That's okay; I'm the non-PC politician that actually says what everyone else is thinking.
Interestingly enough, your mentioning being from the Midwest; I was just emailing a friend of mine about the wonderful hospitality I have encountered over the years, in the Midwest. I've ended up in a couple of small towns while lecturing in nearby bigger towns, and of course I stick out like a sore thumb. No one recognizes me, so the curiosity begins. I have been invited to Sunday dinner on peoples' farms, I've stopped in at a local bar and had drinks bought, pool played for and had money pressed into my hand for the jukebox.
People speak of Southern Hospitality and it is real, but the hospitality I have encountered in the Midwest doesn't even compare. You guys are still living in an America that vanished everywhere else, almost a century ago.