A NEW START

Conversations in Seattle...(They don't happen.)

  Growing up in Seattle, it was the norm to not say hello to strangers on street. Keeping your distance from others and just overall avoiding any type of interaction as a whole. But as I began to grow up and travel more I began to that see the anti-social habits that Seattleites and other major cities people have was nowhere near the norm. I remember times where I'd be walking down the street and when I'd make that "horrible" eye contact with someone, I would give them a smile and they'd look at me as if I committed some huge misdeed. Ridiculous right?!

  To tackle this some friends and I are going to be going out and asking people for interaction. Beating out our own social anxieties and trying to break this weird social border society has. My name is Jerald Flowers, and I'm going to be tackling the issue that is social interaction in big cities. 

My goal is to get a better understanding of social habits of people in the city. I’m going into this thinking about my time in Tennessee and N. Carolina. The people there seemed to be so much more approachable than up here in Seattle. I’m going to do this by going out and interacting with strangers. Specifically, I’m going to be going out and asking for a hugs with a sign to see how many people would approach me. Then I’m going to try to engage in conversation with groups of strangers. There could be weather issues that stop me from going out, but that is highly unlikely. If that does happen I can always reschedule.