Comments on: Calm Californians and Neurotic New Yorkers

By: Fábio

Fábio — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:34:54 +0000

I think that the weather have some influency in the personality. Others things that probably has influency are religion and kind of economy (here, in industrial cities the people are more stressed out than people that live in touristics cities).
I live in Brasil and here we have many differents traits among the differents regions. The south is different from the north, the coast is diferent from the inside. The city that I´m living now, for example, is very different from the cities around here because, I think, the main religion here is Protestant and in the majority of the others cities are colonized by catholics.
Here, in Brazil, appear that people from the coast are more laid-back, I think because the weather and nature have good influency over the people.
In Brazil is not so easy to analise these kind of things because the country was colonized for a lot of diferents people from all the world but of course that some things influence in the development of certain personality traits.
Regards.

By: Irina Saer

Irina Saer — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:28:22 +0000

Im from Cartagena, Is a sunny City in Colombia, people here is laid back, and work in low Rytmns, and everybody think in parties. Personally I Thinks the weather has a strong influence in the liveways and the people behavour

By: Marina

Marina — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:32:16 +0000

Thanks for the article. I enjoyed a lot reading it.
I think that weather plays a very important role in humans’ behavior. In a place where the weather is nice, people tend to be extraverted and outgoing. People tend to walk along the streets enjoying the high temperature. People tend to be agreeable because they want to be treated like this. They try to know more about others and they accept more easily their customs. The day is usually longer and the chances to talk with other people are bigger than places where the weather is bad.
Bad weather makes usually people in a very bad mood.
Of course, I am not from beautiful California but I am from a beautiful nice weather country. ?
Marina

By: JeanLone

JeanLone — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:11:41 +0000

Here in Brazil there are many diferentes kinds of people and kinds of personality among them and their country´s part
but i think all the parts of Brazil has something in common ( the extraversion)
whatever u go always will be people that can talk to you normaly and with no problem whatever if they are streessed out or not…
bye Jeff

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:06:40 +0000

My dearest teachers Lucy and Jeff,

Again, you guys blew my mind.

I listened to the series of stories that you posted on The Podcast just recently. I found them very interesting and educational .The concept of each series are easy to grasp ,yet rich in vocabularies and expressions.

What I like the best about the three parts of each series is the continuum of them.The three parts of each series share the same story line with the slight change of chracters in each part; this unique characteristic make it easier for us to get a proper hang of English structure in general.

Again, Thaks for your generous help . you guys need to tap behind your shoulders. hope you guys provid us with this luxury over and over and over

Regarding the above articles,how about California The Golden Province

By: elcomandant

elcomandant — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 10:54:23 +0000

As you know, Jeff, Spain is quite more small than EE.UU, however the diference betwen northern and southern respect to average temperature, or, to average of rain is considerable.

One things is certain, the people who are from northern are quite different of people are from southern. Why? I don’t know but it’s true, however this don’t signify that they be better or worse, simply signify that both are quite different.

As far as I’m concerned, I prefer more the southern, or rather, the people who are from places where the temperature is warm the mostly part of the year, although this is only speaking in general terms.

Greetings.

By: ana mussi

ana mussi — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:12:37 +0000

I think Sun makes me feel good! I’m not so different from other people. Then, Californians are happy because of the climate. New Yorkers are more involved in business and it is not so good all the time. Imagine nowadays how stressfull are theirs life …
I was in Callifornia last month for the first time. I’d asked myself: why is Callifornia so differrent from the other American states? My answer for this question was because of the its geography and the its history. Jeff what do you think?

By: emiliano

emiliano — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:51:32 +0000

Well, I love these two cities S. Petesburg and Moscow, but only in my dreams or reading about them, it sure that I never would have the chance of visiting them, but Cuca and myself have been there so many times in our thoughts or seen some movies.
Here we have also one of the more beautiful countries, Andalucia, and yes my wife and me have the chance of seing it so many times. Even our daughter Eva was married in
Sevilla because her husband was living there.
Do you Know Pedro that Sevilla is the most mentioned city in all Opera music?. I am from Madrid but enthusiastic about all andalucian cities. Well I have to say that I am
enthusiastic about all Spanish countries and cities.

Talking about other emotive question Just today I have been watchiing on the tv. the Principe de Asturias Rewards to some of the most significant people of the world, like Ingrid Betancour, Rafael Nadal, M. Atwood, Google searcher, some drs. who are fighting against Malaria in Africa, and so on. And the city where the rewards are given is Oviedo, and old and marvellous cities of my loving country Spain.

Thank you all you for your patience reading this “patriot pamphlet” , but I am very moved listenig to the speech of Ingrid Betancour that has been so touching till the tears, She has calling all good people from the world to go out the streets just in Christmas Time to call for the liberation of so many persons that has not liberty, that are
prisoners along years same as she has been for nearly eight years.
She is a lovely person that forgive her jailers but do not forget about other persons that are in the same condition she has been, and claim to liberate them as soon as possible.
Regards.

By: Eliyaho

Eliyaho — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:01:24 +0000

Well, here in Russia we have two city which compete with each other too. It’s St. Petersburg and Moscow. People who live in St. Petersburg think that Moscow’s dwellers are more angry and unfriendly. But Moscow’s residents think think that people in St. Petersburg are way too proud. I’m from Moscow myself, but I like St. Petersburg and reckon it’s more comfortable for living in.

By: Chun yong, Ju

Chun yong, Ju — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:42:26 +0000

Dear Jeff and Lucy~~
In my country, South Korea, people who live in cities, for example, Seoul, the capital of South Korea, tend to somewhat disagreeable in their character,
while people who live in country tend to be more agreeable, more polite and more peaceful in their emotion.
In my opinion, the reason of that difference is because of their environment including natural, social environment.

I always thank you, Jeff and Lucy AND all of your staff, for this excellent program, ESLPODCAST !!