If it were not for my elderly parents I would consider leaving now and heading for Tennessee or North Carolina. I'm a southern girl at heart anyway.
I spent the last half-decade in Memphis, and prior to that considered myself a Texan just temporarily transplanted away from happier times down around the Cleburne and Ft Worth area. Yep, I miss the mid-south and Texas.
But I've found a place with much of the southern hospitality and character of Dixie, with equally beautiful scenic vistas, and far fewer distractions from unworthy neighbors- and in a solidly republican *red* state too.
Care to check it out?