My nephew Tim from Chicago was helping his folks move into a retirement place in Alabama. He went to the hardware store for a few supplies and when he spoke to the clerk she said,
"You're not from around here are you?"
Tim replied, "No ma'am, I'm from Chicago"
"Chicago?" she shreiked, "Why, don't you think people from Chicago are just the rudest, most ill-mannered people in the world?"
Tim smiled and looked at her as he said,"Not any more ma'am, not any more"
Even in the south live an abundance of jerks.
They are usually garrulously friendly in their rudeness.
It is something of an oxymoron.