Stop walking so fast!

rofl, i didn't know it was

Besides, it IS odd that you will say hello to complete strangers in the country, but not in the city. Why is that?

I can get you a needle for them, and the thread's right here!

(That's my Dad joke.)

In the country a passer-by is probably someone you know, or that someone you know knows, or who will be at the cafe or post office or etc the next time you go through, and so social accountability is much greater. Also I think there must simply be some human element to recognize each other as part of the human community when your backdrop and surroundings are all Nature, Red in Tooth and Cliff-face, but that whole "shared humanity" thing has probably been codified over time, by practice, into a sort of bluff "hello" in passing.

There! I love a little baseless speculation in the morning.

It's great moving to a small village as an adult, though, because you can tell people as much or as little about yourself as you like. And if everyone else there has moved from the city as well, they won't give a shit anyway.

It depends where I am. If I am in the ILX Nexus of Holborn, quite frequently. Ditto if I'm around the intersection of Graham Road and the main bit of Hackney, just because I know so many people who live around there.

I often do, but then I lived in Dublin, went to college there, worked there, and so on and so on, so I've built up several groups of people to avoid in one small city.

i walked fast this morning to catch up to my friend who was meeting me at the gym - it's weird b/c our paths have never crossed before even though we've had this routine for months - which also is amazing b/c it's always a matter of just a minute or two whether you'll run into someone or not. the world. pretty awesome.

EMSK RIGHTEOUSLY OTM

this happens to me in london!!!

The worst thing is a gang of were-three-toed-sloths in human form walking eight abreast at a rate of approximately 2 klicks per decade blocking the whole sidewalk.