A few years back, my best friend and I took off on a journey - to the “World’s Largest Yard Sale”. We went through many states, taking our time.
The folks in TN were the most friendly people we met on the entire trip. They offered food, shelter, a yard for the dogs to potty on, a hug.
They ALL would say, as we were leaving, “Y’all come back, now, y’hear?”
Tennessee folks are generally nice people! I love it here but there’s a lot of places I would have visited in my lifetime, like California, of course. Never visited California. My brother lived there for a few years when his job took him there. Gosh, he lived everywhere in his job. It was hard on the family though.