Should I invest in a cowgurl hat?! lol

Speakin' of the differences in cultures, this story just popped into my mind:

We were in WV visitin' family & a bunch of us decided to go to the State Park. While there, I met a girl and we got to talking. She asked if I was from WV or just visitin'. Told her I was born in WV but now lived in New Mexico. Her eyes got big as saucers and said "REALLY? Is it true that you guys live in little mud houses?" I assume she was talking about adobes or stucco. I told her I lived in a brick home & she proceeded to ask, "Is it true you guys are only allowed to have rocks in your yard? No grass? Do you take baths in the river?"

Then I had to explain that I live in NEW Mexico and it IS part of the USA and I DO have indoor plumbing AND grass in the front yard! lol

Funny, back there they think you're a foreigner. If you're here (NM/TX area) and ya tell 'em you were born in WV...a little later on they'll ask ya "What part of Virginia are you from again? I gotta cousin who lives in the western part...."