[ar-nelson]

That doesn't seem typical to me... I've used public transit for years, in both the Seattle area and Massachusetts, and it's rare for anyone to strike up a spontaneous conversation, with me or anyone else. Whenever someone did, they usually seemed a little... odd. Maybe one time out of five it would be an interesting conversation, and that only happened every few months of riding the bus every weekday.

The main thing I learned from this is, if I started conversations with random people on the bus, I'd be that odd person who makes people uncomfortable. I wish it didn't work that way.

[chillacy]

I can confirm that seattle is pretty cold on the metro. I did meet an ex-girlfrend at the bus stop, but even then I felt weird chatting on the bus since it's so quiet it feels everyone else is listening in. So yea, public transit in seattle, a bit weird to talk. But airplanes, I'm usually very chatty.