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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up in Northern California and I say please, thank you, excuse me (it really irritates me when people don't say this in particular).  I also offer my seat to pregnant women, the disabled and elderly, but I don't expect or really want to have doors held for me simply because of my gender.  OTOH, if I'm carrying a package or toting a suitcase, I appreciate people of either gender doing that for me.  I have taken many meals to neighbors in need -- probably because I grew up in a small town where that was common -- and generally try to say what I mean and mean what I say.

I've always liked New Yorkers and New Englanders for their forthright manner.   I married a Midwesterner and find that folks from that part of the country are unfailingly warm and friendly in a very genuine way.  When I moved here it took me a while to get used to Southerners, but I now count quite a few as friends.  Until I got to know them well, though, I did find their tendency to gush when they were obviously annoyed a little phony -- e.g., "Bless her heart" said in response to someone bragging about her precocious child.  At some point, though I realized that my own response as a westerner is no less phony, though said in a rather skeptical tone -- e.g., "Realllly."       [/quote]

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