Friendly or Polite or Both
I live in Redmond Oregon. The number of people here that call me “Sir” is amazing. I came from Seattle. It could be my imagination, but people here are more polite, not to mention more friendly. I like that. There’s nothing wrong with Seattle, but I don’t want to move back there. I like it here. I like people calling me sir. Of course it could be my age. It could be they see an old person and they feel it’s their obligation to use that moniker. Even that is saying something positive. Bottom line, for my money people here are both friendly and polite and I really appreciate that.