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I think this is true of all states. Right now I live in Oklahoma and I quit my job five years ago because I was spending two hours waiting in a construction zone getting there, and didn't need a second job just going to work. A couple weeks ago I went back to town on an errand. The...

Generally speaking I found people wanted to chat. So whereas when I lived up north people generally wanted you to do your business and go, down south they're more likely to want to have a few minutes of "Hi, nice weather, how's the wife, did you see [crazy thing in the news]?" first. I don't...

One other thing to watch out for in the south is the cuisine. Not because it's bad, it's delicious and Southern Home Cooking is some of the best on the continent. However southern cuisine is designed around the base assumption that you're about to go out and till the fields for the next twelve...

Unfortunately, they're all different. Most of it is some variant of baptists but there's a pretty wide range of churches. I'd avoid using Jesus' name as a swear and such to be on the safe side. And yeah, a lot of places are closed on Sundays, especially places like liquor stores. In many...

So from Tennessee rather than Alabama, my advice might be only moderately useful since I think their culture is a bit different than Appalachian. "Northerner" is an insult. Expect to be called that a time or two if you've got a Boston accent, something you'll just have to tolerate...