Good thing none of us “southerners” moved here from the north. That might confuse them.
My family has roots in WV and KY and migrated to Ohio, MI, and Washington 3 generations ago. All of them were solidly union until my generation which is belligerently anti-union.
I think culturally it was about fighting the big companies aka “The Man”. The problem is that unions are now “The Man”.
Many parts of Washington will seem like Appalachia.