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Do you live in an area where people don't like to talk to strangers or make eye contact with them?

My brother went to Sweden once and he said the people there act like you're a freak if you speak to a stranger
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
What kind of stranger? A foreigner? This is a city, most people are strangers to each other here and don't start to chit-chat with just anybody.
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@CrazyMusicLover non foreigners
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
@SW-User Depends on the person. I'm always taken aback when a stranger tries to talk to me and might behave in a way you described. When I think about it, it might not even be a stranger. I'm not hostile but generally not used to people talk to me and want my attention so I don't know how to react when it happens.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
wow, isn’t that something? They have to evaluate each and every person to figure out where they are from and size them up. Whether they’ll admit it or not. And then a great deal of them are good at calling others out for any perceived discrimination or stereotype. I had a guest from Sweden, he is an American citizen raised there and became a doctor, moved back to the USA because he was tired of that crap. When he would talk to them they’d ask him what country he was from and he’d tell them he was an American and they wouldn’t believe it because he wasn’t blonde & blue-eyed. He looked very similar to a Swedish prince. I don’t know how they think.
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
Very much so!

On another topic, this post didn't show on my feed! Actually found your post through this link. 😔:

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@DeWayfarer yeah, I must not be showing up in most people's feed
Sounds like most of the American northeast

 
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