Why do Shandong girls feel a little "rustic" in dressing compared with the southern coast?

Shandong is relatively conservative and closed. There are fewer tourists in Shandong.

Is Shandong influenced by Confucius and Mencius culture, paying special attention to modesty and tradition, paying attention to a down-to-earth life and not paying much attention to fashion sense?

I have been to Jiaodong Peninsula and many coastal cities in the south. I think people near Jiaodong Peninsula are really backward and more "rustic" than the urban people in the south coastal generation. Mainly from Shandong, they are self-enclosed, all coastal cities, while southerners are more open!

contrary/opposite

Qingdao people don't think so Qingdao is western, fashionable and avantgarde. ...