My wife is from New York and has this instinct you speak of. She gets mad when I talk to bank tellers. I grew up in the Midwest and chat with everyone. It makes sense too, because even in a city of a million, very often I’ll start chatting with someone and realize that we know someone in common. Happens all the time.
My wife said such a thing would NEVER happen in New York, there’s just too many people.
My wife said such a thing would NEVER happen in New York, there’s just too many people.