"The Seattle Python community represented there was almost painfully polite.
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I later learned that this may be an attribute unique to Seattle Python developers."<p>When I lived in Seattle, I read that musicians, playing in PNW clubs and venues and noticing a lower audience energy level than they were used to, sometimes had to be reassured by club owners that yes, the audience really does like you, really, it's just that PNW audiences are more subdued, laid back and polite.