world_map jee, it's wrong to make generalizations. I'm in south n' haven't gone through single incident even verbally. Though whites sometimes tell themselves that there're lot of conservatives out here. I've not met people out of univ; may be that's the reason. I'm writing it again coz' i don't want you to lose a good opportunity in south just b'coz of rates here. Do you know which states have the highest crime rates? It's New Jersey. We've to take pre-cautions. What happened to our nepali friend was very unfortunate, and this is the time to provide any help if we can.