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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You will pass people in the street who when you smile and say hello, will simply stare back at you, silently, as if you are a martian.

Signed someone who has lived on both coasts.[/quote]

Many people on the east coast don't say hi even when you say hi to them. There is just this blank stare. It's the weirdest thing. [/quote]

My experience was pretty much the exact opposite. I moved to DC from Palo Alto, and was blown away that everyone I passed on the street in DC seemed to say, "Hi--how you doin?"  I got into the habit of doing it, too.  When I went back to Palo Alto, I swear the first lady I said "How you doin?" to on the street called the police on me.  I am a white woman, so it was not a race or gender thing--it just freaked her the hell out.[/quote]

[b]D.C. is a Southern city and south of the Mason/Dixon line. [/b]Transplants often have to get used to the culture of speaking to strangers in passing on the streets and when entering rooms it’s common practice to address everyone with a greeting. If you mean people on the east coast that don’t speak, you are talking about NY/NJ and the New England areas. I look for people who are able to adapt to the DC Southern culture when making decisions about hiring interns for full time staff positions.

Signed,
A DC Native [/quote]

It may be south tomorrow f the Mason Dixon line, but only a yankee would consider DC to be a southern city. [/quote]

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