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I second Pennsylvania's vote. It's wonderful to be standing in line at the local Best Buy or waiting while pumping your gas and having the time whizz by because you've been in constant conversation with complete strangers. I often tell people that Scranton/Wilkes-Barre is like a "big small town", and this really proves my point!
I find Minnesota to be very friendly and genuine. St. Paul is incredible.
When I first was looking at moving to Minnesota and was looking for a motel in the Twin Cities (on my way to Moorhead) I was walking down the street lost (I had a bus stop-over for the night) and these two women were out and I asked them for directions. They said "will get our keys and drive you to the motel" even being from Denver which is considered very friendly I was shocked.
I also find St. Cloud, Minnesota to have amazingly friendly people.
St. Cloud and St. Paul are friendly and incredible places and they sure have a strong sense of community.
Denver is very friendly, but people from other areas tend to think of friends in Denver not as close knit as other cities. Denver has very friendly bus drivers also, its amazing how if somebody who is older needs help with their groceries how they immediately get assistance from the bus drivers. Colorado Springs is fairly friendly, but not as much as Denver and its more plastic at times but the people are very polite.
Another nice city is Indianapolis. Hoosiers are very friendly people, its too bad the city 100 miles south in Kentucky doesnt value the same hospitality.
I find Indianapolis to be the least pretentious place I have ever been, not even the slightest hint of a "were better then you atttiude"
I vote for the midwest in general. A few years back, my husband and I took a cross country roadtrip and camped for most of it. Being in the midwest was a completely different experience than being on the east or west coasts. In the midwest, campers would come up to you and talk to you. Shoppers in stores would strike up a conversation. People would wave when we took a walk down the road. Waitresses were more chatty. If we asked someone a question, we would get a long, detailed answer. It blew us away! We went to a KC Chiefs football game this past fall and the people next to us talked to us, and we talked to the people in line at the concession stand. If I went to a Philly's baseball game and struck up a conversation with a random stranger, the stranger would most likely either look at me in disgust, or think I was flirting! lol
NE Alabama...small towns. People wave at you on the road whether they know you or not. Close by cities with everything most might need. Nice thing...people are willing to help neighbors. "Look out" for each other but not oppressive. Temperate climate. Lot of sunshine, trees. Typical small brick house with pond, 400+ trees: $65.000. Land: 6 acre lots in country subdivision on hill facing west with unobstructed view of mountains: $45,000.
There are a lot of friendly people everywhere. But some that come to mind are NC, SC, PA, TN.
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