Congrats, Joe!!! You will like the culture in many ways, not in others, although it is changing a lot in the urban areas I hear. Out in the boonies... well... there are some 'opportunities' as the software world likes to call them.

Folks tend to be incredibly friendly and hospitable - yet, after a while, you will realize that you don't know them at all. It takes a long time to 'break in' and be accepted. Again, that is changing. Roots go deep though.

BTW, I noticed a misspelling above: it should be
"thu wawahahv Nawthawn Ahggreshun"

-Bill
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