Originally Posted by sac02
The first time I travelled to the North I was surprised by some of the little cultural differences. People not holding the door for me or saying "thank you" when I held it open for them kind of bothered me at first. It took me a bit to realize that they weren't being rude; that just wasn't a part of the "Northern" culture like it is in the "South".
I agree. I think there are cultural differences too.
I moved from the Chicago area to St Louis in 1979. After I'd lived here for around a year I traveled back to Chicago to run in "America's Marathon". The two things that struck me about that trip were how rude everybody in Chicago acted and how quickly I reverted to being just as rude as they were.
Don't be too quick to ascribe it to northern climates until you've visited Iowa, Minnesota, or Wisconsin. Lots of nice people in those states.