# Are southerners friendlier than northerners? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 7, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-southerners-friendlier-than-northerners/662833 "2013-07-07T00:43:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-southerners-friendlier-than-northerners/662833/81 "2016-01-14T00:47:50Z")
> [@Lisaren](#): > > … Please is almost always used (even in a direct order from a superior at work). In other words, polite rules. Please, thank you, sir, mam, excuse me, etc. … Your friend should have adapted, yes, but I would agree with him that what you describe is not the gold standard for polite. I do not expect my boss to tell me to “please” do my job, and would not appreciate it. If it involves my job, give me the instructions necessary to perform the task; if it’s a personal favor, say “please”. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-southerners-friendlier-than-northerners/662833/82 "2016-01-14T17:55:34Z")
> [@maxjohnson](#): > > I don’t think this applies to Florida, I think we’re all a-holes here. At least South Florida. From my experience, Northerners are friendlier. It’s a well known fact that in Florida the further south one goes geographically the farther north one goes attitudinally. Or, as latitude decreases, attitude increases. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-southerners-friendlier-than-northerners/662833.md?page=4)