American sense of 'space'. — Page 4

I notice here in NY, especially on the subway, most people want to escape sitting very close to others. whenever there's an end seat available, someone rushes to it..As soon as someone gets up to leave the train, the person next to them moves over a little.
common to want your own little space. It frees you to move around some.

"Here you have a situation where there is no space unless you are on a corporate jet" exactly.

"In many places having a lot of living space is considered a luxury. Having that space indicates affluence."

Yes, that's my point. More personal space is desired.

But I do understand the opportunities lost in not be receptive to sharing space with strangers. I've had enjoyable conversations that way myself. I just prefer it the other way.

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sitting all up on me.

there go my weekend plans.

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i try to commune whenever i see you, shira.

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That's true, Krissy. Though in a small town you generally are accorded more space on a regular basis.

Which means, I guess, that in a large city, you guard your personal space more jealously, because there's less of it.

Kind of makes sense, though I'd never thought about it before.

I think I may have said this in another thread a while back, but my favorite line regarding personal space was when a friend of mine turned to the man who was leaning all over her on the subway and said "Excuse me, but you cannot ride this train AND my butt for no dollar!"

I agree, eatlasagna.

I mean, after a glance over at the urinal, I might say "Oh wow. Good for you!"

But that's about it.

This thread is hilarious.

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Maybe I'll start doing that at the urinal.

Ah, Reg, you can boop me anytime you'd like.

I'm quite boopable and I have the statistics to prove it.

MOIST!

Elph, there are some dogs I'd rather sit next to than some people I know!

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"Dogs in restaurants bother me"

it's "being European.....it's accepted there" XD

I have no problem with dogs in restaurants if they are well behaved. There is one cafe where I would always take my dog. Everyone there loved him, at least everyone who spoke up. The odd thing is that dogs are held to higher standards of behavior in restaurants than children are. Children are the ones who go running around, screaming, smashing into your table, sneezing on your plate, yet in America there are bans on dogs in restaurants but not on children. As to cleanliness, children carry more of the diseases adults are likely to catch.

I'm not saying ban children from restaurants. I'm just saying that a trained dog is better behaved.