So How UNFRIENDLY Is it in Southern California?
Nov 30th 2009, 3:09 pm
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Nov 30th 2009, 3:46 pm
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BTW I have lived in Ottawa, Canada for 46 years. Another wonderful city.
Nov 30th 2009, 3:53 pm
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I have been wintering in San Diego for many years and find the people very friendly and helpful. We rent a 2 bedroom apartment on Mission Bay. We used to go south each winter to Sarasota FL which has warmer weather but has little to offer but golf, beach walking and flat uninteresting swamp land.
BTW I have lived in Ottawa, Canada for 46 years. Another wonderful city.
BTW I have lived in Ottawa, Canada for 46 years. Another wonderful city.
I can't compare San Diego to anywhere in FL, as I've never been there.
Nov 30th 2009, 4:10 pm
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Re: So How UNFRIENDLY Is it in Southern California?
Both me and hubby find that work colleagues are just that, where as in the UK you quickly become friends with some people you work with.
You don't nip to the pub at lunch time, have a Christmas bash, and leaving do's, hen do's, baby showers.... are so tame. Everyone is ultra PC and worried that the person they are speaking to may one day become their boss.
We've been living in LA for 2 years now, I know people from my daughters school and from work. I would call maybe 2 of them friends.
People are nice, but acquaintances. I would never chat to them openly about my life, its just not done here.
You don't nip to the pub at lunch time, have a Christmas bash, and leaving do's, hen do's, baby showers.... are so tame. Everyone is ultra PC and worried that the person they are speaking to may one day become their boss.
We've been living in LA for 2 years now, I know people from my daughters school and from work. I would call maybe 2 of them friends.
People are nice, but acquaintances. I would never chat to them openly about my life, its just not done here.
Nov 30th 2009, 4:38 pm
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Nearly all of our friends here have been made through hubby's work, and a few more at the gym. Hubby works in Biotech. People seem to move all over the world for biotech jobs, and in his/our experience, are well "cared for" by their new colleagues.
We're also acquainted with our current neighbours (we're in a condo complex), but wouldn''t really call any of them friends.
We're also acquainted with our current neighbours (we're in a condo complex), but wouldn''t really call any of them friends.
Nov 30th 2009, 5:18 pm
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Re: So How UNFRIENDLY Is it in Southern California?
Nearly all of our friends here have been made through hubby's work, and a few more at the gym. Hubby works in Biotech. People seem to move all over the world for biotech jobs, and in his/our experience, are well "cared for" by their new colleagues.
We're also acquainted with our current neighbours (we're in a condo complex), but wouldn''t really call any of them friends.
We're also acquainted with our current neighbours (we're in a condo complex), but wouldn''t really call any of them friends.
Dec 1st 2009, 1:04 am
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That just shocks me because I haven't encountered that in my neck of the woods and I would have thought it would be much more likely here than where you are!
Dec 1st 2009, 1:17 am
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I've never been asked what church I attended. Well only by the Jehovah Witnesses and Mormons that come knocking on the door.
Dec 1st 2009, 1:18 am
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Dec 1st 2009, 1:21 am
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Dec 1st 2009, 1:24 am
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