It doesn't have the same religious dimension - they're basically just the butt of southerner's jokes. There is quite a bit of regionalism in the UK, but it's mo

It doesn't have the same religious dimension - they're basically just the butt of southerner's jokes. There is quite a bit of regionalism in the UK, but it's mostly pretty harmless, and doesn't carry that much bitterness with it. For example, there's definitely a north-south tension in England, which does have some cultural aspects to it, but it's in a completely different league from the US situation (as far as I understand that), and beyond the occasional mutual quips, you won't see any real discrimination - that's my experience, anyway.