Oh nah it ain't just you. I grew up in the baltimore area and spent a considerable amount of my adult life between dc, maryland, and philly.
Sometimes I have to travel to san Francisco for work and my mom's side of the family lives in Florida.
In dc/baltimore/philly, if a crackhead asks for some change the people in those cities will tell them to fukk off and to stop sucking on that glass dikk
I tried that same shyt in san Fran and everyone at the Bart turned on ME for talking to someone in need like that
Last time I flew into jacksonville I had to stop into a Walmart so I asked an oldhead where the electronics section was and breh gave me a tour of the store and helped me find a phone charger in the aisle once we got there. My east coast ass thought he was hustling me for a tip but naw, this dude legitimately wanted to help me. An east coast head woulda just said "the electronics section is in the back of the store" and just left it at that.