What people talk about in the USA

I'm off on my travels next week, to the USA. I'm taking in Long Island (the Hamptons!), New York City, Niagara Falls, the rather random city of Adrian, Michigan and Chicago.

Last time I went to New York, I loved the people-watching, seeing those glorious travel moments.

This time I think my ears will be attuned to hear more than three examples.

In anticipation, I've been looking at one of my favourite phrases to search on twitter: "people talk about in" - seeing what people talk about in certain places. It almost always seems to be America.

All people talk about in LA is their health. All people talk about in New York is their rent.
— Phoebe Lovatt (@PhoebeLovatt) July 3, 2014

1. Brunch 24 Things People In NYC Love To Talk About http://t.co/Vj69TpWgyx via @mkruvant
— BuzzFeed Travel (@buzzfeedtravel) June 21, 2014

What people talk about in Texas: Falling asleep while driving. You never hear this in the East.
— tom ricks (@tomricks1) March 6, 2014

I swear all people talk about in Nebraska is corn
— Gitau (@wildboyfrazier) February 16, 2014

All people talk about in Northern Michigan is the weather and other people
— Alexa JP (@lexajp) January 26, 2014

Things that people in LA like to talk about: 1. Traffic 2. Freeways 3. Alternate freeway routes that could have been taken
— Julian Bialowas (@julianbialowas) November 29, 2013

From what I've overheard, most of what people talk about in San Luis Obispo is either San Francisco or Los Angeles.
— Alex Volberding (@avolberding) July 26, 2013

Things people talk about in utah: The weather, church, turning eighteen, and missions. #cool
— jewelysa ☪ (@jewelysamarie) April 12, 2012

Here's hoping I'll be able to tweet my own version of these.

Favourite London Tweets

It's Social Media Week in London, so I've been inspired to gather together some of my favourite former-tweets about things I've seen, heard and encountered in London - mainly on the buses. Enjoy!

3/7/2013

LOLs at overhearing man on bus talking about Glastonbury and how amazing it was to see sheep... until I realise he said Chic.

19/6/2013

Three blokes on bus debating whether woman outside is wearing a onesie or a maxi-dress. (It's a maxi-dress.)

18/6/2013

Man doing full-on acrobatic workout on the Overground tonight, using horizontal bars + vertical poles. Carriage full of admiration + aghast.

Walworth Rd this morn: two young guys necking in a bus shelter while their flashy girlfriend makes sarky comments. How very Beautiful Thing!

8/6/2013

Overheard outside @britishmuseum: man with Dudley accent and mild sarcasm: "Let's go in here; I'm sure there'll be something of interest".

18/7/2012

An African Church on Walworth Road is advertising up-coming Gospelympics.

7/5/2012

A loud woman in pub I'm in is shouting at her two kids, Skye and Kai.

15/3/2012

Only in London is it normal that a woman casually walks by dressed as a pixie with a pointy hat and light green skin.

18/11/2011

You know you're in Dulwich when the teens on the bus are discussing the best granolas.

21/9/2011

Overheard on a South London bus: "The horses, the pigs, Humpty Dumpty, they're all up there"

13/7/2011

Today's tube spot: a ranting Italian nun.

26/5/2011

Today's weird Walworth Road sight - two robot monster sculptures on trolleys being wheeled around.

23/5/2010

Mad bloke (literally) shouting on tube earlier: "It's like a birdcage in 'ere with all this TWEETING"

24/3/2010

Met some Norwegian ladies on the tube. From Bergen, tho I thought they said Berlin. Comedy ensued.

22/12/2009

Two Nigerian nuns watching a Disney DVD on a laptop. They had hot pink headphones!