Friendliness in Tucson, AZ vs. Boston, MA vs. New York City, NY vs. Miami, FL vs. Philadelphia, PA (places, people)
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Did you find Amarillo to be similarly closed off innthe same fashion its sister city Lubbock was?
Were Amarillo folks more open compared to Lubbock? I'm extremely interested.to know about this.
Ehhh, Amarillo sucks. Lubbock is a lot nicer than Amarillo. The people in Amarillo I think are worse than Lubbock people. The people do seem more closed off than in Lubbock. Lubbock has Texas Tech, so that attracts transplants mostly from other Texas cities. Amarillo is all locals for the most part. West Texas A&M seems more of a commuter school than UTEP. UTEP at least has some transplants and some international students, even though it's a commuter school. Now if you really want a small town feel, go to Midland/Odessa. Those two side by side cities are very closed off. Lubbock is the best in the Panhandle. Amarillo comes in 2nd place. Midland/Odessa would be last.
Nevada I've heard is a very friendly state. Arizona is a mix. I feel Tucson and Phoenix kind of have the same type of people, either you will meet someone who is nice or someone who is rude. Northern California is not a friendly part. San Francisco people are kinda mean and self-centered. Los Angeles people are ok. San Diego has a friendly population. So really, it differs in the west. I'd say Nevada is probably the friendliest state, but it's not somewhere I'd ever want to live in. I like Arizona better. Nevada is way too touristy.
Don't know where you heard NV is friendly, but you heard wrong. I've spent ample time in both Reno and Vegas, not to mention many teency places in between, and if there's one thing I wouldn't say NV is, it's friendly. Carson City, not friendly at all, Virginia City, ditto.
NorCal is not friendly, but SF people are much more friendly than they are perceived as not to be. I've lived all over the city, just to qualify the statement.
LA is... their own brand of friendliness, but I'd still take it over the SD friendly which feels much more "put on" to me than the LA version.
Just my personal observations over the years.
I've read other posts on other websites that mentions Nevada is friendly. One of my relatives also says people in Vegas come off as rude. I'm curious, in what ways? I've only been to Vegas about 5 times in my life and each time only spent 2-3 nights. I have only seen rudeness on the roads, such as the drivers not letting you into their lane and trying to race with you. Maybe I need to spend more than 3 nights there and see how it's really like.
It could be possible that if one really wants friendliness, you have to travel more southeast to southeastern states such as Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, etc. That or go more up Midwest. Seems like it could be that the entire Southwest and West coast are all the same. I don't mind it personally, but for someone who wants really friendly people, the west may not be suitable, depending on where you are. For me, I've already made my friends and social circle in Tucson. It doesn't matter much for me.
Tuscon is winning this because they aren't an East Coast city. They aren't "nice", they're just California transplants. Against any midwest city they'd have 0 votes because the easterners would vote for the midwesterners or themselves.
Actually, Tucson people are very friendly and warm compared to other places and also laid back. I realized this yesterday. With that being said, I think maybe sometimes I take things too personally and I am a sensitive person. I need to learn not to take things too personally. But yeah, compared to Boston or NYC, Tucson is warm.
El Paso is not really a city you want to be in. The people were very cliquey and somewhat unfriendly. Though everyone kept telling me how the people in EP are friendly, I had a completely different experience. I encountered very rude and ignorant people. I never made any friends and no one wanted to hang out or do anything, unless it was with their preschool friend. If your not Hispanic, your gonna get treated badly. RGV has a much friendlier population than EP. The city itself is so boring and run down. I used to refer to El Paso as North Juarez. Glad I left. I met quite a few people in Tucson compared to in El Paso. Overall, people in EP are friendly to some extent, but won't ever go beyond strangers, unless you grew up there and made friends in Elementary School.
North Juarez. omfg. This post is amazing. prescient and dead on accurate. i lived there 3 years.
Btw, i found the people in Juarez somewhat friendlier. Not by much, granted. But an upgrade.
Can't speak for Tucson, as it's the only one of the five I've never visited.
But generally speaking, the further west one travels in this country, the friendlier the residents get.
Philadelphians, however, are friendlier than both residents of other Northeast cities and the city's reputation might have you believe. We've come out smelling like a rose in a couple of surveys that attempted to determine how welcoming and helpful residents of various cities were to visitors.
If judging Philly by its Eagles fans and how they regularly assault opposing fan in and near their stadium, then Philly is one of the most unfriendly cities in the nation. I've experienced this TWICE here. Never have anywhere else when following my Panthers, other than some friendly, good natured ribbing. Never when there after the 2nd experience and never will again. It's a shame, because Philly itself seems to be a great metro with so, so much to offer. smh.
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