I have in fact found that small towns and smaller cities, where I would think that a kilt would attract the least positive attention, is usually where I am greeted with the most compliments and thoughful questions. Maybe people with open minds find their way to the smaller cities.

Of course, there is always the consideration that a certain percentage of the population are born idiots (or insert other noun here), and in s large city there are just numerically going to be more of them.