I’m from the Midwest and actually hate this. Moved to Olympia this year and love it. Funny enough we went on a hike in the Olympics and passed a handful of people with nothing more than a polite hi. Then we passed this older couple who asked about what’s to come on their route (where we came from) and it turned into a ten minute conversation we couldn’t get out of…because they were from the Midwest. Had to do an abrupt “enjoy, BYE!” to get out of it. Definitely don’t miss that shit.