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Originally posted by lauralaylin
This may be a dumb question, but coming from a place where this would be a little weird, what would you think of to talk about? The weather? I'm really curious. It makes me nervous when random people start talking to me, or even making eye contact. Everyone just ignores everyone else in Boston. But when people do start talking to me, I'm so thrown off, that I don't know what to say.
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I dont know if its a New England thing but when I say hi to people I dont know at school or to people in the region people get thrown off. I have a 15 minute walk from my residence hall to the main campus so on the way I pass a good amount of people. Ive come to the conclusion that people at my school dont want to greet each other. Right when they pass you they look at their watch or look away. I they do acknowledge you is more like a nodding of the head. Its rare that someone you dont know will open their mouth and speak to you. My parents, being from the south, raised me to speak to people. So I say hi anyway.