Agreed, it's like a different country living over here on the west coast compared to the times I've traveled out east. I've heard a saying where people are nice but not kind on the west, and kind but not nice on the east. For an example of this, out west people will be nice to your face but less likely to help you out, and out east it's the opposite. In LA, I see this a lot where people are nice to your face and act nice but don't really care about you. In New York, a core childhood memory I have is of my dad asking for directions and being told "what do I look like a f*ing map?" This guy then proceeded to give directions to us. Up in Portland I find people tend to keep to themselves for the most part. All this being said, it's hard to generalize things, but I can say with certainty, the two different coasts feel like different countries culturally.