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[lastat06513]

I have heard this everywhere; The farther a person gets away from New England, the more nicer Americans can get.

Do alot of you Southerners, Midwesterners and Westerners feel that way?


Also, in relation to Korea, are people who live farther south away from Seoul alot more nicer than the people who live in Seoul, Northern Kyonggi and Kangwon Do?

Mildly curious people would like to know......

Third and last comment;

One person told me that the rudest person in Seoul is equal to the nicest person in New York, are there any New Yorkers who can back up that claim?

[dsilla]

No, never. I spent the first half of my life in Pennsylvania and the second half in North Carolina, but I've never heard that one.

[flotsam]

[kat2]

In a word, yes. I"m from the south, and we think New Englanders are snobby and stuck up. Although, it might have more to do with being a "damn yankee" than anything relating the truth. The South will rise again!!

[flotsam]

[periwinkle]

I lived in Boston for 5 years. I was expecting people to be snobby when I moved there, but they're not. I worked in several customer service positions (waiting tables; Starbucks), and people were polite and didn't give me attitude. The worst problems I've experieinced with attitude were when I was a flight attendant- the worst routes in our system (in regards to rude passengers) were between Toronto and NYC and any flight in and out of Raleigh/ Durham. God, I dreaded those trips~

[Boodleheimer]

[kat2]

[shifter2009]

I've never personally had problems with people from New England but its often a topic of an odd article in Madison newspapers. Apparently there is a precieved snobbiness of people coming from either coast to UW-Madison. The thurst of the articles are usually the coasters think their beep don't stink. I've never had the problem myself so its just what I read.

[flotsam]

[Boodleheimer]

[kat2]

[nobrand]

Hmm.. I'm from the south. I like iced tea too. But that's beside the point..

Some southerners think northerners are rude.. but that's usually because they have limited exposure to them. Northerners from larger cities (the ones that usually end up visiting the south) tend to have a fast paced lifestyle. Things down south are generally slower, so people think they are impatient and rude. There is also that air of acknowleding people and saying hi often. If you visit a small town and aren't used to this, you seem cold and no one gets to know you. Plain fact is a lot of people from the south never visit the north, so they have no idea how people act in their own environment... so for them to immediately judge all as being rude is so easy because there is often no comparison.

I like it up there, it's pretty peachy. I've met lots of rude northerners and southerners. It's about 50-50.

[lastat06513]

FYI~ Yes, I WAS an English Teacher, yet why do I have to watch my grammar when I wish to speak my mind- Do you think I am going to thank you or even knowledge that you are trying to fix my mistake, Flotsam......

Ain't this the fourth thread you have followed me on, don't you get bored of stalking people on an anonymous message board?
I'd be little careful of giving my number to a person like you, flotsam...


Anyway,
The reason I posted this thread is because I was recollecting some travel experiences with some friends and one of them was remarking how nice and hospitable people were south of Pennsylvania and N'Jersey.
And the fact that 5 (yes, FIVE) of my friends married girls from south of the dixie line.
The farthest south I got was Georgia and it was ok, not the best, but impressive to say the least.

[flotsam]