< Travel Fatigue and US hospitality

~tffb

Hey ~tetris, and hey ~ew!

I believe I've remarked upon how traveling around the U.S. *can* be a rewarding-yet-stressful experience. In regards to the people I met "out West", when going from St Louis to Montana, everyone was fairly friendly, and accommodating. The stressful elements seemed to revolve around the reliability and consistency of the AmTrak I was on, and a few other things that generally have me wary of domestic travel here (a Greyhound bus in the South is effectively the same as "riding coach", but on ground, and bumpier, and more cramped, and much slower, of course).

I will say that the friendliness of the Midwest, and the Western U.S. in general, is something that might be a bit more unique to that (or this, I am here now) region. I've heard of the "cold" attitudes/demeanor of people in NYC, Chicago, etc., and they all seem like cities that are both lovely in architecture, but likely unbearable in regards to human interaction.

On that, pour another of what ~tetris is having, if you will ~bartender :)

stay well, folks!

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~tetris wrote:

Yeah the schedule of the trains and busses weren't fantastic, but somehow I managed to make every connection and I was travelling pretty light so I just had my rucksack.

I haven't interacted much with East Coast people, but I do get the feeling that they're less approachable, or at least less accustomed to sharing a room with a bunch of strangers because their connection was delayed haha. My guess is that if one comes from a culture where everything is punctual and/or expensive, it leaves very little room for sociability and generosity

I'll take a Margerita! First time I tried one!