Wisconsin Nice.

People confuse this with Midwestern friendliness.
They forget:  it's a slam on the hypocrisy of those passive people in the Upper Midwest.  Sure, they'll be nice to your face -- in that "Bless Your Heart" way they allegedly have in the South...

But the knife twist is:  they are condescending to you.  Of course, you'll never be one of them, so confident they are in their superiority.  The hard thing to process is:  you can literally go years, thinking well of your friend, neighbor or co-worker who is being so friendly to you... only to discover oh-so-much later, that it was all an act.

Not everyone in Minnesota or Wisconsin plays the Minnesota Nice game.  Plenty are honest, or not passive.  But perhaps it is the Scandinavian temperament and desire to avoid conflict and appear warm and friendly...

This is the opposite of Minnesota/Wisconsin Nice.
This is open honest emotion, and a direct addressing of thoughts to the appropriate person.

I just hope the drop-in writers who harp on the alleged educated people of Milwaukee's suburbs, or the alleged niceness of Wisconsin people in naturally rejecting Donald Trump's supporters, understand the importance of downstate money in our politics here, and also the importance of conforming -- in going along to be getting along.  From there, it's a very short step to "It's not what you know.  It's who you know."

That explains a great deal about the state.
We could use a little Bronx-grade honesty here, to tell ya the truth:

The Game is Back On...