Haha New englanders have always gotten the reputation of being cold and unfriendly. But in my book, it's always a matter of minding your own business and being in that sense tolerant of your neighbor. Their business over there. Growing up gay in New England for this reason was no big thing in the late '60s for me. I travel a lot, I am in California now , Los Angeles for the winter. Oh God I hate Florida.. I think the distinctions however, the mobility of everybody on the planet especially in the US, the internet, YouTube, etc etc Netflix whatever has lessened all of these distinctions, better or worse. Not only a US level but on a global level. I see it especially in Europe the homogenization the globalization more and more