New Englanders are tough, or nuts. One guy I work with wears shorts year round, even in subzero weather. He lives just a couple blocks from the shop though, so I guess he doesn't have time to get cold. Also, I may have cheated and taken a couple of the pictures in the morning; the weather went from nearly 60 to 34 F that day.
The frown is standard Boston Face. That's why the few smiles stand out.
Do people smile a lot in your city?
I wondered if he wears shorts when he has to go to the opposite end of town, but I guess people drive everywhere anyway, don't they? Maybe you run into him in a completely other place and he's got a parka and them whooshy skiing pants on. Who knows...
No, people don't smile much here either. Never realized it till I went away for a bit. Where I was, in Spain, everyone smiled at you. Everyone. It was a real thing. Here, if you smile at someone, they think you wanna stab em or rob em or something. And I'm guessing it's similar where you are.