I find the "groups" thing can be overcome and "shown by your actions", these include (for my wife and I anyhow) direct involvement in community minded activities, non-profits, fire/EMS, Parent Teacher Association/PTA, Scouting, church groups, AND helping others in their time of need. Granted I have been in my "new" location for 15 years, but I m very well networked and ingrained in our new community now. We are hard working, humble, active and "solid folks" and at least in this part of the country that is uniformly accepted/respected as the norm.

Buckeye, I too am from a former Steel Valley in Ohio (not yours) but it very well rings true for me as well. That is nice

Ironwood