I was born and raised in Central Illinois. You know, the Land of Lincoln. The dude that freed the slaves. I moved to South Louisiana 25 years ago. Louisiana, a slave state where plantations surround me has nothing on the racist I encountered in Illinois. You get outside Chicago and they are full bore Maga. My family included.
In Florida, it's the other way around. The more south you go, the more northern things get. Until go you get to Miami anyway, that's a whole other world.