Charleston, SC

According to CNTraveler "FRIENDLIEST CITIES: 1. Charleston, South Carolina
One reader put it perfectly: “People speak to each other!" (Ha. All those poor Northeasterners not used to a 'hello' on the street.) "The city is so lovely and easy to get around on foot.” "

Travel + Leisure in its rankings for 2015 said "Charleston, South Carolina, was voted the second-best city in the world and the best city in America and Canada. (Kyoto, Japan, was ranked the No. 1 city in the world.)"

Marjabelle Young Stewart, a renowned expert on etiquette, named Charleston the most polite and best mannered city 11 years in a row until her death in 2007