what place on earth would you get the most stares as a jogger or runner?

real al lity wrote:

warrior revolution wrote:

As Americans we often don't realize how hard people across the planet work for survival--running is a luxury that we are blessed to enjoy.

And unfortunately most Americans don't realize how hard Westerners have worked so that their population doesn't have to work for survival on a daily basis and has the luxury to go for a run. That isn't a blessing, it's a result.

Yes, all of us western middle class guys have worked so hard compared to subsistence farmers.

Moron.

carmailpack wrote:

RAF Menwith Hill was the weirdest place I've ever ran. Look it up, you can probably see why.

FREAKY.

When I was in a certain small developing country abroad I ran ~3k loops around a huge radio-communications station, and being in the shadow of all those looming masts and towers was weird.

This is on another level.

johnny langenwooker wrote:

that has to do with political instability and an extremist culture in Saudi Arabia vs. the first world country of Italy. Very little to do with religion. Islam and Christianity are pretty equal.

HAHAHAHAHA!

Islam is the very definition of extremism. Violent extremism. Apologists like you should be forced to live in Saudi Arabia or some other retarded Muslim state (which is pretty much every Muslim state).

I've run in tights in the winter center of a Wyoming oil field, and although there aren't a ton of people out there, every single one gave looks.

Which part of India were you in? I am of Indian ethnicity (American born) and if I run early enough (and do laps at a park) it's fine. Lots of walkers, not too many runners but they usually get impressed to see me running out there so long. I get some stares, but nothing as bad as it used to be.

As a woman, I had legions of kids following me in the small villages along the Nile River in Egypt while doing a river tour of the antiquities. I also had a truck full of policemen driving just ahead of me for over a mile, laughing and pointing. People came out of their huts to watch me run by shaking their heads and their fists. I was a bit unnerved by it all, but our guide said I was safe so I kept running.

You're Forgetting the Obvious wrote:

The line of scrimmage at Super Bowl.

There are a lot of people watching, and it would be relatively uncommon for somebody to be jogging at the line of scrimmage on the field of the Super Bowl. A good majority of the viewing audience would be staring.

If you're running in a rural area where runners are uncommon, your total number of stares is likely to be hurt by the low population density.

This is what I was going to say (Super Bowl).

From experience, I can attest to the extreme discomfort and unusual number of surprised stares coming from the Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem, Israel, as I ran through them in my Nike Race Day shorts and a t-shirt.

In order from most to least stares, from personal experience:

1. Japan: Shirt on- people looked confused. Shirt off- people looked embarrassed.

2. Southern Florida: Shirt on- It was in the mid 60s and I got asked by someone how I tolerated the cold so well.

3. Bahrain: Shirt on- Some Ministry of Interior cops in riot gear told me to go home once. I did. Civilians were generally ambivalent. Never ran without a shirt nor did I see anyone else.

4. Philippines: Shirt on- no strange looks. Shirt off- got propositioned by several women.

5. UAE: Shirt on- no strange looks. Several high fives.

6. Oman: Shirt on- no strange looks. Shirt off- no strange looks. Plenty of shirtless soccer players around.

7. Everywhere else in the US.