wow! i just chanced upon this one and sorry to go back a little, but just for the record, in the 6 towns (5 towns + Farrock ;)) most men won’t go out of their way to say GS to a women. If they happen to be walking on the same side of the street, and pass each other, they they probably will nod and maybe murmur a GS.
And i %100 agree with ames’s theory of out of towners feeling closer to each other…