I think people could be a bit friendlier. The only real contact you have with people is when they're annoyed if you've had a party - you know, it's been a bit too noisy for them or something.
No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not someday be antiquated.
Anytime four New Yorkers get into a cab together without arguing, a bank robbery has just taken place.