I’ve seen it other places as well. There are plenty of friendly people in Texas, some of the nicest I’ve ever known, but
I still appreciate strangers in Utah that are willing to go out of their way to help me out or my daughter. It’s literally like something clicks when I say “I’m out of state, but my daughter in Provo needs help with…” and they think of what they’d want/ need if they were trying to help their daughter and they lived out of state.
Maybe people are like that everywhere, but for me I appreciate the kindness of Utahns that are willing to do me a favor.