[quote=silky3;6042655].   He said how the Southern States were racist   Not nearly as racist as they need to be. It isn't the good ol' days anymore.:crazy But it is getting better...    and how when he opened his mouth and spoke with his Scottish accent,one man - forgot to ask him the state he was in - was like What are you doing around here?   Well, he was probably just curious. Or maybe he thought it might be a Boston/New England accent:D    I pointed out how many people from those states were of scottish ancestry,   Probably the majority.    which he said wasn't true and said they went to the North,   Ever heard of hillbillies? The people who live in the Appalachians? Yeah well almost all of those Hillbillies are of Scottish blood, Scots-Irish mainly. The majority of Southerners are of Scottish or English ancestry, also quite a bit of German ancestry in some parts and some Irish too but I think alot of the Southerners who say they're Irish are actually Scots-Irish or in other words, Scottish blooded people from Northern Ireland and not real ethnic Irish. Except when you get down in Louisiana it's mainly French, and in Texas there is alot of German ancestry. In Florida there are alot of people with Yankee and Jewish ancestry:rolleyes: Not to mention the Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Jamaicans, Haitians, etc...:o   Anyway,I mentioned that you couldn't go through some black areas and that an area like Detroit the blacks would chase him out for being white,   Being from the area myself I can tell you that that is 100% true. Most of Detroit is a no go for White people.    but he said - how typical :rolleyes: -   Well, tell him next time he comes to the US take his bike through Detroit, right through Cass Corridor, the East Side:rofl .      Well,I saw a programme on tv the other week with this programme maker driving through the southern states and experiencing southern hospitality and people being very welcoming,though mind,it it wasn't,they would have edited out the bad bits and I guess people are nicer if they think they are being filmed (or maybe not if they couldn't care less).   I am a Northerner(please don't call me Yankee I find that very offensive;)) from Michigan and I have alot of family and friends all over the South and lived there for a while, and even being a yankee(more like a copperhead you would call it I guess) from up north everyone is always friendly to me when I go down South, never had any sort of trouble for not being a Southerner, even though I'm from the upper Midwest and when I'm down South I talk funny. I don't know what this guy you know was talking about, is he just an A-hole or something? :rofl Or maybe when they asked him what are you doing around here? he took it the wrong way and they weren't trying to be rude, just curious. American men don't always have the same way of showing hospitality and friendliness as Europeans. American guys are usually more concerned about being macho, it's not like we're gonna go up to you and give you a hug and a pat on the back or a kiss on the cheek like I have seen some Europeans do, don't even try that stuff on us American guys, we'll call you a fag and punch you in the nose :D So maybe this guy you know perceived them as being a bit unfriendly but maybe they were just curious about where he was from and what he was doing out there because he sounded foreign.     Anyway,my question is,are the Southern States of America such as Mississipi,Louisiana,Kentucky,etc friendly enough places for whites from other countries to visit?   I think so.    I've always thought the Southern States looked beautiful,esp Savannah,South Carolina,esp those old style houses....   It would be beautiful if it weren't for all of the Blacks and Mexicans running around now, and the Jews and East Coast city slickers infesting Florida and the Atlanta area:rolleyes:    plus,they are still traditional in their attitudes towards blacks.:D   Yeah, hopefully it stays that way, I always see alot of wiggers down south though too. Don't know what in the Hell they're thinking.:confused: