For every colleague who says “Alabama? Bunch of Red Necks” I could offer you a colleague who’d say “Boston? All those liberal snowflakes” or “New York? I wouldn’t live there if you paid me a zillion dollars” or “San Francisco? What about all the homeless people” or “Philadelphia? U Penn is in the middle of a slum” or “Smith? I didn’t think your daughter was gay”.
If you make life choices based on other people’s reactions, you’d hunker down and eat survivalist meals from Costco. Every choice is contrary to someone else’s worldview.