French people seem to take up little space. Not only in relation to streets and cars and houses and their size in general, but just in terms of "personal space." We Americans like our space. We don't want others in our area, we don't like it when someone is too close for comfort. It makes us feel awkward and weird. However, it seems that French people just take up little space, and as previously mentioned, they don't invade anyone else's space either. No eye contact, no observing, hardly glancing- all basically simply keeping their heads down and their bodies turned inwards. Hardly anyone speaks to others- our group is always by far the loudest, even if we're talking at a low noise level. But honestly, many of these people are those who commute to and from work. You know that some of them surely recognize others- most people follow a routine, get on the same train at the same time in the same place every single day. But, there are hardly any conversations. It baffles me. I'm not familiar with very much public transportation at home so I can't necessarily compare but it think it's weird either way. Anyway you look at it, they don't want to befriend their strangers. Keep your head down, eyes on the floor or in a book, and no talking, except in whispers to people you're with.
It's just weird to see so many people and hardly any of them seem to be happy or enjoying themselves at any given point. I'm not assuming their depressed or they hate the world, but they just don't seem very content in general. I'm not assuming, I'm simply observing- something that the French people don't seem to want to do.
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