I only see that in outlying areas of Los Angeles, such as Chatsworth or even over the Ventura County Line in Simi Valley. Many people come to these places from the South and the Midwest, and they bring the hospitality with them, and it's very nice. Everybody knows everybody, and people watch each others' backs. That doesn't ever seem to happen in the big cities. Little things like being able to go to the post office at a busy time, and having a worker point you around to the employees door around back so you don't have to wait in line... Or a neighbor noticing a dripping faucet in your yard, and just fixing it and never saying anything. Or if a woman's car quits in the middle of the street, 10 gentlemen instantly come to help. In the city, they sit in their BMWs and blow the horn at the stalled car. And people really seem to care more about each other. When my house in Chatsworth burned down a long time ago, I swear that by the end of that day, I had at least 10 offers for free guest houses, and enough gifted furniture to fill 3 houses! Even the neighborhood locksmith came out and cut me new keys for the cars free. The motel we stayed at for a couple weeks, refused to let us pay until we got the insurance payout, and they broke their own rules and insisted that we bring our dogs into the motel.
A small-town atmosphere is something that so many people can't imagine.
Charles
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