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Most of the south, midwest, and inter-mountain west. I've only noticed a proliferation of snobby attitudes in the northeast, west coast, and around Chicago.
Of all the major cities I've visited, I would honestly have to say Pittsburgh. People there were just down to earth and more courteous than I'd ever read/been told about cities in the Northeast.
Take my vote with a grain of salt, though, as I have only stepped on Pittsburgh soil four days of my entire life on two different trips. Also, I've only visited 10 states and DC, so I've not seen a lot of the world.
Of all the major cities I've visited, I would honestly have to say Pittsburgh. People there were just down to earth and more courteous than I'd ever read/been told about cities in the Northeast.
Take my vote with a grain of salt, though, as I have only stepped on Pittsburgh soil four days of my entire life on two different trips. Also, I've only visited 10 states and DC, so I've not seen a lot of the world.
I agree, Pittsburgh and Western PA, and Western NY to a lesser extent, seem to be the friendliest areas of the northeast, perhaps having to do with the nearby midwestern influence.
AVLLVR...culture - the customs, beliefs, values, practices, and social norms of a group of people; including but not limited to religion, food, art, language, clothing, architecture, etc.
And a city is not a "group of people"? Does not language (i.e. a common accent, colloquialisms, etc.), common fashions, and architecture not create a common culture? Certainly, there are other powerful individual influences as well, but I think that these things do create an observable culture. Otherwise this entire website is pointless.
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I don't see where arrogance, humility, or any other individual characteristics are part of culture...you're just making generalizations about cities based on personal experience and not on "large numbers of residents". It's just one person's limited perception.
If culture cannot be observed, then how can it be said to exist. I do completely understand your point that my limited experience is just that, I always try to keep that in mind. And I also understand your hesitation to ascribe "arrogance" or "humility" to an entire city. I just believe that the pace of life, accepted norms (i.e. driving styles), and a multitude of other things mix within a city to give it a unique, complex, yet observable culture because it comes out in the way many people act - millions of individual actions that coincide to create a culture, even as individual citizens differ from each other. Since we learn from our environment, from the actions of other people, we tend to emulate them as we learn to operate as social creatures.
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But like I said, I don't care if you see it that way. Since you asked, I answered.
Um, ok. I never asked you to care what I thought. We simply disagree, which is fine. I was trying to carry on an intelligent conversation. My mistake. It won't happen again.
Im born and raised on the Southside of Chicago, and people in Chicago treat eachother like ****, but we treat out of towners well. Its weird how we treat our own differently from how we treat visitors.
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