yesterday i was walking down the street and saw three people walking ahead of me. i could tell they weren't locals somehow and as i walked behind them i tried to figure out why i was so sure. it wasn't what they were wearing-- they were all in dark winter coats, like everyone around here. it wasn't their the fact that they all white people and did not look central asian. they could have all been russian, common enough anywhere in the former soviet union.
maybe it was their walk? but i couldn't identify anything in particular about that the way they walked would have clued me in.
so then i passed them. after i did that i could hear their conversation. it was english, north american accent (i.e. american or canadian). i spun around and said "hi". one from chicago the other two from california.
