Awhile back, she introduced me to one of her neighbors - he was from Vermont, or maybe Connecticut - as "This is WBill. He's from the north, and a Republican too! Just like you!" ..... Like all of us Yankee Conservatives know each other, or something. The guy was a decent sort, he played along and made a wise-alec comment about needing to see "The Secret Handshake" or somesuch. sigh.
I was brought up in the backwoods of Maine. Same people. Same values. Different accent. I get back there as often as I can, as WBill Jr. loves it and I figure that it's important to know where your roots are, and where your family is. But the south is home, now.
Sorry bee ill, y'cain't get theah from heah.