I think the southern US might just have th emost sense of place..but there are also lingering issues concerning the Civil War..some songs that are very precious to people are verbotin..such as Dixie..Old Black Joe..the ones that are precious to some as memories of the sweet sunny south bring back horrible memories to others. I think that is one factor whereby US of AMERICA (I won't go into my definition here but if you want to call yourself an American be my guest) has lost its sense of place...mg