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[-] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

My friend once said that East Coast is not polite but kind, and West Coast is polite but not kind

[-] Lydia_K@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Bostonites will give you the shirt of their back but will berate you the entire time for being so fucking stupid that now I gotta give you my shirt you fucking idiot, don't you think at all?

[-] tym@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

you forgot the ", kid?" or ", bub?" at the end, but otherwise accurate.

[-] MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

It's a very accurate description of the Northeast. People will help you dig your car out of the snow while passively aggressively exhaling very loudly to emphasize how much of a pain it is. But then they'll just walk away not even expecting a thank you.

[-] TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

Canadian here, I've absolutely helped push multiple bozos cars out of snowbanks, silently cursing them the entire time for being such idiot bad drivers.

When they thank me at the end I always say "it's no problem"

[-] Leather@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

I'm shocked you don't apologize to them for their bad driving.

[-] ghost_towels@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

You know, as someone that’s live on both coasts for extended periods of time, that’s exactly right. I’ve never been able to explain it but that’s spot on. Thanks!!

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I think it's far more north south than east west. The PNW is definitely kind, though they're neither nice nor mean, more just uncomfortable you're talking to them. Meanwhile the southeast gives California a run for their money in polite cruelty.

People are aware that without a culture built around it places like Alaska with 22+ hours of light/dark a day can make people a little crazy, but I think the inverse also can cause problems without a culture built around it. Winter is good for you even if it sucks

[-] tym@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

facts. give me impolite kindness 100% of the time.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I dunno, I found people on the West Coast would go out of their way to accommodate my wife when she was unable to walk.

[-] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah people here are scared of making friends with their neighbors for some reason, but as a disabled person people look out for me.

Californians are angry in traffic.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Oh in traffic all that new England kindness goes away rapidly. If you impede them without needing help well they won't ram you or wave a gun, so it's better than Midwestern drivers, but they will honk their hearts out and cut you off

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