Are Californians more friendly than New Englanders?

What do you think? Are people in California more friendly than people in Connecticut, or is the friendliness is the Golden State superficial? The first "Oh no what have I done moving to California" moment came for me when I was in Lake Tahoe one day away from my new California home. A couple wearing tie-dyed t-shirts came up to my husband and I in a parking lot and started talking like they had known us for years. Where I come from when a stranger talks to you that means either they are selling something or about to steal something from you. On and on they went, talking about how great it is to live in California. At the end of the conversation, the woman gave me her card. "Let me know if you need anything, like the name of a good dentist.'' I stood there stunned. In California, the fallback position when you are waiting in a grocery line or buying a movie ticket, is to talk to the person beside you. In New England, the rule is to avoid eye contact and say as little as possible. What do you think?