I really noticed this working in a school when I lived in Tennessee. A lot of the faculty had fairly heavy southern accents, but I don't remember ever noticing

I really noticed this working in a school when I lived in Tennessee. A lot of the faculty had fairly heavy southern accents, but I don't remember ever noticing it with the students. It makes sense though when you realize that a huge chunk of the voices the students learned from were on YouTube, TV, etc., not just people from their own hometown.