Sounds like a nice place. A bit chilly, but nice. I see your point about lack of diversity. There are even places within this country that have little/no diversity of race and sexual preference.

What I find here in the MS Delta is that it is definitely racially diverse, although primarily consists of a 50/50 ratio of caucasian and african-american, but that racism is worse here than any other place I've lived (including MD, SC, and Lousiana). It is not an integrated community, that's for sure. Wierd. As far as a gay community goes - it's not evident. Sad.