Dan O wrote:

But anyway, yeah - here
in "Mayberry" everyone looks each other in the eye and says, "Hi", as
they walk past on the street, whereas in the city I ride to work in,
almost *nobody* will make eye contact

Go to New Orleans and repeat your survey. Mayberry has nothing on a
real Southern city. NO is one of those few places that when I say
"howdy", folks usually tell me how they are doing.

Chalo