[steve86]

For my part, I do not see too many people putting on phony smiles anywhere in the USA. Just where did you get that from?

You are in Pennsylvania and probably don't see that much. I encounter it constantly in the western U.S. I agree with the OP's comments on the matter.

[Olog-hai]

Ah, the western US. I don’t see it too much anywhere on the east coast in general.