Meiac,
"You ain't from around here, is ya' ?"
I have never run into any kind of confrontational types here in
western NC, in 7 years living here, as an ex-NYer...if anything,
the locals will turn away from any type of verbal confrontation.
SC, and G'ville/S'burg, etc., is a diff story, imo.
Edit: maybe it was that FreeTheMaineMoose
bumper sticker you had and that Confederate Sons
'neck was a Palin fan.