Southern V.S. Northern?

Question

OK,

So recently I took a trip to Denver, Colorado.

I am from The Southeast Texas area... Since it was an Emergency trip we couldn't get a flight out and it took us around 24 Hours to get there...

I was wondering was it just me because of our long trip or do people get more and more rude the farther you go up. I mean I am not saying that people are so wonderfully sweet in texas but it just seemed like the people were so rude. It could have been the long ride.

Dont get me wrong either because I loved Denver.. it was actually my first time to ever see snow in person.. It was beautiful.

I hope I do not offend anyone and i dont mean to categorize every northerner this way Because i kow they are not but maybe someone can help me better understand??

Yeah I Kind of figured it was just the experience because we stayed around 5 days... My cousin was in a very horrible car accident and we went ther ein emergency so I guess it was just because i didnt get to experience all of Denver Mostly Colfax Avenue and the hospital...

***TINY- You should read it correctly before you start calling me names I didn't make it sound like southerners are "ALL PEACHY" I wrote "I mean I am not saying that people are so wonderfully sweet in texas" The reason Why I named it Southerners V.S. Notherners is so that it would Attract more people to my question that i was genuinly asking. So, Direct your rude comments elsewhere...THANKS.

****RITA - I am sorry you feel this way...

*****TINY you did call me an Asshole before I said something about it then you changed it.... Thats funny your trying to switch things around/....

Answer 1

I can't speak about Denver but as a native born New Yorker who moved to rural Texas when I retired my opinion is that people do get friendlier as you head south.

This is not a matter of any character flaw in people anywhere but just a difference in culture.

When New Yorkers avoid eye contact and refrain from greeting every stranger with a big hello it is simply a reflection of a culture which places a greater value on privacy and the right to be anonymous.

Southern cities have, until fairly recently, tended to be smaller and more connected to their rural hinterlands than their bigger and more industrial Northern counterparts. So they reflect the culture of the small town which places a greater emphasis on familiarity and interdependance.

Neither is right or wrong just a matter of different circumstances and different responses to them.

As a native New Yorker I initially found the southern, small town tendency to wave at or greet perfect strangers a bit unnerving. These days I've learned to smile and wave back and say "Howdy Y'all"

Answer 2

To me most people I've run into in Colorado and Denver have been pretty courteous. This may just be a one time experience that will happen to you.

However, sometimes because of the circumstances of a visit... no one can make you happy, and there is never quite the service you anticipate. "If this happened in Texas... There would be 10 nurses waiting hand and foot on my friend..." Most likely not... but those are the things that go thru my head at times of duress.

Take another trip under different circumstances and I'm sure you may feel differently. Trust me... people in Colorado are very good people. But when I visit Colorado I'm coming from So Cal... not SE Texas, so maybe my outlook on what courtesy and hospitality may differ from yours...

Answer 3

I've actually discovered the opposite situation. I've always lived in the Northwest, and while people generally don't go out of their way to be polite, they are usually courteous. In the South, I've discovered that "southern hospitality" is long dead. I've never been treated as rudely anywhere else! I've even had gentlemen in the next car over make rude sexual gestures towards me, not once, but on two seperate occasions since I've lived here. I'll take the Northern cold shoulder any day over the South's attitude.

Answer 4

it had to be just that experience. I am not even from there I am from Tucson, AZ and I can say with certainty that it muct have been a full moon or something. I was there last july and was never more amazed at how kind people are. If you are referring to passengers who travelled with you or the staff then - thats why - because eveyone I met were so nice.

Answer 5

I know what you mean I've been to PA and OH and it seems like most people are moody I don't know if not seeing the sun has anything to do with it or because the cost of living is unreal so they have to work allot up there just to make ends meet. I guess that's why I like being down south because I'm from GA and the cost of living here is better than up there and you see the sun more down here than you do up there.

Answer 6

You are categorizing Northerners as rude, and making it seem like Southerners are all peachy.

If you weren't you wouldn't be putting "Southern VS Northern" on your question.

Did I call you names? I don't think so. Read first.

Rita said it best anyway.

Answer 7

I feel like I'm a Northerner. I hope that makes sense.