**Hicks**: (THIS IS THE OTHER HALF OF THE COMPARISON BETWEEN REDNECKS AND HICKS)
A Hick:
-May or may not be intelligent or somewhat educated
-Doesn't go to KKK meetings
-May or may not be imbreeded
-Wears overalls and straw hats
-Doesn't always wear shoes
-Are lucky to have a computer
-Might be seen [chewing on] a hay straw
-Doesn't drink beer; drinks moonshine
-Doesn't live in trailer parks like rednecks; quite a few live in suburban houses, but most live in the southern foothills, [Appalachia], and vast farmlands throughout the Midwest.
-Is less racist and bigoted towards differences, but is still serious about defending whatever their particular way of life may be
-Are usually more [hospitable], especially in the mountains of the South, or the [massed] farms of the Midwest.
-Aren't always as violent as rednecks.
*I went down to [eastern] [Tennessee] and saw a bunch of hillbilly-ish people, but they were all nice to me, and they were all wearing shoes. I heard some talking about how stupid [the KKK] was...*
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