I'm from Alabama. I'm pretty familiar with regionalism in the US. But it for the most part stops at social situations. I've never once heard of a large nationwi

I'm from Alabama. I'm pretty familiar with regionalism in the US. But it for the most part stops at social situations. I've never once heard of a large nationwide company filtering out candidates from the Heart of Dixie just on principle, like, for example, Meituan was apparently doing with people from Henan. This is a whole new level of regionalism. Now when you get to the interview and they hear the traces of the accent that you still manage to retain despite your best efforts, well, there's no helping that.