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Originally Posted by initiald
Yes, whoever doesn't walk like they are in a speedwalking competition is someone from outside the city. Rural people walk soooooo slow
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See, this is odd... As a former denizen of a trailer in a pasture, I had always been taught growing up that in big cities, everyone went everywhere at a dead sprint, scowling, arms out in case they needed to quickly shove someone in front of a bus. Big-city denizens were basically borderline feral, in other words, and would attack at the slightest provocation, but what made them angrier than
anything was
slow hicks like myself who would
dare to impede the flow of traffic on a sidewalk or an escalator.
But this has not been my experience. In my experience, in places like New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Atlanta, Miami, Washington DC, Detroit, New Orleans, Seattle, Toronto, and Vancouver, is that I'm usually, by far, the fastest person on the sidewalk. Everyone else just moseys along enjoying the leisurely pace of life and often just
stopping, right there on the sidewalk, to take in a detail, greet a long-lost friend, or just stare into space because some profound thought just hit them. It's usually all I can do not to scowl and shove them into traffic. In fact, the only place where I ever encountered a stereotypical borderline feral city dweller was Philadelphia, where a counter person at Wendy's, apparently offended that some asshole would come in, right off the street, and
order something, threw my food at me without a word before spinning on her heel and stalking into the back.
Maybe that's why I like Philadelphia so much... It lives up to expectations. I dunno.