Initially tuned into your blog Tom for a bit of NY nostalgia . But nostalgia is so passé.
Enjoying looking over your shoulder at the current reality.
I like the Lyft driver comment about no one caring about anyone else - but I thought that was always the way in NY and part of enduring the toughness of the place.
So, to start with, on trying to fit in with strangers, one looks for the things in common, then, later, for the differences.
I hear you on thinking it was always like people didn't care. But now it's an attitude of not being aware or sticking your head so far up your phone that it looks like you are unaware. Many things did this, the masks helped a lot. Unfortunately the phone is usually the common factor these days.
Initially tuned into your blog Tom for a bit of NY nostalgia . But nostalgia is so passé.
Enjoying looking over your shoulder at the current reality.
I like the Lyft driver comment about no one caring about anyone else - but I thought that was always the way in NY and part of enduring the toughness of the place.
So, to start with, on trying to fit in with strangers, one looks for the things in common, then, later, for the differences.
Wishing you well, and want to hear more
I hear you on thinking it was always like people didn't care. But now it's an attitude of not being aware or sticking your head so far up your phone that it looks like you are unaware. Many things did this, the masks helped a lot. Unfortunately the phone is usually the common factor these days.