Demographics

I have been walking on the Constitution Trail lately.

I don't walk as fast as many of the folks there and I certainly don't run, but I do walk about one minute slower per mile than I did when I was sixteen and walking home from high school with my best friend.

We would carry our books and walk the two miles home during our sophomore and junior year.

Now I walk between two and four miles depending upon the day.

Most of the people I meet are very friendly. They nod, or smile, or even say, "Hi."

But there are a few so full of themselves they can't be bothered.

Most of those are young women, or middle aged men, which I find interesting. Who would think there would actually be a demographic for the unfriendly?

The very young, the very old and boys of every age are almost uniformly friendly. Even young men dare to nod as they zoom past me, but not many of the young women or middle aged men. I have to say it appears the women uniformly ignore everyone. The middle aged men ignore everyone except the young women.

So life goes on along the way. Each one there for his or her own reason, but most of them not too busy to be nice.