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Which places are different?

• daxorid 7y ago
  The non-opioid-epidemic portions of rural America are very much like that.
  • Cyph0n 7y ago
    How about if you clearly look different? My wife wears the hijab, and I’m sure she would be treated differently in a more rural area, especially in the current political climate...
    • wolco 7y ago
      Come to Canada. Hijab's are as common as hockey sticks.
      • SECProto 7y ago
        In urban centres. We have similar issues with lack of tolerance in many rural areas.
      • fencepost 7y ago
        Does a hijab plus a hockey stick send an adequate "mess with me and I'll check you into the wall" vibe?
    • JimboOmega 7y ago
      As an openly transgender person, I had the same thought. Specifically, in the Bay Area I can be a walking pride flag, and in fact strike up conversations with all kinds of people in all kinds of places and feel very connected. There's all kinds of community here that I haven't found other places I've lived. In a lot of parts of the country I have to be very careful about what I say and how I present. In a lot of other countries, my very existence is criminalized.
    • jedberg 7y ago
      If your wife wears a hijab, then you are right, you will need to stick to a few very specific parts of the US. The good news is that in those parts, you'll probably find a thriving Muslim community to interact with.
    • zdragnar 7y ago
      Michigan isn't a terribly dense state but has a large Muslim population. My rural hometown had a population of around 2000 people, and supposedly around 10% or so are hmong. They weren't treated any differently as far as I knew; several were part of what passed for the preppy / popular clique in school. I am a white male, and get plenty of stares, because I am unusually tall and have an unusual hair style. Wherever you go, if you stand out, people will notice. That isn't a bad thing, and it doesn't mean people don't like you. Edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_the_United_States Looks like the oldest mosques in the united states are in places like Maine, North Dakota, and Iowa (in addition to obvious places like NYC). Like I said before, this is a big, diverse country.
    • opwieurposiu 7y ago
      Tell her to wear a MAGA hat over the hijab, then people will be too confused to harass her.
    • pthomas551 7y ago
      Plenty of women in hijabs in rural Minnesota these days. Depends on the town but in a lot of places it's no problem at all.
    • rayiner 7y ago
      As a brown person who has spent plenty of time in more rural places in America—you’d be pleasantly surprised.
    • dsfyu404ed 7y ago
      Wear a mossy oak hijab into the rotation if you want to go out of your way to fit in (or just don't any you'll probably be fine). IMO you tend to get less racism in rural areas than you do in suburbs but when you get it it's not as obscured. It's a million times more about class and culture than it is about race.
• wafflesraccoon 7y ago
  Which places are different in the United States? That's a very board question but in general there are a handful of major regions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_...