I think I'd move!

I lived in Virginia in my teens, between Staunton and Waynesboro, 28 miles from Charlottesville, in the early 50s. I remember that it seemed like everybody went to church- it didn't necessarily mean that everybody was good people (far from it!); it was just the thing one did, the seemly thing.

I don't know what the experiences were/are of people who don't go to church in Virginia. I was growing up in a family that went to church.

All that said, these days I love to visit Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland... There is a warmth there that has tremendous resonance.