You know I live in Maryland and no matter where I go the folks say I'm from the other. When I head south I'm a damnyankee and when I head north I'm a redneck. So the harder I try the worse off I am. Anymore when I head south I just remind them who won. When I go north, I tell them south has risen again and Kerry can back to eating PBJ's on Mama T's lap.
LOL I went through that too, moved to NYC and was told I had a southern accent (?!) and then moved to SC and got called a Yankee! Ya can't win for losing!
BTW, I grew up in Bethesda.