What is the most polite/nice place you have lived or visited?

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I will have to say that everywhere I have ever been the the NE US people were exceptionally nice and polite.
NY and NYC
NJ
Maine
Penn
Vermont


The people in NJ were just incredible. Great folks. Small town folks.

I was just shocked given what I had heard.

I wouldn't say I was swept away by the folks in MD, N VA/DC area.
Some were very nice but a very few were not.
I still love TX but there are nice folks "up North"
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Iron Mike was right on this one. I'm originally from NJ as well, and have noticed that most places outside of the NE are pretty decent. There are polite/nice people in the NE, but they're a minority. I do have to admit that I've met some nice, friendly (but not polite) people in NYC. People who live around here complain about the NYC "attitude" but I think they just don't get New Yorkers.
 
French "government" aside, I've always found the French people, even in Paris, very friendly to visitors. We had a great time 18 months ago when we went over for my brother's wedding. Yes, my sister-in-law is French.

We spent a week in Rome on the way home and, as usual, the Italians were very friendly too!

When I used to deliver aircraft overseas there would always be someone who'd tell me "they hate Americans over there" (where ever "there" was). I never found it to be true, even when I was in Ethiopia during the "provisional military government of socialist Ethiopia". There were hammer and sickles painted on the airport windows and Marx, Lenin and Engles billboards in Revolution square but the people were friendly and loved Americans. It reminded me of Cuba, old cars maintained with local parts, friendly people who were not very happy with the government and a government that sucked!

Even in places that the locals are not happy with the US government they mostly don't carry that dislike over to Americans as individuals. I've been through most of Africa, Europe and South America as well as the Pacific islands, Australia and New Zealand and I've never been treated in an unfriendly manner in any of those places by the people. Many of the local governments weren't very helpful, very friendly or very competent but that's often true here as well!

You'll find some jerks everywhere you go but people in general, if you give them half a chance, are helpful and friendly wherever you go.

Ireland and New Zealand still stand out, however!
 
skunk, what, may i ask, were you doing in blacksburg, va? you aren't a hokie are ya?!? :D
just messin with ya.

as a born and raised southerner, virginian and country boy (at least my pre-college years, but still one at heart), i will say that the most polite (and nice) people are your average folks in the rural south. now, you can't just walk around being an a$$ and expect people to be friendly to you, but if you show politeness, especially your yes sirs and yes ma'ams, and you won't have any problem.

outside of the US, russians are really nice people. they tend not to show it at first because they're generally fairly guarded people, but after they see that you're genuine, they open up and will give you the shirt off their back if you ask for it.
 
In the US, down South, namely Tenn. and NC. Although PA once you get away from Philly isn't bad.

Outside the US, I found that the folks in Holland, Germany, Austria, and Italy were very friendly.
 
Inside the US: I live there. Central Florida. Everyone here seems to be a gun fanatic or at least pro-gun. The only gun bans are the ones the feds force upon us.

Outside the US: Australia.
 
Friendliest place I've ever been was Tallinn, Estonia. Granted that was with my high school choir on a school sponsored trip and we were hosted by a the Tallinn Boy's Choir (this was the last few days of a 2 week tour of the, then, USSR in 1989). Close second was Helsinki, Finland where our choir spent a few days both before entering and after leaving the Soviet Union. Again though, we were hosted by a local boy's choir so I have no idea if the openness was typical or not. Someday I plan to return to both cities as a solitary tourist and see (well, maybe with a couple people, just not with a tour group or something along those lines).

Friendliest place I've been in the US in many ways was Vermont (I was there 8 months). Heck, just 12 years ago people were still picking up hitchhickers there. There were some things I didn't like- where I was there were more racists than where I am now, and a popular phrase to use against people perceived of being selfish was to "stop being such a Jew" and there was plenty of talk of "Jewing" people- but that was a small minority. By and large, it was a very friendly place, and very beautiful.

Pittsburgh, PA is a close second.

This might surprise a lot of people, but I found Boro Park (a Chassidic neighborhood) in Brooklyn to be an honorable mention. On the street it is a city and people pretty much leave you alone, but in the shops and in shul (synagogue) people were quite friendly and went out of their way.

You know, I also think that here in MD we can be a pretty friendly bunch. Sure, we have our bad apples too, but there are a lot of good people here. Then again, we are a "border state" (referring to the North/South division) and there is some truth to the saying (paraphrased): Marylanders have the manners of a Northerner and the work ethic of a Southerner.:evil:
 
Gotta say England.

We were driving and couldn't find the cutoff to our destination, so we stopped in a little shop and the wife jumped out to ask directions. A few minutes later she came out along with a lady who locked up the shop and got in her car. I was told to follow. We both figured the lady would take us to the cutoff, but nooooo, she took us all the way there, about 20 miles.

When we got there (a police academy), my wife was going to be busy setting up for a lecture the next day, and the guy in charge asked if there was anything I'd like to see, since I had nothing to do. I asked if there were any range classes being run. He checked with the firearms instructors and the answer was that there were none being run that week. Instead, he asked if I'd like to see the armory. Of course I said, "Yes!".

He walked me down to the armory knocked on the door and asked the guys there if they'd show me around. Everyone dropped what they were doing (cleaning MP5s) and showed me every toy they had. At the end of the day, one of them asked if I shot. When I told him that I did, he told me to come back tomorrow.

The next day, he took me to the range. We started on a FATS simulator and did that for a while. Then he took me out on the range and let me shoot a Glock for a while. Then he broke out an MP5 and we played with that for a while (he was manually working turning targets trying to create confusion). Then he broke out the UZI.

We spent the next two weeks traveling around England and Scotland (my wife had 3 conferences at which she had to speak) and everyone fell all over themselves being nice.

The only downside is that no one picks up after their dog. They don't even take them to the curb so you have to watch where you are walking at all times.
 
Northeast Oregon. People are easygoing and naturally gracious, mind their
own business but invariably respond to friendliness. Maybe it's all the
open country but when I drive through there I feel the stress drop from
between my shoulders. I don't live there because my family and job are
here and, by God, I'm a Washingtonian!
 
Gotta be the South but it's hard to choose between South Carolina, Tennessee & Kentucky. California (SF Bay Area) is not friendly.
 
Camp Pendleton. Marines are the nicest, most polite kids in the world. Make you proud to be an American.
 
Well, I've lived in: MA, ME, NH, GA, MT, MI, IL, TN, KY, OH, Germany, and Newfoundland, Canada

I've been to 45 of 50 States, excluding WA, OR, HI, AK, and NM. I've also been to 7 of the 10 Canadian Provinces.

I've spent time in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Amsterdam, and Diego Garcia, B.I.O.T. (British Indian Ocean Territories).

By far, my favorite has been Tennessee, which is why I decided to stay here when I left the Army. The people are courteous. The gun laws are as good as they get (outside of VT).

The worst place I've been to is easily Kandahar, Afghanistan. The gun laws may be non-existent, but, call me crazy, I don't care for people who shoot 122mm rockets at me. I'm also not partial to people who put anti-tank mines in the middle of the road. Of course, there was the added benefit of getting to carry an M4 carbine everywhere I went, with 60mm, 81mm, 120mm mortars and Apaches on call. It's too bad I can't have those during rush hour traffic on I40.

Frank
 
Gotta say .... Yay for New Zealand!!! :D

However, not the most gun friendly if you want handguns, military style semi-automatics or the right to defend you and yours with firearms.

Up until a couple of days ago when my wife was confronted by a juiced up neighbour with a rifle, I would have said the place had reasonably low serious crime potential ...... I'm starting to wonder now.

Spinner
 
The Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor. There had to be at least 40-50 people when I visited. Almost could hear a pin drop. Very little talk, all in whispers. It seemed appropriate. I had told my brother about what a powerfull experience it was for me. He didn't have the same. Some people had to be told to turn off phones and radios. One couple argued about where to have lunch. They were told to cut it out, and did, but he missed the feelings I felt, due to all the distraction.
 
I've lived in 16 states and the most polite region is the rural south. The most polite, friendly, and willing to help you, state is WITHOUT a doubt North Dakota.
 
My Dad asked me once why Tennessee was the "Volunteer State" (he worked there briefly), and then replied that only volunteers would work there.:p
 
The most polite people that I've met were in Australia, no word of a lie! The Japanese are also very polite. Both are more of a result of culture than laws.
 
Northern P.A. in the mountains. Very polite and always there to lend a helping hand. Strong community....(even if they do end up in your business half the time).

Don't live there b/c no jobs and to darn cold!
 
my thoughts

I have done some traveling and lived in some fun places. Its funny though, I live in Atlanta and actually still find the people of Georgia very polite and nice.

That does not make them better then the yankees I grew up with. Sure, a southerner will help you paint your house, but will criticize it behind your back. A yankee from NJ will tell you to stuff you brushes where the sun aint shined when you ask, but wil be there to paint your house and then help you fix the stairway that's been creaking.

I find the people of Northeast Ga near Athens my favorites. Down to earth yet open minded.

The women of Sau Paulo Brazil ...

and the entire population of Costa Rica ... ticas/os give the word "nice" a new meaning.
 
Friendliest place outside of USA: Ireland, even Dublin was friendly. West coast near Galway was very friendly and beautiful countryside

Nicest place inside the USA: Pennsylvannia. I don't live there because its too far from family. Nice climate, good variety to the seasons.

Places I didn't care for (between people and scenery): Manhattan, Greensboro, NC, Oklahoma (friendly people, but too flat), Boston (pretty city if there is such a thing), Florida (too flat and everyone is from somewhere else),

I don't mean to offend anyone by listing the places that I didn't like.

-Jim
 
Lewistown Montana was the friendliest and nicest place I've ever lived. Too bad that there's no work there or I'd still live there. You could drive down town and park your truck with your gun in the back window rack, leave your windows down. When you got out of the store, all of your belongings including your gun would still be in your truck.

If it was during the summer time, you may also find some veggies from someone's garden in you truck as well.
 
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