I hate Chicago but that's only because I'm from St. Louis and I simply refuse to like any city that houses those damnable Cubs.

And as for fake politeness... errr. We don't have any of that in Missouri. At least not in St. Louis where I live. I don't think we're overly friendly like in the southern portion of the state but we're certainly not mean either. Overall it's pretty much, "You ignore me, I ignore you."

Is that polite? lol. Who knows.