I would imagine the most unpretentious, friendliest students would be found in the midwest. I’m from the northeast so I’m not biased
Midwest, and I’d narrow that down even further to Ohio.
Minnesota
North Dakota
What does down to earth mean?
Back to basics?
Tree huggers?
Simple?
How on earth do you propose to generalize about the personality of people based on where they live???
Newsflash: there are good and bad, friendly and unfriendly, smart and stupid, nice and not so nice people EVERYWHERE.
As someone from the east coast, I see a difference in people when we go to other parts of the country. People are often less fashion concious, quicker to smile at strangers, not as label conscious, not as likely to pick their friends based on their socio-economic status and looks…
Areas well outside of major cities may have different social patterns than areas closer in, irrespective of general region.
As someone else from the east coast, I’ve been in parts of cities in the Midwest where I felt a whole lot less safe than I would in Penn Station in NYC. And in cities in the south where a turn down the wrong block was an absolute mistake for a female alone.
I honestly think you’re approaching this wrong-- it’s not about which part of the country you’re from. Rather, I would visit the schools I was considering and find which ones seemed like the best fit-- academically, socially, financially, and so on.
A Forbes article discusses what the magazine attempts to quantity as friendly towns. Most areas of the country are represented. Hamilton, NY (home of Colgate) is the college town I recognized.
“America’s Friendliest Towns”
- Sammamish, WA
- Orinda, CA
- Fishers, IN
- Seal Beach, CA
- Westerville, OH
- Frisco, TX
- Alpharetta, GA
- Downers Grove, IL
- Huntington Woods, MI
- Tooele, UT
- Hamilton, NY
- Herndon, VA
- Hopkins, MN
- Apopka, FL
- Queen Creek, AZ
You just said, that there are “good and bad, friendly and unfriendly, smart and stupid, nice and not so nice people EVERYWHERE.” yet you then go on to describe how you have felt more unsafe in certain cities than in others, and how that has affected your opinion of the Midwest/South.
I mean, aren’t you making generalizations yourself here??
So what are you trying to say? Because clearly, there IS a difference between regions in your view and not EVERYWHERE is the same.
And I’m pretty sure this question IS concerning the “social” aspect of schools like you suggested.
'I’ve been in parts of cities in the Midwest where I felt a whole lot less safe than I would in Penn Station in NYC." (8)
That makes sense. New York may be the safest large city in the US: “20 of the Safest Cities in the World” / Business Insider.
I’ve lived all over the globe, and I think it’s impossible to answer your question. “Down to earth” depends on whose Earth you’re talking about. People just aren’t as regionally homogeneous as they used to be (which I think is a good thing).
They still are in the “Siberia of America,” as I like to call it. There are 5 states, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, and Nebraska, where it’s about as homogeneous as it gets. Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians are some of the rarest things there. And if you do the math, I’m not wrong about comparing Siberia to this region. Both have around 2.5 people per sq. kilometer. Both are severely behind technologically than the rest of the country.
@StuckinND69 said “There are 5 states, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, and Nebraska, where it’s about as homogeneous as it gets.”
I would think that the Sioux and Lakota people in South Dakota might disagree with you.