Quote Originally Posted by creativeaccents View Post
Born and raised in the south, it didn't take much to become "different" based purely on outward appearances judged in one glance. It wasn't about who I was, but simply my appearance.

Lesson learned, sometimes its better not to go where ignorance abounds. On the other hand, it reconfirmed my desire to move to Asheville.
Back in the late '70'sI spent a year in Chattanooga and a year in Rome, Georgia. Even though my mother was originally from Virginia, I was a G** D*** Yankee. I decided I was a big city boy and moved back to Chicago.