The people are tight-fisted in Frankfurt

Frankfurt is a city of bankers. They actually nicknamed in Mainhattan because the Main river flows through it and some skyscrapers are along the river. The view is hardly as striking as looking at Manhattan from Brooklyn. And the people seem to have little soul or generosity. At least, some of them.

Let me explain. After coming here to take care of some business at the American consulate, I did some sightseeing, ending up at a cafe in a pedestrian zone. Sitting outside during the lunch hours many bankers and wealthy patrons also sat in the same cafe. In front a gypsy music duo played showtunes on accordion and sax. The sax player at one point stopped playing and went first to cafes on one side to ask for change then to the cafes on my side. No one around me gave him money accept for myself. I couldn't believe it. Here were all these well paid, expensively dressed people and they couldn't cough up a dime for street musicians? Incredible. Most didn't even look at him, completely ignoring him. Some said, leave me in peace. Some dismissed him with a wave of the hand. I had no idea that tight-fistedness is a quality of people in Frankfurt.