"The South seems more formal but also less sincere."


I have found that politeness in the US south is less conditional than it was in Upper Canada.

Having lived in the south for 12 years, I have yet to detect that lack of sincerity. When I lived in Ontario, Canada I encountered it frequently.

Folks there were trying to get people to conform. Folks here tend to live and let live and be polite as a matter of course.


But that is just my experience.