this is mostly an urban/rural divide. I've lived in several small New England towns where people talk to each other in

> No one is friendly in urban areas Yes, this is mostly an urban/rural divide. I've lived in several small New England towns where people talk to each other in public all the time. But I've also lived in Boston. And I've learned that if a stranger strikes up a conversation in Boston, there are two possibilities: 1. They need directions or emergency aid. 2. Or they have absolutely no grasp of appropriate social norms, and I am about to have a deeply weird conversation. At best. In theory, I am perfectly happy to speak with strangers on the subway. In practice, I do not wish to hear about how lizard people rule the world.