Where was the friendliest place you ever lived?

Capt Lightning said:
Hollydolly, interesting to hear your views on Gosport. Having lived a long time not far north in Horndean, I found the locals rather distant and uncommunicative. You almost needed a letter of introduction before saying 'Hello'.
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yes , exactly this is precisely what we found... unlike Devon & Cornwall
 
Alligatorob said:
Can be a problem, LOL.

I am a southerner, but having lived lots of places lost most of my accent. Sometimes I find myself having to explain the lack of it. Some people in Louisiana refuse to believe I'm a native son.

But most have been friendly to me anyway. Particularly after I tell the story of my ancestor who was in Pickett's charge or something similar...

Yankees on the other hand usually do detect my accent.
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I'm a northerner born and bred.. northernesr are tradionally much more friendly and wekcoming that Southerners.. so even now after 45 years of living in the south I still can't get my head around the coldness of the people here compared to the North..
 

Gaer said:
By FAR, ALASKA!
If you pull over on the side of the road, within 5 minutes, you will have a dozen people opening your hood, asking if they can help; it's AMAZING!
People would knock on your door holding a huge salmon or halibut, asking if you can use it. "My freezer won't hold anymore! Want it?"
Walk into a shop and the clerks treat you like a long lost friend!
Just don't mine on another person's gold claim if you still want to live. haha!
They BREATHE aliveness , adventure, excitement. It's in the air!

Also, I've never lived in Idaho, but have traveled through there many times and they are such friendly, down-home people!
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Did you know that Alaska has the highest crime rate in the whole of the USA ?
 
Mike said:
I like your views hollydolly on where you have lived and I
agree with you about Cornwall and Devon, but on the same
list, I would have to put Scotland plus Holland, there are
others, too many to name who are friendly to a lesser degree.

Where I live now is not so friendly, I could be on the moon, I
think, people here are surly, but those born here are friendly
to each other and sometimes fair to others.

Mike.
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Yes I agree about Scotland..of course I would, lol., it's where I was born and raised, and there's no doubt they are simply very friendly.. and yes Holland too, I agree.. and also Ireland ... but I was just keeping the reference to the English place I've lived in since being married..
 
Hands down, Las Cruces, NM, in the 60s. It's grown a whole lot since then, and I have no idea what it's like there now. A close second would be El Paso, TX.
 
I genarally get on most anywhere but Honolulu in the 70s and here in rural NM are pretty evenly matched for friendliness.

Honolulu was the first place where not only did people not act like i was crazy to worry about very young seemingly unattended children in stores, parks, beach, zoo---but other people were keeping an eye out too. My heart soared the first time i realized 3 other adults were concerned about toddler (still unsteady on their feet, but fast) till their Pregnant Mom caught up with them.

At one point i was renting bicycles on a busy corner in Waikiki. An armored car drove by every weekday at same time and the guys in side would wave at me smiling. One very hot day it screeched to a halt and a door flew open. I thought they were being robbed but one of them jumped out and gave me an ice cream cone, "To cool you off." Jumped back in and off they went. Some tourist jaws dropped.
 
mrstime said:
This is a small town in BC and for some reason there are a lot of retirees here. Perhaps because when we first moved here properties were cheaper than most of the other small town. Within 6 months prices started going up, so now our place is worth more than twice what we paid for it. But we are here till we die, we like the people and the town.
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Yes, we have the same dilemma. We could sell our house for almost twice what we paid for it in 2006, but we love living in our neighborhood and intend to make this our last home. The increase in our home value doesn't really benefit us. It just means our property taxes keep going up. :(
 
dseag2 said:
Yes, we have the same dilemma. We could sell our house for almost twice what we paid for it in 2006, but we love living in our neighborhood and intend to make this our last home. The increase in our home value doesn't really benefit us. It just means our property taxes keep going up. :(
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We pay $100.00 property taxes because we are over 65. I don't know about other provinces but that is how it works in BC.
 
hollydolly said:
No.. but I get called all sorts of derogatory names by southerners when they're referring to Northerners...
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So what does a UK Southerner call a UK Northerner?

We call US Northerners Yankees and Damned Yankees mostly, maybe Carpetbaggers when they move south.

We get called things like Redneck, Cracker, and Hillbilly. Never bothered me, I often refer to myself as one of the first 2.
 

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mrstime said:
We pay $100.00 property taxes because we are over 65. I don't know about other provinces but that is how it works in BC.
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I’m over 65, in BC and pay a heck of a lot more than that. It must be unique to your location.

We were in Texas for a little bit one winter. Truly friendly folks.
 
Jules said:
I’m over 65, in BC and pay a heck of a lot more than that. It must be unique to your location.

We were in Texas for a little bit one winter. Truly friendly folks.
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Have you looked at the back of your tax bill? On the backs of ours it says "check here if over 65" Or "check here if on disability" . Of course the disability requires proof from the local ministry office.
 
Gaer said:
ALASKA!
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Never lived there, but spent a bit of time working there, and I agree Alaska is a pretty friendly place. I think they don't see a lot of people, so when they do they want to take advantage of it!
hollydolly said:
Did you know that Alaska has the highest crime rate in the whole of the USA ?
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I did not, but I am not too surprised. Alaska has a lot of poverty, and a lot of people who don't like following the rules, that's part of why they are there. A bit of the wild west. Also winters are brutal, that brings out the worst in some folks. Summer is the better time to visit...
 
Alligatorob said:
Never lived there, but spent a bit of time working there, and I agree Alaska is a pretty friendly place. I think they don't see a lot of people, so when they do they want to take advantage of it!

I did not, but I am not too surprised. Alaska has a lot of poverty, and a lot of people who don't like following the rules, that's part of why they are there. A bit of the wild west. Also winters are brutal, that brings out the worst in some folks. Summer is the better time to visit...
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Yes, Alaska is wild and free, untamed and like traveling back in time to the old West! (Skagway, not Anchorage) You can breathe the rough and rampant in the air!
@Alligatorob has it right. It's extremes of individualists, strong and self-sufficient, who may or may not follow the rules.
It's an exhilarating wildness; an ALIVENESS!
 
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