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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 14

      I'm going to be very unpatriotic and say that Portlanders are kinder than Londoners. I got horribly lost on my walk and had to ask directions several times to get back to where I am staying. People were very warm and went out of their way to help me.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 14

      One woman took the time to explain how numbered streets work and what a block is and then she walked me part of the way and then she patted me on the back, welcomed me to America and gave me a chocolate-covered strawberry. So sweet.

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        2. Russell Roberts‏ @EconTalker Feb 14
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          My wife had a similar experience recently in London and told me how polite Londoners are. I think the key is to get lost.

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 14
          Replying to @EconTalker

          Yes, maybe. A kind of benign superiority. People like to be able to help.

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        4. Brett Moan‏ @BrettMoan Feb 14
          Replying to @HPluckrose @EconTalker

          Do you also have noticeable accent? I feel sometimes that can go a certain way as well as some people realize their actions then become representative of their country and want to “show a good side”

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        5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 15
          Replying to @BrettMoan @EconTalker

          Well, yes. No one's gonna think I am American.

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        2. John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt (my name too)‏ @debeehr Feb 15
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Do you not have blocks in Britain ?

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 15
          Replying to @debeehr

          It's a much looser term. We will say 'It's just round the block' to mean 'It's within a few streets.'

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        2. Derek Walsh Ⓥ‏ @funkyderek Feb 14
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          You got lost in a city with a numbered grid system? 😂

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 15
          Replying to @funkyderek

          Well, NOW I understand numbered grid systems...

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        2. Amy Alkon‏Verified account @amyalkon Feb 14
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          How lovely! PS If you can while there, wonderful coffee place in Portland is @RRPDX (Ristretto Roasters). Owned by dear friends of mine, talented writer @NancyRomm and her husband, Din Johnson.

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          Careful. She has views...https://twitter.com/hpluckrose/status/958762329612652544 …

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          Helen Pluckrose @HPluckrose
          Replying to @VaughnMJason @scarface_83 and 2 others
          Yes. I am forming a movement. We shall storm the American coffee-houses, confiscate their stock and throw it all in the harbour. See how you like it.
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        4. Amy Alkon‏Verified account @amyalkon Feb 14
          Replying to @SaintTzu @HPluckrose and

          I love Helen!

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        5. Saint‏ @SaintTzu Feb 14
          Replying to @amyalkon @HPluckrose and

          Sure you do! But. Coffee on one side and Helen on the other... what do you do, hotshot? :-)

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        2. 少年听雨歌楼上‏ @RosesofE Feb 14
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          I guess Americans are probably some of the friendliest people on earth. That's why I am going to choose Britain every time! I am anti-social like that, I won't know how the handle all those friendliness. Feel right at home in London 😜

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        3. 少年听雨歌楼上‏ @RosesofE Feb 14
          Replying to @RosesofE @HPluckrose

          (No, seriously, I think London has exactly the right amount of "friendliness" for me. If I ask, people are quite polite and would be willing to help. But they are not going to walk me to my station and they aren't stopping to ask if I need help, phew)

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        1. Pay Tree Arch Is Back, With a Longer Name Than Bef‏ @paytreearch Feb 14
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Yes hipsters are generally very nice people. Everyone who lives in Portland voluntarily is a hipster. Hipster etiquette tip: in hipster culture it's very rude to criticize a hipster's taste in music because then they are socially obligated to pretend they never liked it anyways.

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        1. Nate in Seattle‏ @n8r0n74 Feb 14
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          You should be careful, b/c sometimes we lace those fancy dipped strawberries w/ coffee.

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        1. Barry Purcell‏ @solo1y Feb 15
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          DO NOT EAT THAT STRAWBERRY! Holy shit Helen. You'll be seeing through time and speaking Korean in about twenty minutes.

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        1. Marty B‏ @radiomartyb_b Feb 14
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Yeah, but avoid the creepy guy in the black van who says “would you like to go for a ride? I ‘ll give you a piece of candy. “ He may also ask you to help him look for his lost puppy.

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        1. Stewart Carl Bova‏ @StewartCBova Feb 14
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          I don't know of your opinion of Hitch, but he went into detail several times about the genuine kindness of Americans and how it was different than in the UK. Seems you are having some of the same experience.

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        1. Tim Forrester‏ @forrestmensch Feb 14
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Not arguing about Portlanders, but London’s bigger and as cities get bigger the inhabitants tend to become less kind.

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