Comments on: Californians Generally Are Not Nice? http://necessaryroughness.org/archives/1442 two kingdoms, hundreds of thousands of miles Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:47:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Lutheran Lucciola http://necessaryroughness.org/archives/1442#comment-14183 Lutheran Lucciola Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:45:31 +0000 http://necessaryroughness.org/archives/1442#comment-14183 It's true, Californians are generally the coldest people I have ever met. It's the avoidance thing, how everyone is in their own space and world. New Yorkers used to get that label, but there is a difference between brisk and avoidance-cold. You can walk up to a New Yorker and start a conversation, as long as they aren't running for a cab or a meeting, but a Californian will slink away after two sentences, even at a supermarket. I miss this about the east coast. I went to a holiday party this December, and myself and three other women were enjoying each other's company, laughing up a storm. It turns out we were from NJ, NYC, Baltimore, and Pennsylvania. It’s true, Californians are generally the coldest people I have ever met. It’s the avoidance thing, how everyone is in their own space and world.

New Yorkers used to get that label, but there is a difference between brisk and avoidance-cold. You can walk up to a New Yorker and start a conversation, as long as they aren’t running for a cab or a meeting, but a Californian will slink away after two sentences, even at a supermarket.

I miss this about the east coast. I went to a holiday party this December, and myself and three other women were enjoying each other’s company, laughing up a storm. It turns out we were from NJ, NYC, Baltimore, and Pennsylvania.

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