Northerner In London

Not sure it's the same in Buenos Aires but here folk I don't know greet in passing. I sometimes return the greeting in English which confuses them.

In the capital, I never found them friendly when I arrived a few years back.

I was used to saying Good Morning to everyone I passed in the small town I lived in, in Spain.

I started here doing the same but soon stopped.

Definitely more friendly out in the country in the middle of nowhere.

Agree. The same everywhere. In cities, people quickly lose their small-town friendliness to strangers. It’s a pity.

A headbut from a northerner?

Surely its a Newcastle Kiss....

Quote from Splinter

When I lived in Spain, old ladies from the village, usually dressed in black, would pass me and say 'adios.'

“Adios” seems like a strange greeting, and sounds so final. Splinter , were they giving you a message?

They use adios here when passing someone they don't know very well in the street.