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<shrug>
Maybe it's just me.. afterall, I'm a yankee from the NY area... but I am me, and that's that. You like me or you don't. I don't change for anybody. And, folks.. the Civil War was over a long time ago!
When I first moved to Panama City, Florida (years ago), I was known as "that damn yankee from New York." I didn't care. I didn't change. I was me. I liked who I was and where I was from. I didn't hide it, I was proud of it.
Eventually, people realized that the "yankee" sterotype was bunk. Sure, I "tawked" funny... and I didn't dress like them-- I know, I know.. we northerners wear a lot of black...
It took a while for them to warm up to me, but they did.. and I made wonderful friends. I found "southerners" to be very warm. They'll do anything for you.. and they'll stick by you through thick and thin.
I'm back up north again, and if it weren't for my job, I'd be back down south again. I loved it.
Just be yourself. Don't change for anyone. If people don't like you simply because of where you're from, do you really want to be friends with them anyway?
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