I wondered if he wears shorts when he has to go to the opposite end of town, but I guess people drive everywhere anyway, don't they? Maybe you run into him in a completely other place and he's got a parka and them whooshy skiing pants on. Who knows...

No, people don't smile much here either. Never realized it till I went away for a bit. Where I was, in Spain, everyone smiled at you. Everyone. It was a real thing. Here, if you smile at someone, they think you wanna stab em or rob em or something. And I'm guessing it's similar where you are.