When I was very young (pre-middle school at the least) I briefly lived in the US south. I remember very little except how much nostalgia they have for the confederacy. My brother went to a private high school named after a confederate general which was created solely as a place for rich white families to send their kids when segregaton ended. The south is a wild thing. I would not be surprised if I saw Ukraine flags there if I ever went back.

I do not regret leaving that country a long long time ago.