So Nice

No cold hearts here.

One thing I love about living here is the friendliness.

If you're not trying to zone people's property and take away their property rights, people exude kindness. People around here expect you to look them in the eyes and give them a little greeting. Some of the people I've met here have been the friendliest that I've met anywhere.

They're especially friendly to strangers (as long as you're not one of those Californians). They created a homeless shelter for the down-and-out, provide jail inmates with pen pals, keep the local food banks stocked, organize fundraisers for sick residents, and stop to help a poor girl on the side of the road who just slammed into her first deer. (That was me.)

When I first moved here, I knew no one except my father-in-law. Now, I can't go anywhere without seeing someone I know. I give them a little greeting and go on my way, because it's that kind of place.