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Are people in NYC more flakey than those in the rest of the country?
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I can only compare NYC to LA, but it seems to me people in NYC are much flakier. Maybe it's because of the lifestyle in NYC where people are always so busy (or try to be busy), fast paced, and just people being in close proximity to another so it's easy to get together and do things with others. I've been here for about a year now and it seems people don't like committing to things because they aren't sure if something better is going to come up.
I can only compare NYC to LA, but it seems to me people in NYC are much flakier. Maybe it's because of the lifestyle in NYC where people are always so busy (or try to be busy), fast paced, and just people being in close proximity to another so it's easy to get together and do things with others. I've been here for about a year now and it seems people don't like committing to things because they aren't sure if something better is going to come up.
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I have lived in Vancouver, Toronto, Seattle, San Francisco, and New York.
In every city I've had discussions with recent transplants who complain that the locals are flakey and noncommittal.
At this point I'm willing to bet that it's entirely a perceptual phenomena. In fact, having lived all over this continent now, the only conclusion I can draw is that people everywhere are actually *very* similar, and most differences are either concocted or exaggerated in the mind of the beholder.
In every city I've had discussions with recent transplants who complain that the locals are flakey and noncommittal.
At this point I'm willing to bet that it's entirely a perceptual phenomena. In fact, having lived all over this continent now, the only conclusion I can draw is that people everywhere are actually *very* similar, and most differences are either concocted or exaggerated in the mind of the beholder.
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It depends how you define "flaky." I think of a flaky person as someone who keeps changing his mind -- and as someone who will miss appointments with you. Someone who will just fail to show up wherever he's supposed to be. In other words, he'll "flake out on you."
I've lived in NYC for 15 years, and in my experience, New Yorkers are (in general) the opposite of that. They are rushed, busy people who highly value their time. They schedule things and keep to those schedules. If something comes up, they inform everyone "I won't be able to make it at 3pm. Can we change it to 5pm?"
If you want to schedule a get-together, it can certainty take a long time to find a time that's good for everyone. People tend to have things booked weeks or months in advance, and they have to slot you in.
But I wouldn't call that "flaky,"
I've lived in NYC for 15 years, and in my experience, New Yorkers are (in general) the opposite of that. They are rushed, busy people who highly value their time. They schedule things and keep to those schedules. If something comes up, they inform everyone "I won't be able to make it at 3pm. Can we change it to 5pm?"
If you want to schedule a get-together, it can certainty take a long time to find a time that's good for everyone. People tend to have things booked weeks or months in advance, and they have to slot you in.
But I wouldn't call that "flaky,"
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