Growing up in the midwest I learned to finish a lot of my sentences by saying "so..." as if to indicate I was finished with my thought and inviting the next person to speak. In Texas people completely misunderstood this verbal cue and would just keep staring at me waiting for me to finish whatever I had to say after "so..."

Michigan seems like a particularly insular state, they don't really seem very aware of other states' existence except to hate Ohio. I think it has one of the highest percentages of in-state born population compared to other states.

Midwestern etiquette in general seems much more focused on staying out of one another's way and giving everyone a lot more personal space. People in Texas are friendlier, but in a way that seems nosy.

People in Wisconsin seem genuinely the nicest as long as you're white. Texas racism was much more overt, and based on stereotyping and offensive statements, where midwestern racism seems much more rooted in self-segregation, fear of urbanity and basic ignorance that minorities exist beyond what you see on TV and the one black guy in town most people like well enough.