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How about we have a thread about a time honored tradition in our time honored southern states. I personally have never been down south (the true blue deep south really). But, where I live I have known a couple southern families (one from here, but spent a considerable ammount of time in Georgia) that eminated a certain charm to them. And I will happen to be visiting Mississippi soon.
Some say it is fake, which may be the case with some, but one cannot deny that with the rural heritage of the south and it's true Christian values that it is indeed special in a way that it is much friendlier than other regions of the U.S.
What are your experiences? Please share! This is going to be a positive thread, that's right we're going to try and have a positive!
Hmm, I have seen many of Dixie's fine states now and each one has a certain unique flavor, but none have ever come off as impolite or brisk (in the way that is generally accepted as commonplace in the Northeast).
It's hard to pick one state individually. I spoke with a Cajun park ranger in Louisiana (Lafayette) on a slow afternoon for close to an hour, and she was an incredibly lovely person. Any woman, young or old, staffing a hotel in Tennessee seems to be automatically charming and wonderful as a rule. Probably the nicest individuals I've ever met in the South were a few older black men in northern Mississippi (around Taylor and Oxford).
If I had to vote for one state individually, I'd have to go for Tennessee. Never met a rude person once there, from Nashville to the eastern border of the state. Not even an impatient or abrupt type. All the women have been beyond courteous and charming as all get out, and the men speak to you, even as some random stranger, with a certain type of understood honor/dignity and respect, as if you're an old friend.
I really love Tennessee. But then again, all of Dixie is great!
No it isn't. If you think people in the South are rude or not all that pleasant I suggest you visit the Kansas City area for a week. You'll probably change your mind. Most of the people I've met in the southern states I've visited are more civil and pleasant than just about any place else I've visited in the country.
Mississippi and Louisiana, in particular, have some really nice people.
I'm a New England Yankee and I've found the people in the South to be more friendly and courteous than any I've encountered in the Midwest with the exception of the Cincinnati area and some parts of Kansas, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
I have never lived in the South but have spent time in Atlanta. New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Dallas, San Antonio & Tampa Bay- bigger cities. Generally I would say the people are particularly outgoing, friendly & gregarious. They may be more prone to being cliquey or less aware of other cultures/ places, but Southerners in my opinion are generally among the friendliest in the world and I have traveled many countries. If you do not think Southerners are hospitable- well, you haven't been to Europe or Asia (except Thailand- that place is truly hospitable)!
Even within the US, I find people from the South were more hospitable and definitely friendlier than people on the West Coast or East Coast or even Canada. The only other region that may be a contender is the Midwest- I found people in Minneapolis to be shockingly nice too.
There is truth to Southern Hospitality- in the sense of friendly outgoing people- if not, why would the term be deemed in the first place?
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