text: why are most men from the south more gentlemanly than ones in the north?   a friend of mine from conn. and ny was here (ky) for her brother-in-law's funeral. she rented a car to drive from the airport. she said that she pulled to the side of the road 3 times for her son to "use the bushes" and every time she stopped, someone would stop before he had time to get out of the car to see whether she needed help. she was amazed at every car pulling over to the side of the road when the funeral procession from the funeral home to the cemetery went by. she had never experienced this "up north". i think that we all tend to act a lot like the people we're are around.