There are two types of people in the US, we’ll call them type A and type B, with roughly 50% of each. Type A are the most friendly, helpful people in the world. If they see you in the street looking confused at a map, they’ll offer to help, if you’ve got bags with you they’ll ask if you want a lift to your destination (see later) and they’ll always be smiling and striking up friendly conversation. Type B on the other hand is different. There’re often moody, unhelpful, aggressive, use double negatives (“I ain’t doin’ nothin’”) and say things like ‘I’ll slap your face in’ for no reason. When we arrived at Philadelphia airport it was mostly full of type B people. No one actually threatened to hit me, but the people we spoke to
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