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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a Midwesterner. [b]People from Buffalo are like the cousins of the Midwest.  The only difference is that they aren't "Midwestern nice".[/b][/quote]

I’m from Rochester, only about 60 miles from Buffalo and very similar in culture. 
I like this descriptive use of the term “cousins”. I also think we’re nice people, and very different from our downstate fellow citizens. 
“Midwestern nice”, imo, is a real thing. I winter in SW Florida and there are midwesterners all over the place. Almost all of them are salt of the earth nice. 
When asked where we are from we always say WNY in an attempt to distinguish ourselves from some of the negative connotations of the NYC/NJ area. [/quote]

The reason I say that NY people are not "Midwestern nice" is that they are direct. They are friendly and nice, but direct.  One of the hallmarks of Midwestern culture is that they are indirect. Midwesterners are basically masters of throwing shade, damning with faint praise, etc. They insult people so subtly that only other Midwesterners (or brits) can pick up on it. The great thing is that you grow up learning to be very polite and handle even extreme frustration in a way unlikely to arouse any retaliation.  [/quote]

This is funny and also somewhat accurate. We moved to the Midwest a couple of years ago from the DMV to an irrefutable Midwestern state. We bought our house from former NY'ers (the city, not the state) who empty nested. The husband never could adapt to the Midwest and its social norms and went to great lengths to explain/warn us about them. DH and I are both from the Midwest originally and we get it somewhat naturally. We're also doing fine socially but find ourselves primarily friends with people who have also transplanted from different areas of the country. Not that our neighbors aren't great because they are and we're happy to have them. But if we don't keep up our yard and property, expect some serious shade.[/quote]

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