Are many southern cities like this? (USA South)

I'm talking about South USA, you know "The South" if anyone has been there or lives there. What are they like, and this probably only applies to the smaller towns.

Everytime I see or hear anything about the South (TV mostly, I know it shouldn't be trusted) but they always seem to be such traditional small towns where everyone knows each other and they're all nice and do things together.

Are southern towns/cities actually like this? I've never been there, I'd really like to go, but how are they? Are they anything like they are portrayed in TV? I think it would be cool to live in a small town where everyone knows each other, and they're all like family.

Although, this may be just like any small town. I live in a big city, a small neighborhood, I never talk to anyone around, besides a little hello if I walk past them. I would love to go down to the south, try some nice food and meet some nice people. Do they treat outsiders kindly, not very nicely, or does it depend?

So tell me how the ones you've been to are.

Well I saw a documentary about a small town in Mississippi and it seemed a lot like they do in TV. I don't think the documentary was trying to falsely show how a small town is.

They all knew each other and the high school had about 40 students in the senior class, and everyone seemed nice to each other.

Few of the media portrayals of the South are true. They're mostly just caricatures based on the prohibition-era. I live in Georgia and it's mostly suburbs. There are a lot of rural areas too, but nothing like what you see in movies or television. Much of it is just fields, and the houses are mostly one story farm houses in those areas. There aren't any towns in those areas though since by virtue of being rural there can't be any.

If you've been to any other eastern state, you've been to the South. There's not much of a difference. If you want rural small towns where everyone knows each other, your real best bet is actually in the interior West in states like Utah, Idaho, Nevada, and Montana.

I also don't get why people from other areas of the country talk about "southern hospitality" as if it actually exists. I've never noticed a difference. Maybe that everyone always says "thank you" and "I'm sorry" or "excuse me" when you bump into them, but that's really just a force of habit down here. No one actually gives a **** about what you did when they say thanks, or actually thinks anyone other than you is at fault when you trip over them and they say "sorry". It's just stuff you say so that other people don't think you're rude and treat you antagonistically. For example, fail to say "thanks" every time your waitress brings you something? Get ready for some really bad service.

The myth of the friendly small town is just that, a myth. It's absolute bulls***. People in small towns can be just as nasty, uncaring, rude, and self-absorbed as anyone else.

The myth of the friendly small town is just that, a myth. It's absolute bulls***. People in small towns can be just as nasty, uncaring, rude, and self-absorbed as anyone else.

worlock77

Few of the media portrayals of the South are true. They're mostly just caricatures based on the prohibition-era. I live in Georgia and it's mostly suburbs. There are a lot of rural areas too, but nothing like what you see in movies or television. Much of it is just fields, and the houses are mostly one story farm houses in those areas. There aren't any towns in those areas though since by virtue of being rural there can't be any.

If you've been to any other eastern state, you've been to the South. There's not much of a difference. If you want rural small towns where everyone knows each other, your real best bet is actually in the interior West in states like Utah, Idaho, Nevada, and Montana.

I also don't get why people from other areas of the country talk about "southern hospitality" as if it actually exists. I've never noticed a difference. Maybe that everyone always says "thank you" and "I'm sorry" or "excuse me" when you bump into them, but that's really just a force of habit down here. No one actually gives a **** about what you did when they say thanks, or actually thinks anyone other than you is at fault when you trip over them and they say "sorry". It's just stuff you say so that other people don't think you're rude and treat you antagonistically. For example, fail to say "thanks" every time your waitress brings you something? Get ready for some really bad service.

gameguy6700

You have to be very creative have fun there. You at least have to know people. Another thing, there's hardly any kids around there. At least my age.

I grew up in a small town in rural colordo, the people there are much friendlier than most of the bigger cities I have spent time in and lived. (A lot of the other small towns I have been in seem to be similar)

i'm sure there are some towns like that. i live right outside Atlanta and some of the people down here act like the stereotypical southerner (not too much racism here though, that i've noticed anyways), but usually the "most southern" it gets is people just having an accent, if that makes sense.

Few of the media portrayals of the South are true. They're mostly just caricatures based on the prohibition-era. I live in Georgia and it's mostly suburbs. There are a lot of rural areas too, but nothing like what you see in movies or television. Much of it is just fields, and the houses are mostly one story farm houses in those areas. There aren't any towns in those areas though since by virtue of being rural there can't be any.

If you've been to any other eastern state, you've been to the South. There's not much of a difference. If you want rural small towns where everyone knows each other, your real best bet is actually in the interior West in states like Utah, Idaho, Nevada, and Montana.

I also don't get why people from other areas of the country talk about "southern hospitality" as if it actually exists. I've never noticed a difference. Maybe that everyone always says "thank you" and "I'm sorry" or "excuse me" when you bump into them, but that's really just a force of habit down here. No one actually gives a **** about what you did when they say thanks, or actually thinks anyone other than you is at fault when you trip over them and they say "sorry". It's just stuff you say so that other people don't think you're rude and treat you antagonistically. For example, fail to say "thanks" every time your waitress brings you something? Get ready for some really bad service.

gameguy6700

i'm sure there are some towns like that. i live right outside Atlanta and some of the people down here act like the stereotypical southerner (not too much racism here though, that i've noticed anyways), but usually the "most southern" it gets is people just having an accent, if that makes sense.

needled24-7

Also, if you live near Atlanta then you've probably wondered why MARTA is so terrible and barely goes outside of the city proper. The reason is because Atlanta is mostly black and none of the surrounding counties/towns want "undesirables" to start coming in via public transit. Hell, this was the key reason that the move to create an "Atlanta County" failed. The richer, mostly white counties in Atlanta didn't want to merge into the black counties.

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i'm sure there are some towns like that. i live right outside Atlanta and some of the people down here act like the stereotypical southerner (not too much racism here though, that i've noticed anyways), but usually the "most southern" it gets is people just having an accent, if that makes sense.

gameguy6700

edit: to the edited part of your post: if that's true, then i had no idea that was the reason. i never really wondered why MARTA only was in Atlanta, i just thought it was something that was only part of Atlanta. i've heard a funny phrase joking about what MARTA stands for it i would surely get moderated if i posted it here :P

edit: to the edited part of your post: if that's true, then i had no idea that was the reason. i never really wondered why MARTA only was in Atlanta, i just thought it was something that was only part of Atlanta. i've heard a funny phrase joking about what MARTA stands for it i would surely get moderated if i posted it here :P

needled24-7

Well, the south is about all I know and where I plan to stay all my life. Sure you have your bad areas, but overall it's nice down here. You have your good people and your bad people everywhere though.

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edit: to the edited part of your post: if that's true, then i had no idea that was the reason. i never really wondered why MARTA only was in Atlanta, i just thought it was something that was only part of Atlanta. i've heard a funny phrase joking about what MARTA stands for it i would surely get moderated if i posted it here :P

xaos

Being from LOUISIANA and in a very small area in which one Highschool graduation had under 10 people, I can safely say that this is a falsehood, people in the south and in small towns will not typically treat you nicely especially if your from a more industrialized area. Not to say that there are no nice people, there are. Also, drug labs are an increasing problem down here, especially Meth. It's not quite Deliverance proportions of 'kindness' but it is no traditional southern hospitality fest down here, plus alot of people are ignorant to the human body, politics, and other cultures. So don't come back ya' hear!

I have been to the south plenty of times and yes they tend to be nicer in the south. Even in big cities they still seem to be nicer.AmazonTreeBoa

I've been to the site, mostly Alabama and it's nothing like you describe. Some people know each other, but not everyone is buddy buddy.

Kentucky like that for the most part:P

Though we are sort of south yet sort of midwest

Louisville sort of the dividing point

produces some interesting accents

I've only been to two southern cities: Atlanta, Georgia and Louisville, Kentucky (if you can call Kentucky a southern state; I've heard it referred to as the northernmost southern state and the southernmost northern state, I think). I've only been in Atlanta for an airport layover at Hartsfield-Jackson airport. I've been to Louisville for a vacation. I liked Louisville alot.

i have found southerners less hateful than their northern counterparts...

There are towns where "everybody knows each other", but that's mainly through necessity. You know everyone that you went to high school with. If you stay in that town, you continue to stay in contact with the others that stayed because there's nthing else to do. Through them, you meet other people until eventually you're within one or two degrees of everyone. Nobody is nicer in small towns though. Best-case scenario, you'll be completely ignored because nobody knows you.

Totally depends on the individual people. I live in a very small town, and some of the neighbors are the best of friends. Others don't speak to anyone. If they're doing something for TV, odds are that the friendly outgoing people are the ones to get interviewed. I imagine it's like that no matter where in the country you are.

The only place I noticed a difference was when I lived in California, because almost everyone had moved there from someplace else and had to make all new friends. So people tended to be more open and friendly, and not be so cliquey.

I live in a small town in southern Alabama. In my experience,here its pretty much accepted that you wave at everyone that walks by, whether you or they are in a car, or walking down a street, or even just sitting in your yard. It surprises my family in Ohio that EVERYONE waves and says hi when they see you lol. You can also usually talk to random people, and they'll be just as friendly. Sometimes, people here can be rude, but it seems like if I try any of this in the north, I get looked at like I'm some kind of freak :P

Most Southern small town people are hypocrites.

They promote themselves as super friendly, and they are to your face, but when your back is turned they talk all kinds of crap about you, and try to screw you over every chance they get it it benefits them. We call them Saccharin sweet. They really want to be sweet and nice, but instead they are bitter and hard to swallow. I can't tell you how many friendly God fearing Christians will spend a half hour talking your ear off at the store only to walk away and talk crap about that same person not even 10 feet away from that person.

And, frankly, small towners are the noseiest, most gossipy people I've ever come across.

Just come down To North Carolina.. Best BBQ anywhere :P00-Riddick-00

Well as far as I know they are nicer to each other in the South. Every time when I go down there I experience a bit of culture shock because people are nicer. They even say "Hi" if you are walking by. You don't get that in NYMgamerBD

Most small towns are like that in general, doesn't just apply to the southern ones. Things do vary though depending on what state you go to, like Florida for instance has VERY big cities and isn't anything like small southern towns.

Not all of them, but yes a lot of them.

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i'm sure there are some towns like that. i live right outside Atlanta and some of the people down here act like the stereotypical southerner (not too much racism here though, that i've noticed anyways), but usually the "most southern" it gets is people just having an accent, if that makes sense.

gameguy6700

Also, if you live near Atlanta then you've probably wondered why MARTA is so terrible and barely goes outside of the city proper. The reason is because Atlanta is mostly black and none of the surrounding counties/towns want "undesirables" to start coming in via public transit. Hell, this was the key reason that the move to create an "Atlanta County" failed. The richer, mostly white counties in Atlanta didn't want to merge into the black counties.

While I'm sure there are racists in the southern states, but there's racists everywhere. I haven't experienced any racism though when I was living in the south, but again I haven't been to every state there. From my personal expereince I have experienced more racism in the Northern states than anywhere else, seriously people up there are constantly making racial slurs about Italians, Irish, Jews, Asians, Blacks, whatever.

They just say it so casually that I was shocked and disgusted. Plus alot of the time they were always complaining about neighborhoods, like I had this one guy tell me that he was upest because the Irish people were moving into his neighborhood, I couldn't belive what I was hearing. Don't get the wrong idea though, I met plenty of nice people up there, but just from personal experience I found them to be a little more discriminatory then the other area I've been to.

Few of the media portrayals of the South are true. They're mostly just caricatures based on the prohibition-era. I live in Georgia and it's mostly suburbs. There are a lot of rural areas too, but nothing like what you see in movies or television. Much of it is just fields, and the houses are mostly one story farm houses in those areas. There aren't any towns in those areas though since by virtue of being rural there can't be any.

If you've been to any other eastern state, you've been to the South. There's not much of a difference. If you want rural small towns where everyone knows each other, your real best bet is actually in the interior West in states like Utah, Idaho, Nevada, and Montana.

I also don't get why people from other areas of the country talk about "southern hospitality" as if it actually exists. I've never noticed a difference. Maybe that everyone always says "thank you" and "I'm sorry" or "excuse me" when you bump into them, but that's really just a force of habit down here. No one actually gives a **** about what you did when they say thanks, or actually thinks anyone other than you is at fault when you trip over them and they say "sorry". It's just stuff you say so that other people don't think you're rude and treat you antagonistically. For example, fail to say "thanks" every time your waitress brings you something? Get ready for some really bad service.

gameguy6700

Every state has small friendly towns, the drug towns, the poor towns, the rich towns, and the cities. Every single state. You can find any type, anywhere.

Every state has small friendly towns, the drug towns, the poor towns, the rich towns, and the cities. Every single state. You can find any type, anywhere.

wis3boi

I can't tell you how many friendly God fearing Christians will spend a half hour talking your ear off at the store only to walk away and talk crap about that same person not even 10 feet away from that person.coasterguy65

Yeah, I've seen this too. "Bless her heart" is a common way to round out the ****-talking, as if that somehow makes it not as bad.

For me, no. I have met far more friendly people up north than I ever have down south, and I've lived here for years. There are some friendly people in the smaller towns and cities, but there's also a lot of rude and hateful people. It's true for anywhere I guess, but I much prefer being in the northeast...

I live in the deep south..... odd accents (To me it's odd, lived in arizona for over 5-7 years), and some mean people, but mostly nice people. it's got it's + and minuses, but overall, it's pretty nice place to live.