I've traveled for a living since I was a teenager. Coast to coast to coast. In virtually every part of every state (save MN, ND, SD & MT) Music, then trucking. I deal with people every day. Have in every single job I've ever had.The naivete you indicate I must suffer may well be yours. Watch how people react, not what they say. Look at the manner in which people live, not it what they claim. One need not be a radical anti-abortion christian to be conservative. One need not be a homosexual schoolteacher in San Francisco to be liberal. There are varying degree's but in the end, every body is on one end or the other of the center line.