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I grew up in rural PA, much more rural than Doylestown mind you: I figured, or you would likely not talk like this. Although I am sure that it is possible to change, it seems that our early experience in this regard has a very profound effect. I spent most of my early life in a contiguous suburb of the District or in the District itself, and my family was heavily oriented towards the city (I grew up picnicking in the Mall area, usually towards the Tidal Basin, across which one sees the Jefferson Memorial). I lived in downtown Annapolis for a long time, with the illusion of a sort of lesser Georgetown. Over a decade ago, we moved 10 minutes outside of town, because it cost so much less to get a house in the 'burbs, and the comparative ruralness of it caused me to freak out a little, although eventually I got used to it...You start from a different sense of what is normal and appropriate, and therefore I should probably congratulate you for not moving to Alaska<VBG>....I, by the way, don't like "laid- back and unrushed" all that much. The first time I ate in the supposed best hotel in Santa Fe, I could hardly believe the lackadaisical attitude towards service, and although I am usually tolerant in such situations, I was very incensed and just barely held back from complaining.... |
