[Colonel Kangaroo]

So you don't like cities, maybe you shouldn't like the South either because it contains places like Atlanta, Charlotte and Nashville. Have you ever spent time in the rural North? I've spent a little time in Upstate New York and contrary to the cultural propaganda I grew up with about "Yankees", I found these New Yorkers to be remarkably similar to the Southerners I grew up with except for their funny accents. :)

[M. Espinola]

"I found these New Yorkers to be remarkably similar to the Southerners I grew up with except for their funny accents. :)

Your overview is correct and would also be applicable to remote rural areas of northern New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine in particular, where there are more moose then people.

Very similar in many respects to the greater Adirondacks region of Upstate New York is Vermont's heavily wooded "Northeast Kingdom" which is northern end of Essex County, bordering southern Québec & N.W. New Hampshire along the begining of the Connecticut River. This section of Vermont is the least population.

The vast majority of native born residents of this section of Vermont will freely admit to strongly disliking anything urban in rather bold terms. I cognizant of this fact - first hand! - lol.