i’ll spiral it in other directions, i have made a study of people in boro park in both the winter in the summer, wanting to see if A) they deserve the reputation of being mean and not answering when you tell them good shabbos andB) if the season makes a difference. i am not totally done my survey ( which has taken about a year so far) but so far A) 87% of people answered me ( or those others that i drafted to help me) with more answers in the earlier hours and from people walking alone andB) for some reason, a higher percentage of people answered in the winter then in the summer.
any thoughts on why this is?