This. When I moved to east TN in 2019 from the PNW so many friends and family were concerned about where I was going, as if there aren't confederate flags flying next to I-5 or eastern WA/OR aren't full of nazis. It's a matter of degrees but it's everywhere.
that prickly PNW sensation that is a little too heavy to be described as "mist" but also isn't quite raining