I consider myself a country ass dude, but I’ve been to some states that definitely out-country these states. The Dakotas and Colorado are country as hell. I loved it in those places, though. Ohio was pretty country too.
With the states listed, any of them that has mountains are really country. I lived a year in North Georgia. The people are just different there. Same goes for East Tennessee and West NC.
I will say in all those places, while you do have people that aren’t very receptive to black folks, I’d say for the most part, the people are good, down home folks. I see why people decide to live in these spots.