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For the second yes, but mostly because I get lost very easily. The first not really, many people outside are not on their phones.
If you take public transport, everyone is on their phones. Well maybe not exactly on their phone but some are listening to music/podcast via headphone/earbuds that are playing on their phone.
Maybe you live in a rural area and people are less attached, but in cities, everyone is addicted af.
Nah I live in a medium sized city and it's not everyone. There are many people with headphones sure and some are doing things on their phone. There are also many people not doing anything or looking out the window (when in busses). It may have to do with demographics, it's mostly older people who aren't doing anything and teenagers in groups who spend the whole ride talking and that's a big part of public transport users so they affect the general image.
For what it's worth I probably bring the phone usage up cause I read on my phone but you can do that with a physical book and there are some people doing that too.
If I take public transport, then I look outside the window.
Hmm, maybe on a bus or train above ground. On a subway, there's nothing besides the dark void of the tunnels.
I live in Paris, France (hopefully enough of a city to qualify?) but I'm not 'addicted af' (not at all, for that matter) and neither is my spouse, nor are quite a few of the people we know ;)
That said I also see a lot of people walking looking at their screen, bicycling looking at their screen, driving and looking at their screen. And I see a lot of accidents too. I wonder, could there be a link?