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Hm. I grew up in the midwest and I have the exact opposite opinion. Where did you grow up? I wonder if this is that thing where we see the ugly under-belly of
by throwawayjava 9y ago
Hm. I grew up in the midwest and I have the exact opposite opinion.
Where did you grow up? I wonder if this is that thing where we see the ugly under-belly of our homes with a clear eye, but see new places with rose-tinted glasses.
- dan_quixote 9y agoSame. There's a facade of niceness in the Midwest that doesn't go very deep. In a lot of more-rural areas, newcomers are viewed as outsiders and kept at arms-length for years at a minimum. This is not to say mid-westerners are unusually angry creatures, they're just not as benevolent as the stereotype implies. Southern hospitality is an even more extreme version in my experience.
- ashwinaj 9y agoTotally agree. Just because someone acknowledges you, doesn't mean anything. The phrase that gets to my nerves is "bless his/her heart", which I translate to "I <insert long string of expletives> you, but I'm going to pretend to be nice because I have to keep up this stupid facade that society has created"
- leggomylibro 9y agoEast Coast, actually; and people are pretty insular over there too, in the Northern parts. There are assholes everywhere, but in the Midwest at least you could tell the difference fairly quickly; people sort of wore their hearts on their sleeves, I guess.