I may be a bit late posting here..but I am still from the same place.  Tennessee, a state in the USA, near the beautiful and green Smoky Mountains.    Semi southern but not redneck...raised in a city (not my home) known for nuclear research (where the stuff came from for the first atomic bombs)  and now for many spin-off businesses, lots of them dealing with haz waste cleanup an lots of medical research going on for the good of all.         TomDart.