This is what i experienced
Strangers are greeted with a how dy and a smile; really unusual for me. In india we are very formal about who to greet. Only someone you know. Of course in the US too this happens when you make eye contact.
Pedestrians have right of way particualrly on Zebra crossings. I tried this concept when I got back on the roads of Chandigarh,: On one instnace a woman carrying a load on her head refused to cross while I waited; she could'nt believe that a car would stop for her. at other places other drivers thought I had gone nuts or the car was stalling!!
The places and convenience for the handicapped. Places to park ;easy access for wheel chairs ;a difficult life made easy by human perception. I did spot a few differently abled persons negotiating on their own areas and situations which would have been impossible in India.
Availability of washrooms at virtually every nook. or floor. A rarity back home where one resorts to adding mild urea to the soil
this apart , my heart went out to an old man riding the transit bus with me to a hospital in Vancouver. he was calling up friends and relatives that he was going in for an operation . I could'nt catch; but looked serious. he was saying he thought he would get in touch with friends just so... here we would have him being accompanied by an entourage. That is something missed perhpas. there is a warmth in family which has been replaced with the desire/need/drive to be independent
Strangers are greeted with a how dy and a smile; really unusual for me. In india we are very formal about who to greet. Only someone you know. Of course in the US too this happens when you make eye contact.
Pedestrians have right of way particualrly on Zebra crossings. I tried this concept when I got back on the roads of Chandigarh,: On one instnace a woman carrying a load on her head refused to cross while I waited; she could'nt believe that a car would stop for her. at other places other drivers thought I had gone nuts or the car was stalling!!
The places and convenience for the handicapped. Places to park ;easy access for wheel chairs ;a difficult life made easy by human perception. I did spot a few differently abled persons negotiating on their own areas and situations which would have been impossible in India.
Availability of washrooms at virtually every nook. or floor. A rarity back home where one resorts to adding mild urea to the soil
this apart , my heart went out to an old man riding the transit bus with me to a hospital in Vancouver. he was calling up friends and relatives that he was going in for an operation . I could'nt catch; but looked serious. he was saying he thought he would get in touch with friends just so... here we would have him being accompanied by an entourage. That is something missed perhpas. there is a warmth in family which has been replaced with the desire/need/drive to be independent
Green with Envy?! The amount oif energy spent in keeping palces comfortable and warm must be stupendous. Huge Malls, subways and other such places must be expnding huge amouny=t of energy to keep the hoi polloi warm. Here is a suggestion : Keep it colder by 3deg c so it will be cool and when you step out it isnt such a contrats. Plus you save energy and perhaps earn carbon credits.
If they follow the frog boiling concept no one wil even feel the difference
