Are country folk more fraindly than city people?

Well the people in where we are now certainly leave city folk miles behind. And strangely enough seem to live a hell of a lot longer. Thanks for responding spalladino.

Right on the money spalladino!!! After living near Detroit for a few years, and then moving to Alabama..... I was in culture shock for quite some time. I felt like I had been yanked through a movie screen and tossed onto another planet.... But when I was more or less forced to move back to Michigan... I cried all the way from Birmingham to Nashville nonstop and have done nothing but wish to go back since!

I have to agree with you satan, life here is so laid back and relaxed. Incidently, the average of the people I have met here is over 80. Only in years though, not in sperit or fitness. Thanks for your input.

satan88... I remember those days. I can't say that I like living in the city one iota.. but I don't like living in the countryside either. Suburbia for me all the way lol

Hey Littlemel, being closer to nature could have something to do with it, as that sure makes one feel more relaxed. Thanks for commenting.

I would like to add this thing about being closer to nature...you are right, they are actually closer to nature and they utilise many things which people in town just discard...Infact they have a use for everysingle thing...My home town is all green and we have a lot of trees in our courtyard. We never bought fruits while I stayed there...we had our own bananas,pineapple,jackfruit,mangoes, cashewnuts,papaya,pomegranate,cocco,even coffee... After moving to this city, we have to buy every single thing we need...and not to mention the one and half meter space left between the building and the compund wall.

I ubderstand exactly what you're saying, Hately, and it makes me wonder if I really want to live in the city again. Thanks for your contribution.

Ah I had this experience recently in a rail way station close to where i live. Me and my husband were going to the neighbouring state, to visit some relatives when this smartly dressed young man approached me asking for maney apparently because he lost his wallet. I was about to take out money for him when my husband stopped me. He was actually fooling people to earn some easy bucks without much effort...Some people do this as a daily business but at diffrent locations. If the same thing had happend in my home town, it wouldnt be a case of cheating but genunie loss of wallet.

Hi Ann, I agree totally, and I think that is probably why they live longer than people in the city too. We moved into this house two weeks ago, and already a number of beighbours have come to say hello, and welcome us. This wouldn't happen in the city. Thanks for your reply.

That sure the heck doesn't happen where I live :s

really? that's sad. maybe this rural folks of yours are so busy themselves making ends meet hence no time to socialize. i guess u are just like being in a city. ann

Hi malpoa, what you say is exactly right, but I guess I haven't been in the country to notice the gossip yet. Thanks for responding.

Indeedy Indeedy, malpoa! This is really the only reason that I don't like living in the town and state that I live in now. Everything closes by 11pm. God forbid someone need tylenol for their baby or have an emergency and need to leave town after 11pm.. because it's over a 50 mile drive to the nearest gas station that's open after 11pm, and that's in the city. People here spend hours gossiping, and burying themselves in a false sense of conservative fundamentalism and judging other people just based from their race and appearance. I don't mean the type of people that come into a place of business looking all dirty or with their pants hanging down past their arses.. but being from another country, having a different accent, or dying your hair green and wearing bondage pants doesn't mean that the person is a dirty heathen that refuses to work.. LOL... Where I live, people tend to stereotype people about as much as can possibly be done. People where I live don't hold the door open for strangers, people don't say Ma'm or Sir. People don't typically say please or thank you, and have no problem cutting you off in traffic and making cat calls at a woman passing on the sidewalk. I live in a town of 6,000 people, and for 60 miles in any direction, there's only one town with a population greater. The average town in my area has a population of 300-1k people. I think it's going to depend on the area, state, and country combined to see what kind of people we're gonna hear about on this thread hehe

The thing with the small towns is that very few people work or may only the husband is working and wife isnt. In that case, the wife after completing all her chores, have a gossip session usually in the afternoon with neighbours who are around the same age...They gossip about everybody and everything... I one day noticed my neighbour, peeping out of her kitchen to see who was wearing such a goddy saree and whom she was accompanying to whose house..this was in between cooking!!! This incident will be in her mind till she clears all her doubt in the afternoon session. like there, she would start like..ah today I saw a mid aged woman wearing this, going with this person to this house...might be their relative who lives there...wonder why they visited now...and that too in a goddy dress...may be she got married...they generally do not visit them...I mean it is ridiculous!!! Neighbours precisely know every single person visiting their neighbour, know what neighbour does, his children does, where his extended family lives...everything...they keep treack of everythign...if there is some missing info, they dnt shy away from asking you directly the next time they visit you...They even come to ask about a new visitor in our home!!!

I guess that explains why country people live longer than their city brothers also. And, as you say there are exceptions. One of the nicest and friendliest men I ever met was in a Hotel, on Time Square. I'm Australian, and he was from Montreal, a true gentleman, and very friendly and generous.

I'm sure you're right, it's all to do with stress, and pressure. Thanks for your response.

I am being spoiled while house sitting in country arears, I don't know if I will be able to handle the pressures of city life again. Thanks for your input.

Hi Eantrums, you could be right, as there aren't many new people in the country, new faces create interest, so they try to make them feel at home. Thank you for responding.

Hi sender, the things that worry country people are usually related to their life, and not major internetional problems that seem to be headlined in the city. Thanks for your input.

Hi earndeep, so it's the same in China. A lot of city people are friendly, but I think you could be right, time is an issue. Thanks for your response.