It depends on where you’re stationed. Some of the south is heaven. Other parts of the south, not so good. I think that’s true of most regions. Texas is traditionally south in the southeastern part of the state, very much Arizona type conservative in the western, and more midwest in the northern panhandle. The valley is Tex-Mex, and always has been. Photographing high school sports for small towns, the cultural differences can be pretty astounding. When Elysian Fields (southeast) played Canadian (northern panhandle) for the state 2A title, the cultural differences were pronounced. EF was more typical Southeastern smack talking, declaring they would knock out teeth and beat the other teams into submission. They’re unofficial slogan was, “Do you fear us now? GOOD!” Canadian, being from a part of the state where standing on the same carpet is getting pretty darned close just answered with “We’ll be there” and was relatively quiet. Canadian ended up killing EF, btw.
I didn't have any problems where I was. The people were nice, the Navy had been there for decades, no negatives that I can recall.