Well, Michael, like I said, there are pockets of ignorance just about everywhere. What happens sometimes is people get tired of "outsiders" moving to their area, then complaining that "it's not like it was at home," and that can result in the undercurrent of hostility toward anyone who "ain't from around here" even if they want to fit in and all that. But there again, that isn't just here. It happens everywhere when people feel like their space is being threatened.

I believe that most people, everywhere, are accommodating to strangers. All of my friends, I know, would certainly go out of their way to make someone feel at home, regardless of where they came from.

And there's one more thing - in my South we also have opera. Not OPRY, OPERA. Mister and I are going to see Rigoletto in a couple of weeks. :-)