How friendly is your area?

[HouchinBawbags]

I'm out in a walk (rural village so off over the hills) and have passed more than a dozen people, most of whom I don't know, some I do and some I only recognise their faces but each and everyone has smiled and said hello.
My sister came to visit last year and couldn't understand how I knew every single person I passed. I told her I didn't, we just always greet each other. Sometimes even going as far as remarking on the weather etc.

What's it like where you live? I'm in SW Scotland. Technically our 'village' is the size and population of a town so not too small really.

Incidentally I've lived in London and Manchester and both places are incredibly friendly. I'd love to move back to either one day.

@QuornHub

So, so unfriendly. It has a reputation for being quite the opposite but I think it only applies if you're local. I'm not. I moved here 15 years ago and I still have strangers in the pub (not at the moment obviously!) comment on my accent and telling me I've got a 'scenty gob' (I grew up on a council estate 😂). If you don't speak with a local accent you're very much considered an outsider, particularly on the estates I've lived on in the past where everyone has known everyone for generations. The comments section on our local paper is a real eye opener when it comes to understanding how many locals feel about anyone they consider different or not exactly like them.

Bloody hell, where do you live? Curious about a 'scenty gob' too , what's that?

@YouDirtyMare a town in the North East. Scenty gob means you have a posh/southern accent. It's quite an imaginative and evocative description if only it wasn't meant as an insult!

@QuornHub they would hate me then, I'm told I'm posh all of the time. I'm not
It's ridiculous 🙄