wouldn't that be xenophobic?

and yes.

heh, yeah rather ironically i do have social anxiety.

lord knows what i'm thinking trying to be an anthropologist.

No...... they are called crowds....... and they are part of living in a society larger than your social circle......

ah, don't really hate it so much as feel weird about it. Crowds *can* sometime sbe a good thing....

Can you ever say you know someone?
Personally, I can't even say I know myself.

Even though my perspective is so extremely relativistic that it's practically egocentrism,
I can't point to myself I say that I really know me.
Luckily, I don't have to be surrounded by myself.
That would only lead to conflict and trouble,
my personality just doesn't work out with itself.

I don't hate anything or anyone.
Dislike perhaps, but not hate.

When I moved to where I live now,
I didn't know anyone here.
It took months before I could acknowledge that I wasn't alone.
To be honest though, I enjoyed my time here more then.
Enjoyed might not be the right word though,
it was probably that I felt more free.
Prejudice binds you.
A place is populated, and the population thinks things about you.
You're always subject to people's sanctions, whether you're involved or not.