I agree. I spent the first 20 years of my life in Boston. I had to relearn
to drive in California. When I go back to Boston for a visit and my brother
picks me up at the airport, I am hanging on for dear life the whole way
home.
George
>
>
> That's odd. I've lived here all my life. Boston is known for the rudest,
> most aggressive drivers, same or worse than NYC. Slowing down to
> let you in
> because of a blinker? Funny, must have been someone visiting from out of
> state. ;-)
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Boris Grigorov" <alienspecimen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 11:16 AM
> Subject: [OM] Re: Parisian arrogance, high-speed films and something OM
> related.....Re: [OM] Re: Airport X-ray
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>
>
> This is my eleventh year in the US and it never stop to amaze me how some
> things go 180 when they travel across the pond.
> In my experience, many things are opposite here unlike the ways us the
> Europeans are accustomed to. In the biggest cities, people are
> more polite
> than in the rest of the country. I live close to New York and
> visit Boston
> often. I never came across a rude person anywhere (I am sure they exist),
> in fact, often when we sit at a corner and look at the map,
> trying to figure
> out where to go, someone would approach us and help us out.
> Never driven in
> New York, but have during rush hour in Boston and felt like on another
> planet when I turn the blinker to change lines and the cars slow down so I
> could have the space. This never happens in the Midwest, where
> by signaling
> your intentions, you risk being overrun by a giant SUV (mandatory OM
> content.)
> I made the mistake of bringing a stroller to an art fair in one of the
> cities in the Midwest where I used to live and could not make through the
> first few boots, got back to the car and left. Learned my lesson pretty
> quickly. People were taking advantage of the fact that I could not
> maneuvering as fast as they could, there was even an incident when while I
> was waiting to pass, someone casually leaned against the stroller, so he
> could not lose his balance and harm my child while going over
> it..stuff like
> this never happened here. On the contrary, it has been very easy to
> navigate through crowds.
> No offense to the Midwesteners on this list whom I found very
> courteous and
> polite (most of the time :-)...) I have never been in the South
> and do not
> know much about it, except that is very hot.
> Cheers
> Boris
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