Q3. What is a foreigner's first impression of the Us likely to be? And how do city people appear in the writers eyes? Everyone is in a rush often under pressure. In the writer's eyes, city people always appear to be hurrying to get where they are going, restlessly seeking attention in a store or elbowing others as they try to complete their shopping. Q4. What is the writers advice if youmiss smiles, brief conversations, small exchanges with strangers"? And why? Don't take it personally. This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else"it beyond a certain appropriate point