Being kind to others is good for your health

Re:Being kind to others is good for your health by gumby on Saturday December 19, 2020 @05:18PM (#25481787)

I have lived in NY, and my partner was born and grew up in NY, and I find New Yorkers pretty friendly, especially when compared to other cities around the world I've lived in (all of which have had their share of friendly folk). I think you have to be friendly to live cheek by jowl with so many. However New Yorkers are brisk.

The tech industry has definitely become more aggressive over the last 20 years. I credit it to the people who decided they should join it because there is a lot of money to be made, when before it was mostly people who liked technology.

And for that latter point: I consider an aggressive attitude a sign of fear (perhaps a consequence of a kind of imposter syndrome?). Generally I pity the mean people.

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Re:Being kind to others is good for your health by mmsimanga on Sunday December 20, 2020 @02:57AM (#25484705)

NYC is the only ever place I have visited in the US. Perhaps everyone could see I was a tourist. I was impressed with how polite the people where. Was really impressed.

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Re:Being kind to others is good for your health by papito on Saturday December 19, 2020 @06:53PM (#25482471)

I mean, in NYC, don't walk slowly in the middle of a sidewalk, hold doors for people, don't blast TV and music at home, and don't walk on the floor like an elephant with heels first. That's all I got.

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Re:Being kind to others is good for your health by claudeganon on Saturday December 19, 2020 @05:31PM (#25481890)

My experience in New York and Los Angeles is that the natives are perfectly pleasant, so long as you’re aware of the local mores.

The worst people are the people who move to cities and try and fit in by adopting some caricature of these customs, which is often accompanied by engaging in hideous games of one-upsmanship with their fellow new arrivals.

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