Great thread is right! Super.

We lived in Connecticut and there is a difference in areas and how people can be. CT was a bit standoffish. WI people can be friendly but they do tend to keep to themselves and their friends from high school. Small towns are hard to move to. I left,went to college, moved 8 times and am back in my hometown and I need to leave!

Where we have lived in case anyone wants info on a place in return:
WI, Campbell (San Jose) (ages ago though), Connecticut, Atlanta suburb (traffic), Holland, England. I did not mind the winters in Holland or England and they were perhaps closer to the PNW than most other places might be.