Are people in your area friendly?

[Micca]

I think most people would say that they live in an area where people are friendly. Yet people who travel often comment on how friendly or rude people are in other areas. If you live in an area not noted for friendliness, does it make you uncomfortable to be around people who are friendly?

I'll define friendly as polite and pleasant to strangers and newcomers. Some examples: When entering/exiting a door to a business, people will hold it for the next person. When stepping into an elevator a person smiles, and maybe says hello, or sure is hot out,etc. If you accidentally bump carts at Walmart, people don't tell you off or make a face. People tell you if money or car keys fall out of your pocket. If you start a new job, join a club, or organization, people make a point to welcome and include you.

Are these things universal, or are they limited to certain parts of our country?

 

[parrothead365]

Yep, thats one of the things we love about our small sourthern town.

 

[NAB]

I think you can have both kinds of people in one area. We have both. I do find the teenagers are getting ruder though.

 

[Stitchfans]

not really. around here everyone is to busy to be friendly. it is everyone for themselves.

 

[MosMom]

We recently moved from an upscale suburb to a small country town and I can't even begin to describe how much nicer people are. It really is amazing. Leads us to feel much more relaxed and happy here.

 

[ducklite]

Very, very friendly!

Anne

 

[kimkarli]

Very friendly. Texas has a reputation for having friendly people.

 

[Evil Queen]

I love friendly people. Most of my family are from Tennessee and have that well known southern hospitality (not that all southerns have it, I know), and I consider myself rather friendly.

I love to visit Tennessee and get away from where I live here. I found about 75% of interaction with folks down here, as painful. Most are rude and obnoxious. Where in Tennessee it seems to happen only about 5% of the time.

Other than hurricanes, people here are my reason for wanting to leave. I think what really bothers me, other than 8 years of living in Tenn./Miss. I have spent the rest of my life here in S. Florida, and it was never this bad when I was young.

 

[RitaZ.]

No, people are rude and unfriendly around here.

DH traveled to Kansas for business and he was so impressed with the people. It was actually kind of funny when he called me, "Rita, people are nice here! They talk to you and are helpful. And, there is no traffic!!!!!"

 

[ozarkmom]

friendly here! This is the type of community that people wave, smile, make eye contact. If your standing in line somewhere you start up a conversation with the people around you. My husband and I were eating breakfast in a local restaurant today and a bunch of us and the waitresses were talking, joking, teasing etc. and I wondered what some of the out of towners think sometimes but quite often someone who was travelling through writes a letter to our hometown paper complimenting us on our friendly/helpful citizens. There's alot of strangers in town today for a bike/pig roast hopefully they'll all enjoy their time here. Oh and yes we do have some rude and obnoxious people too but they are the exception.

 

[Alice's Mom]

I'm sad to say no, but I am very friendly

I live in a land of hurry, entitlement and rudeness.

 

[Keli]

Definitely live in a friendly area and I like it that way. It really does make a difference in your quality of life in my opinion.

I lived in a small town in southern MI for four years once and although I would not classify that area as unfriendly, it wasn't friendly either. Sort of neutral really. People didn't go out of their way to be rude or ugly at every chance but they didn't care to be nice either.

 

[Pop Daddy]

where all mean

 

[kaw1218]

It depends, but mostly people are pretty rude. It is like a pleasant surprise when you find a really nice person. I guess its like someone else said, people are too busy, they just don't have time for friendly or manners.

 

[Marseeya]

So-so here.

It's kind of funny -- we're just north of the Mason Dixon line. If you drive 1/2 hour north of us, people start to get noticeably ruder. If you go 1/2 hour south of us into West Virginia, people are a lot friendlier.

Anyway, for the most part, if you start driving into the country where I live, people on their farms will stop what they're doing and wave at passing cars. In town, though (small town), people will smile, but won't go out of their way to be friendly. Customer service is indifferent at best.

 

[Disneymaddness]

I don't think people are friendly around here. The other day I was out walking for exercise and some people I passed would actually look the other way instead of saying hello!! I think that is sad.

 

[aunt kelly]

As a whole, people in Oklahoma are very friendly. We try to make newcomers and visitors feel welcome. Come visit us sometime!

 

[rparmfamily]

I find people who live by me to be very friendly in general. I work in customer service and nearly all my interactions with the locals is more than pleasant, it's fun. People talk my darn ear off most of the time! LOL

I live in northern Florida BTW.

 

[lulubelle]

Unfortunately Alice's mom is right about southern California. But she forgot to mention "fast driving-cell phone fanatic-I am better than you" attitutes that go along with a lot of people here. We have been to the southern states and it is very noticable how friendly and genuinely kind everyone is.

 

[ClarabelleCowFan]

Well people here are nice to your FACE but then as soon as you walk away...