http://www.shanwu.com/8/strangers-in-the-streets/ by: shan wu Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:06:33 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://www.shanwu.com/8/strangers-in-the-streets/comment-page-1/#comment-11539 Conjured Activism Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:09:44 +0000 http://www.shanwu.com/wordpress/?p=8#comment-11539 [...] Despite living in a big city for almost three years, I still don’t possess the city instinct that is essential for survival.  I don’t automatically assume that everyone may be out to mug me, and when people ask me for directions, I always stop to help.  At one point, I did wonder why it was that I seemed to be targeted especially frequently for directions.  Back then, I still didn’t really feel/realize the need to be more selective about stopping to talk to strangers. [...] [...] Despite living in a big city for almost three years, I still don’t possess the city instinct that is essential for survival.  I don’t automatically assume that everyone may be out to mug me, and when people ask me for directions, I always stop to help.  At one point, I did wonder why it was that I seemed to be targeted especially frequently for directions.  Back then, I still didn’t really feel/realize the need to be more selective about stopping to talk to strangers. [...]

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