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Originally Posted by RadiantBeam
Huh, really? Interesting. Where I'm from (and where I currently am) it's not all that odd to say hi to someone you don't know, or to smile and wave at them if you look at each other. It's a nice little way of acknowledging each other, even if we don't know each other very well.
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When you live in a big city, that sort of behavior is looked upon as odd. The only people who will smile and wave at me are old folks (65+) who still have some notion of manners and politeness.
Everyone else, unless I know them, will ignore me, even if we accidentally make eye contact.