The Upper Midwest Vs. The Deep South

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Originally Posted by Bobloblawslawblog

Just like any other region, there are going to be nice AND rude people. And there are going to be certain cities/suburbs/towns within each of these regions that are going to be either overall rude, or overall nice... but an entire region?

I really don't know how anyone can make such blanket statements (of it being one way or the other) about any area as huge as both of these regions are. There are popular opinions, and then there's the reality... which usually is much more complex.

I have more experience with the South than I do with the upper Midwest, so I'll just say this... I found certain smaller cities like San Angelo, TX, Lafayette, LA, Hot Springs, AR, Chattanooga, TN, and Asheville, NC to be generally very friendly and somewhat "polite" places.

On the flip-side, I found places like Jackson, MS, Tallahassee, FL, Port Arthur, TX, Little Rock, AR, and Roanoke, VA to be pretty unfriendly and Xenophobic.

I find most of the large cities in the South (Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Miami, Charlotte, etc.) to be too diverse and too much in a state of flux to nail down as being overall nice or rude. Equal measures of both, I guess... depending on what neighborhood you're in.

I would imagine the upper Midwest is much the same way.

Jackson Mississippi can be a pretty rough city. I like to think of it as a mini Detroit in the deep south. Jackson has some wonderful suburbs though with some very friendly people, however if you're black they may not be so friendly racism is still alive and well in that area, but not nearly as intense as most people perceive it to be.