I heard people in the US north west will give you shit if you wear a coat, though. Y’know, because it’s often cold and wet there and the natives are too cool to protect themselves against it.
Helps with warmth, but those kinds of clothes don’t protect much against rain. And being wet = being cold, even if you wear 5 layers. Plus, it’s just a lot easier to take off a coat once you’re inside than those bajillion layers.
In the Southeast you will banter like this with friends/acquaintances. For strangers you will passive aggressively compliment them. “Wow that sweater has such an interesting design. Where in the world did you find something like that?”
Boston is like 30% tourists, and 69% college students from out of town. Unless you’re in maybe Dorchester or whatever is left of ungentrified South or East Boston.
The Midwest of the US is very much like this too. The West Coast is not.
When I lived in Wisconsin for a year, and wore a red vest to school, I was asked “What’s with the life vest?” and “Where’d you park your DeLorean?”
I heard people in the US north west will give you shit if you wear a coat, though. Y’know, because it’s often cold and wet there and the natives are too cool to protect themselves against it.
They’re wearing a coat of their own making, layers. That’s the grunge look, you just pile on t-shirts and flannel.
Helps with warmth, but those kinds of clothes don’t protect much against rain. And being wet = being cold, even if you wear 5 layers. Plus, it’s just a lot easier to take off a coat once you’re inside than those bajillion layers.
You live there long enough and you grow your own coat.
In the Southeast you will banter like this with friends/acquaintances. For strangers you will passive aggressively compliment them. “Wow that sweater has such an interesting design. Where in the world did you find something like that?”
I’m from the Northeast and this shit is a sport. If you don’t play along, you get a double dose.
Eh being from the Midwest but living in the north east, it’s way less common for people to talk to or about strangers loud enough to hear.
It’s a lot more Scandinavian than the Midwest, ironically.
They might live in Boston though.
Boston is like 30% tourists, and 69% college students from out of town. Unless you’re in maybe Dorchester or whatever is left of ungentrified South or East Boston.