Kinda like our family when it comes to the Brits.We're Boston Irish and one of my Dad's older brothers and one of his older sisters hated the Brits with a passion.My Dad,OTOH, (who was much younger than both of them) liked and admired the Brits.Hating Americans is very chic and very safe.Some folks,I guess,have nothing better to do.
Funny story on the subject...when I was younger I did a lot of overseas traveling,including in other English speaking parts of the world.People in Australia,for example,would always me if I was Canadian when,in fact,I sound more New York than anything.One day I asked a guy who asked me that why he thought I was a Canadian after having told him I was American.He said "well,we have trouble telling the difference down here and it's safer to ask that way because when an American is mistaken for a Canadian he's not at all insulted whereas when some Canadians are mistaken for an American they get rather snippy.
As for thawing out in AZ I can easily understand why half the license plates I see in Florida in January are Canadian but isn't Arizona too big a leap? ;-)
Florida is our vacation destination but Arizona is a very popular spot for “snowbirds”, retirees who spend winters in the south and summers back here.