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Midwest people tend to be more humble and down to earth since all they hear is everyone always telling them they live in flyover country, it's boring and the weather sucks.
Really? You would think that would make them be defensive, aggitated or have inferiority issues. People from the midwest states seem nicer, however once you start getting close to Chicago the people get a bit more ornery and argumentive. Just an observation, I realize you are from Chicago and you are going to tell me that its not true and everyone in Chicago is happy and poops rainbows.
I would also include extreme northern parts of OK and KY in the Midwest.
I would also include southern WV, northern FL, and much of TX and OK in the SE.
Have at it! I live in Kentucky, which is more Southern culturally but we have an increasing amount of Midwestern transplants to give it a good "blend." I would tie the MW and SE in terms of friendliness (w/ the exception of Indiana, some of those folks are just plain grouchy.)
Midwest, from my experience. It also seems more open whereas the south (that I'm familiar with) is far more stand-offish, skeptical and cynical. They are both big regions that have quite a bit of variety in them, so it probably varies a lot.
^ I've found the opposite to be true. While they're both friendly, I find Midwesterners to be more reserved and Southerners to be more outgoing. There are a few places where this wasn't true though. When I was visiting Southern Alabama (around Mobile) people seemed to be very reserved, almost to the point that it felt like they were being rude.
In general Southerners and Mid-westerners are both nice groups of people. I agree with what some others have said, Southerners tend to be a little friendlier/more outgoing, while Mid-westerners tend to be a bit more reserved.
I'd also say that some (not most, but a sizable minority) Southerners tend to be a little more two-faced (i.e. friendly to your face, but may then gossip or talk about you behind your back), whereas mid-westerners might not be as outwardly welcoming, but they tend to be more "what you see is what you get."
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