Don't know if that's true of folks in your part of the country, sure don't seem to be the case around mine.
I'm reminded of the old saw "A griping sailor is a happy sailor. Only time you need to worry is when they just stop griping altogether."
Were I a politician, I do believe that I'd be listening to all this Locked Jaw Silence coming from my neighbors and looking real hard/fast for a place to hide.
Its not the case where I live either. But not that far away from us, there are highly populated urban and suburban areas where it is true.