Being from the Mid-West I feel the same way (Men sound more sexy,though) There may be a day when we'll move South, just to escape the rat-race. The prejudice against us would be tough, though.
in fact in about 20 years your kids will deny that their family was EVER anything BUT pure-born dixie folk.
that is the ultimate "comeuppance" for northerners, who emigrate to the southland.
it's happened to SEVERAL friends of mine.
free dixie,sw