I think New York is more impatient with tourists when they block the sidewalk and take too long to order in the delis. New York knows there are wonderful things to see there and is glad to show off.
Can we maybe vote on the whole murdering people issue?
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Connie Neil - Jun 15, 2012 12:47:02 pm PDT #9870 of 30001
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§ ita § - Jun 15, 2012 1:00:02 pm PDT #9871 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think New York is more impatient with tourists when they block the sidewalk and take too long to order in the delis. New York knows there are wonderful things to see there and is glad to show off.
Thinko? Or multiple personality disorder?
Amy - Jun 15, 2012 1:09:09 pm PDT #9872 of 30001
Because books.
New York is full of tourists year-round. New Yorkers are pretty immune to them, in my experience, and generally helpful when asked a direct question.
le nubian - Jun 15, 2012 1:15:00 pm PDT #9873 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Of the cities I have been to in the U.S., I was incredibly displeased with Orlando. It was the fakest damn city I have ever been to. It probably was where my conference was, but I could not find any locals or "real" non-tourist people. I think I would jump off a bridge if I had to live there.
No other city I have been to has felt that manufactured and non-local centered as that one. Including NYC, SF, LA, Chicago.
§ ita § - Jun 15, 2012 1:15:30 pm PDT #9874 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
New York is one of the few places someone's approached me and offered directions. Which was a great call on their part. I'd imagine there are tons of opportunities to learn that flavour of perplexed.
In Jamaica, when we were little, sometimes we "played" by sitting at the gate and waving and smiling at anyone who passed by slowly enough. We'd do that for, like, an hour at a time.
Wow. Nobody plays that game in London. Not in our bits, anyway.
le nubian - Jun 15, 2012 1:19:54 pm PDT #9875 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Oh and not for nothing, the most unfriendly city I have been to in Canada was Montreal. Damn, the people up there were the opposite of NICE. I'm assuming they were just tired of tourists, but their rudeness made an impression on me the few times I have been.
Sheryl - Jun 15, 2012 1:20:26 pm PDT #9876 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
We're taking Gary's dad(and stepmom) out to dinner tomorrow rather than Sunday, because they have other plans on Sunday. Sunday we're going up to Baltimore to see the tall ships.
flea - Jun 15, 2012 1:22:17 pm PDT #9877 of 30001
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The big library conference in is Anaheim this year; a lot of people don't like it because it has that manufactured feel like Orlando. (It's in Anaheim on a regular basis though; I gather not too many cities can handle 30,000+ librarians.)
§ ita § - Jun 15, 2012 1:23:48 pm PDT #9878 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I could dig Montreal being unfriendly--it has the potential to be where Francophones draw their line in the sand and let the Anglos know what they think about them (and their high school Franglais). But I didn't feel any particular hostility there, except when language tensions were running explicitly high.
Zenkitty - Jun 15, 2012 1:26:26 pm PDT #9879 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Oh and not for nothing, the most unfriendly city I have been to in Canada was Montreal.
That was my experience of Montreal, too, le n. Active glares from the locals. I've never felt so unwelcome in any city.