Is it true that people are friendlier in the South?

Question

I've always heard that most people in the south have more manners and are nicer than in the north. What are your experiences either living in the south or moving from one to the other?

Answer 1

Yes, we are!
Come on down and see first hand. Just be sure to accept us for who we are, and that's the fact that we say yes ma'am and no ma'am, please and thank you. We also say the blessing before we eat, and the food is quite yummy when kept with tradition.
When people are trying to pull out onto a busy street, we stop and hold traffic to let them pull out. Then whoever is let out onto the street gives a courteous wave as to say thank you. No one dares to blow the horn at you, because most people do it.
We hug our friends and family members every time we see them...no matter how long or short the time has been in between visits.
These are only a few things I have personally noticed about us as a society that really sets us apart. There are others of course- like our accent, but these are the characteristics I miss most when I'm away from home. ;^)

A word for "EB Gal"... I'm sorry about that. Trust me when I say that we don't do that. That's racist, not "southern". Two different things goin' here. Come to my house and get some real southern hospitality. We'd love to have you.

Answer 2

I've lived in both South and North, and there is a perception that people in the South are friendlier - but only if you are white. I've heard white Southerners say extremely rude things to black people seconds after being most courteous and helpful to me.

Answer 3

Having lived in California (the North's western cousin) and Texas, I've found that people in Texas are as a rule more polite than people in California. And having communicated with people from all over the US on various forums, I feel that people from the South much more polite than people from the North, especially the North-East.

Answer 4

definite, i think of that many anybody is very friendly. and that i've got performed a extremely significant quantity of traveling throughout the U.S. i'm from the South, and as a consequence, i'm probable basically extremely prejudiced and would't answer that question without showing a small quantity of partiality. i've got seen a number of the Northern states, area of the Western Coast, center U.S., the East Coast, N.E. Coast, and a sturdy element of the South-Western states. the only place i've got no longer seen that various of is the midsection U.S. and the Mid-Western states, i assume. yet i wish in some unspecified time sooner or later in my existence to make sure all the U.S. States. yet thank you for asserting that bearing directly to the South through fact no longer all human beings think of that way and definite, a number of the anybody is extremely undesirable rednecks!! ? ? ?

Answer 5

I am Russian and lived down south for 5 years, in Mississippi. Now I live up north in Connecticut and yes, trust me people are much friendlier down there, even to foreign people.

Answer 6

Born and raised in the Northeast, and definitely people are much nicer down south. Could be superficial like many people claim but it sure beats the heck out of the in your face ******* that live up here.

Answer 7

I have traveled BOTH and NO they are NOT friendlier !!!....

However I have found (opinion only due to experience) that people in the southwest are MUCH ruder than the southeast.

I have found the Midwest to be the friendliest, even in the big cities.

The next person may tell you different due to their individual experience.

Answer 8

They are much nicer in the South! More friendly, more hospitable. I live in central NJ and people here can be such total @ssholes!

Answer 9

They are politer. I was in South Carolina for a summer from new England. They say hello, good-bye, etc, when we Yankees don't. But from what I saw it didn't go much beyond that.

Answer 10

I live in the South and yes that's true!!