This includes everyone from hotel workers to cabbies and strangers on the street. (Mull that for a bit: What would the comparable experience of a Chinese man speaking the local language terribly in your city be?)
An attempt to speak the local language goes a long way, even in the most jaded tourist spots. A gwailo with even your meager command of Chinese must have been pretty impressive to most of the people you met.
I think that hypothetical Chinese man would do pretty well in Chicago. As long as you're not obnoxious or belligerent, I find that people are pretty nice to foreigners visiting their city.
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Date: 2007-10-25 02:35 pm (UTC)An attempt to speak the local language goes a long way, even in the most jaded tourist spots. A gwailo with even your meager command of Chinese must have been pretty impressive to most of the people you met.
I think that hypothetical Chinese man would do pretty well in Chicago. As long as you're not obnoxious or belligerent, I find that people are pretty nice to foreigners visiting their city.