> I also said that I just vacationed in the south, and everyone there was so friendly and chatty. Small talk everywhere, literally everyone was social. I said I couldn’t wait to get back to CT where I could be ignored again.

People in New England are Kind, not Nice.

Nice is what you get in the South and Midwest/West. They'll be all smiles and chatty to your face, but will get the claws out the moment you turn your back.

In the Northeast, Kind is a crotchety old bastard calling you every swear word in the book (and probably making up a few new ones along the way) as they're help you change a flat tire on the side of the highway in a torrential downpour.