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[quote=Anonymous]To anyone who has experience with this:  Why is it a "thing"?

Before I visited Washington state, I assumed that the people here would be lovely, artistic, etc.  The first few rude encounters I assumed it was me, before finally googling it.  Turns out Washington state is renowned for rudeness, for a level of social apathy bordering on sociopathy (I have also heard the word "autistic" used to describe the social style here), for passive-aggressiveness in the extreme.

I would have thought it was overstatement, had I not experience these things on such a widespread level first hand.

So.... obviously social rules change from region to region.  For example, the south is renowned as being extremely friendly and helpful to strangers.

But why does Washington state, of all places, feel so anomalous to the United States as a whole?  And why are basic social skills/niceties so lacking here, to the point where it's become a regional joke?  Does anyone have any thoughts or input?[/quote]

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