TX probably comes closest to what you’re asking. However, you will be looked upon as a Yankee, which can get very annoying and make it hard to make true friends (people are nice to your face), so be prepared.
“However, you will be looked upon as a Yankee, which can get very annoying and make it hard to make true friends (people are nice to your face), so be prepared.”
We enjoy our Yankees when they move into Texas. You’ll make a lot of friends quickly, guaranteed.
We do encounter some of that here in NC too, we are transplants. If you stay in a larger city where a higher % of residents are transplants, mainly because of job transfers etc you will have less trouble. Get into some of the little, outlying towns and I think you run into more of the, "You ain't from 'round here are ya boy?", type of native.
I moved from New Jersey to Texas (Houston) in 1988, had no problems fitting in. But then again it was clear that I was getting away from the Northeast mentality. I did get picked on for a slight German accent, since before I move I had been working for some German run outfits. But then some locals directed me to the Texas Hill Country, especially Fredericksburg, which even past the tourist facade retains a German character. My parents now live in Fredericksburg, and immediately became locals. Having a conservative outlook, and not being ashamed of it, helped as well.
My true home remains TEXAS!
My dad was raised in Texas, then after the service moved to AZ. My dad and step-mom decided to move to a small town in Texas. Even though Daddy was a Texan, we were looked upon as outsiders until someone discovered that my sister and I were related to a wealthy family in town through our mothers side of the family (14th cousin or something). After that, we were OK.
I think it would be more accurate to say that Texans have good manners. Most of us don't really have a problem with yankees- unless they treat our ways with disdain, which they often do. Genuinely likeable people do just fine here.
That being said, a New York or New Jersey accent can be hard to get past, sometimes. :)