Durban Smiles Back At You

Friendly city is an understatement; in fact, I’d say that in a comparative analysis between Durban and any other South African city, moreover, any other city I have visited (which is not a small amount by any means) Durban is hands down the warmest most welcoming city. Pre-emptively, and to quell the almost certain objections regarding my previous statement; everything I write is obviously and entirely my opinion, furthermore, I do not intend on adding empirical facts and statistics in the hopes of providing groundwork for a factual argument or debate. This for two reasons; one, how inviting a cities people are is almost entirely circumstantial and contextual, secondly, any statistics that could be raised regarding this topic would for many reasons be subjective as well as inaccurate in many cases. Anyway, here’s the reason as to why I believe my introductory statement.

As I mentioned before, I’ve been to many foreign cities; London, Calgary etc. In many of these cities, the energy, by that I mean the X-factor with which a city greets you plays an important role. Now bearing this in mind, and similarly bearing in mind that I’m actively comparing Durban, when it comes to ‘energy’ if you understand what I mean by energy, Durban swallows all its competition. From the atmosphere to the general weather, and more importantly the willingness of the people to chat or talk for any reason, it’s all really inviting. When it comes to people, specifically in other (non-South African) cities, they can usually ruin a trip with their dreary or angry/violent demeanours and this when compared to the inviting nature of durbanites, is how I came to my conclusion. And again, even in the places and at the times when one wouldn’t expect any positive attitudes, the people of Durban are always willing to give a helping hand, unlike in foreign cities where I have met many an unhappy or negative reply.

This is by no means a detailed analysis of the subject matter, but instead it’s a small post that makes up a larger part of my blog’s overall theme. It is my hope that after reading everything I have to say, you will have at least (and if nothing else) a small understanding of what I like to call the advanced driving course, a.k.a. life.