I live in a city of chronic depression. I must say, though, that when my car was on fire more people got involved (not all of the helpful or even sane) than I would have expected.
Quote:In London people are polite, but cold.
In Italy, people are often impolite, but warm.
This I like. The same distinction could be made for a number of city pairings. Funny thing is, though, I had a number of interesting conversations with people when I was in London, alone, who'd just sit down next to me in the park and start chatting. Thing was, it seemed like they were all people who'd immigrated from somewhere warmer -- Israel, Africa, Australia... I'd just come from a couple of weeks in Italy and Greece, so maybe they figured I was a fellow sun-person (which I am, sniff).
Quote:The findings also support the "stimulus overload" theory of social psychologist Stanley Milgram in the 1970s who suggested that people in crowded environments cope by ignoring emergency situations and depersonalizing strangers, it added.
No surprise there. When rat populations explode, they start to kill and eat each other. Most animal species have adverse reactions to crowding.
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